Sony is finally allowing it to happen.

Last year, Gearbox revealed that full cross-play functionality for Borderlands 3 was ready to go. However, the studio had to pull the feature from PlayStation consoles because Sony, at the time, was very much against cross-play with other platforms.

Thankfully, Sony has learned how to take a chill pill and are allowing full cross-play for titles, including Borderlands 3. At PAX East, Gearbox announced that cross-play will arrive this...

The catch may not be all that big of a deal, depending on your point of view.

EA has confirmed that Battlefield 2042 will include cross-play support. However, not all platforms will be able to play with all other platforms.

In a new Battlefield Briefing, EA made it clear that there will be two separate groups of cross-play players: One group will feature PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. The other group will include Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players.

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Gearbox was ordered to remove cross-play on PlayStation platforms.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford did a little round of "good news, bad news" today on Twitter. The good news, Pitchford says, is that an update is coming to Borderlands 3 that enables full cross-play support across all platforms! The bad news is that apparently Gearbox was ordered, by way of their "publisher" that they had to remove cross-play support from the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions...

You'll have about five days to go medieval on each other.

Torn Banner Studios announced today that the first ever cross-play open beta for Chivalry 2 will take place from May 27, 2021 at 11AM (ET) to June 1 at 11AM (ET). This open beta is truly an open beta and will be available to everyone on PC via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Players will even be able to pre-load the open beta starting May 26 at 11AM. This will be...

For the players? Yeah, right.

New documents have surfaced showing that Sony includes additional fees against publishers and developers for enabling cross-play with other platforms. It's been known that Sony was very much against enabling cross-platform play for years before they finally caved and "let it happen." New confidential documents reveal that Sony was holding out on cross-play in order to counter any potential revenue losses.

As part of the opening for...

Coming sooner than you think.

On Tuesday, October 6 the Aftermarket Collection Event for Apex Legends will kick off. This update will include a lot of new content including a new LTM called Flashpoint, new event cosmetics, free rewards for playing, and more. Perhaps the biggest addition and inclusion with this update will be the launch of a cross-play beta.

When this beta launches, players will be able to party up and play together across all currently selected platforms....

Get ready to blast off in this team-based shooter.

EA and Final Strike Games announced the release of Rocket Arena, their new 3v3 arena shooter where it is rockets, and only rockets, all the time. The game is out for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via both Origin and Steam. It supports full cross-play across all platforms. The base entry fee looks to be $29.99 (USD) with a "Mythic Edition" for $39.99. More on that later.

The game itself features 10 different...

Get a free copy for a limited time.

Tripwire Interactive continues their love affair with the Epic Games Store today with the release of Killing Floor 2. Not only is Killing Floor 2 now available on the Epic Games Store, but it is available for free from now through July 16. If you somehow do not yet own the game from any of its numerous sale events on Steam, now would be your best opportunity to pick it up.

Ahead of this release, Tripwire made sure that cross-play and...

Become a starfighter pilot and battle it out this October.

On October 2, EA Motive and Lucasfilm will release Star Wars: Squadrons, a new first-person game set in the Star Wars universe. You will engage in 5v5 multiplayer dogfights, fleet battles, and even experience an original story that is set "during the final days of the Galactic Empire and the rise of the New Republic after the events of Star War: Return of the Jedi." Currently, the game will be released for the PlayStation...

Multiple platforms, one battlefield.

Chivalry II (or Chivalry 2 as it's sometimes shown) was shown off during IGN's Summer of Gaming showcase on June 10th. During the new trailer reveal, it was also revealed that the game would feature full cross-play between all consoles and PC (via Epic Games Store) when the game is released. This means that Xbox players will be playing against PlayStation players with some PC players tossed into the mix. On top of that, Chivalry II will be released...

Now PC players can play with other PC players.

Epic Online Services is a new toolset announced by Epic Games today. The Epic Online Services allows games to "unify player communities for all developers." That is to say, it now allows games that were "exclusive to the Epic Games Store to play nice with games that then come out on Steam at a later date.

Outside of games like Borderlands 3, which makes use of their own back-end, multiplayer games released...

Allows for cross-play with iOS and PC.

CD Projekt Red just released GWENT: The Witcher Card Game on Android today. Today's release allows all Android players to begin building up their card-based army straight away. They can then take those cards and challenge other Android players, iOS users, and PC players thanks to the wonder that is cross-play. If you played this game on a different platform and tied your progress to a GOG.com account, your progress and purchases will carry over...

This free update enables cross-platform play!

Minecraft fans on the PlayStation 4 are getting something very special tomorrow, December 10th. Tomorrow, Minecraft Bedrock Edition will be released. This release, obviously free to everyone already playing Minecraft on the PS4, is the unified version of Minecraft that brings the same experience to all platforms.

This means that starting tomorrow, PS4 owners will be playing the exact same code and content that those on the...

It's time again to survive the zombie apocalypse.

In May 2018, State of Decay 2 was released for the Xbox One and through the Windows 10 Store. It was a decent game that was marred by some unfortunate issues both technical and with respect to gameplay. Even with some of those shortcomings at launch, the game reviewed generally well.

Since then, the game has received numerous updates from the developers at Undead Labs. Now, Microsoft feels confident enough to bring State...