

"It's not about which system is better, it's about making friends, and being able to play with friends" Fortnite by the numbers It's not about which system is better, it's about making friends, and being able to play with friends.' " "As one Slayer on Reddit said it: 'This is why cross-play is so important in this modern age of gaming. Players who were previously unable to connect with their friends are now able to play games together. "Player feedback has also been incredibly positive. "Over 60% of games played feature at least two different platforms, and more than 80% of those games are played with friends," he says. Nick Clifford, director of marketing for Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs, calls cross-play a pillar of the game's community. Rocket League went cross-platform in 2019 (Image courtesy of Psyonix) Making every friend accessible to you, even if they're playing on a different platform, is a huge improvement to the user experience." You might stop playing a game entirely without an online friend to play with. "And it's so much easier to play with friends when you don't have to worry about who owns what device or console. "Cross-play has a direct and meaningful impact on matchmaking speed and quality for online games," says Corey Davis, co-studio head at Psyonix. In 2020, as the game celebrated its five-year anniversary, Psyonix revealed that Rocket League continues to see record levels of engagement, with more than five billion matches played since launch.

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In 2019, it rolled out full cross-platform play between PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Take, for example, Psyonix's Rocket League. "Cross-play has a direct and meaningful impact on matchmaking speed and quality for online games"
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This hot new trend in gaming is called "cross-play," meaning support for playing together in a single game session that might span different game consoles, PC storefronts, and smartphones. You can check out our full video interview from PAX East 2019 down below.Playing together with friends is a key ingredient in the success of many multiplayer games, from Rocket League to Fortnite, to Dauntless.įor many people, playing together with all of their friends is only possible if games support cross-platform play between all of the major platforms that their friends own.

The goal is to make sure you’re able to have fun with all of your friends, not just those who prefer one platform or another. Mayne said that with Dauntless being on a wide variety of platforms, it’ll be easier for players to connect through the cross-play features that they’re implementing. Our partnership with Epic allows us to do that.” And so part of our strategy with the Epic Games Store launch is bringing the PC game to the Epic Games Store and also coming out on Xbox and PlayStation and allowing everyone to play together through cross-play. One of the things we’re passionate about that with is releasing to as many platforms as we can and allowing players to play together. One, Dauntless is about bringing as many players together to be able to play this PvE co-op experience. “Every decision we make on Dauntless is a very thoughtful decision and we try to align it with our vision. Back in January, Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs announced that they’d be bringing their free-to-play action hunting title exclusively to the Epic Games Store for the time being. In a recent interview with Robin Mayne, the co-founder of Phoenix Labs, he explained why the team decided to launch the game on the Epic Games store for their action hunting title Dauntless. He said:
