The PlayStation 4's cross-play beta has officially graduated to a full-fledged feature, which means any developer can now utilize it.
The option was originally a beta feature that only a select number of titles could utilize It appeared in games like Rocket League and Fortnite Now, it's available to all developers According to Wired, any developer can[...]
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For the unaware, PsyNet parties are Rocket League's party system.
The account also clarified there is no specific information about which platforms will be supported at launch.
Back during E3 2017, Psyonix's Vice President Jeremy Dunham told IGN"I think without cross-network play you're almost holding back the advancement of games in a way." And since the reveal of Rocket League[...]
It wasn't some grand strategy or decision made from the get-go — instead, it was a response to a creative difference between the development team and Microsoft leadership.
Former studio head (now co-founder of Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes) Mitch Gitelman has revealed to IGN how exactly Shadowrun got cross-play in the first place.
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— Mike Ybarra (@XboxQwik) August 4, 2017
That is a tweet sent out yesterday by Corporate VP of Xbox and Windows gaming Mike Ybarra, responding to a story by Game Informer who posted about Sony failing to see the bigger picture and not wanting to pursue cross-play No other company (Atari, Valve, Nintendo, etc.) made any kind[...]
First, cross-play has been bantered about a lot lately and is pretty much going to be the next big hurdle in innovation between consoles and PC So every time a new game comes out with online and/or multiplayer capabilities, those two words come out.
But according to an interview with Shonen Games, Dragon Ball FighterZ producer[...]