“Alongside cross-play we’re also building cross-progression and cross-commerce for Battlefield 2042, which will be shared across all platforms and travel with you wherever you go,” the studio added. You can team up with your friends without any additional steps across PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android (eventually Xbox, too). Cross-play will also be available across Xbox One and PS4. Graphics Presets for Cinematic / Performance modes and cross. Players interested in taking part in the technical test, which will only be available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, are advised to register for EA Playtesting, although this will not guarantee access.ĭICE said the plan is to support cross-play across PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5, with PC and console players ale to opt-out from playing together. PC vs Console Parity - A couple of ideas to bring Consoles and PC more inline with each other. The test will accommodate “a few thousand participants” ahead of wider testing in an open beta before the game’s October release.
“We can confirm it’s a function we’re looking to build and test for Battlefield 2042,” it said, adding that it has delayed a planned technical playtest from early July to “later this summer so we’ll have the opportunity to test the cross-play functionality”. When it comes to video games, cross-platform play, or simply crossplay, means the ability to play an online multiplayer game not only together with friends who are playing on the same hardware platform, like a particular console or PC, but also alongside people using different hardware.That makes it possible, that a player running a PC can play together and party up with friends using a XBox.