Will Palworld Be Crossplay? [Explained]
Those looking forward to Palworld, a gun-obsessed creature collector open-world game, will soon be able to access it across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. However, with multiplayer functionality critical to gameplay, the need for crossplay is at the top of the requirement list for prospective players.
In Palworld, players can use “Pals” as pawns to build/work at factories, hunt down fellow Pals with weaponry, crawl through a multitude of dungeons, and so much more. Because there’s so much to do in Palworld, and because the game is a day one Xbox Game Pass release, a lot of people that are anticipating this game are wondering, will Palworld be crossplay?
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Will Palworld Have Crossplay On Launch?
Unfortunately, there’s not much good news in this regard, as can be seen in the brief FAQ the developers at Pocketpair posted:
Palworld won’t be crossplay on launch whether that’s crossplay between console and PC or even crossplay between the Steam version and the Xbox Game Pass version.
Similar cases have occurred with quite a few day-one Game Pass releases, such as Warhammer 40,000 Darktide not having crossplay for months after its initial release, or Monster Hunter: Rise never having any real crossplay functionality.
It seems to be a relatively common occurrence for developers to struggle with figuring out how to get the console, Game Pass, and Steam versions of their games to communicate. Hopefully, this won’t be the case with Palworld, as the devs also stated in their FAQ that they’re working to add crossplay as soon as they possibly can.
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