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You’ll soon be able to play Sea Of Thieves with PlayStationeers, and Grounded with PlayPals and SwitchersCross-platform multiplayer confirmed as Microsoft bring Xbox games to more consoles
Cross-platform multiplayer confirmed as Microsoft bring Xbox games to more consoles
Asexpected, Microsoft yesterday confirmed that four of their games are headed to rival consoles:Pentimentto PlayStations 4 & 5 and Nintendo Switch;Hi-Fi Rushto PS5;Groundedto PS4, PS5, and Switch; andSea Of Thievesto PS5. It’s nice to see barriers between systems coming down and all, and it’ll likely have consequences of note to serious businessheads, but what relevance does this have for us as a PC gaming website? Well! Grounded and Sea Of Thieves will support cross-platform multiplayer, so we’ll be able to play them with our consolatory chums. That’s nice.
Grounded, Obsidian’s sandbox craft-o-survival game about kids shrunk down teeny and stuck in the garden, is headed to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Switch on the 16th of April. It will then support cross-platform multiplayer between PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. Bothweandyouhave called it one of the best survival games.
Sea Of Thieves, Rare’s multiplayer open-world first-person pirater, is headed to PlayStation 5 on the 30th of April and will support cross-play with PC and Xbox. We called it one of thebest multiplayer games. Sea Of Thieves is one of those games that I don’t play intensely but have enjoyed using as a background game to catch up with remote friends. A lovely few hours of smashing skeletons, sailing the beautiful seas, finding treasure, shooting the breeze, and desperately dodging the dreaded players who actually perform piracy. Nice that this will become viable with more pals.
Let’s Play Sea Of Thieves | New Vid Bud Reveal!Our vid buds played Sea Of Thieves a few years backWatch on YouTube
Let’s Play Sea Of Thieves | New Vid Bud Reveal!
I might as well point out the rest while I’m here because hey, maybe you’ll have enjoyed them on PC and want to nudge PlayStation and Switch pals into playing them.Excellenthistorical adventure game Pentiment is hitting PS4, PS5, and Switch today, whilesmashingrhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush is hitting PlayStation 5 on the 19th of March.
Microsoft starting to bring some (not all) of their Xbox games to other consoles is obviously far bigger news in the world of console gaming. Technically they do already have games on other consoles thanks to their buying spree, such as Diablo and Minecraft, but their multiplatform status predates Microsoft whipping out their wallet. These are fresh ones.
