MLB: The Show 21 was announced today. The yearly sports franchise drops on April 20. Many are talking about the new cover athlete Frernando Tatis Jr.; however, he’s far from the biggest news here. Instead, it’s what he represents. Tatis Jr. doesn’t abide by the unwritten rules of the sport. Instead, he does things his
Cross-Play
Apex Legends is already one of the more popular battle royales out there. However, it’s about to get even better. As part of the upcoming Aftermarket Collection Event, the game will get cross-play. Now, the much-requested feature is still in beta, but it’s still a step toward what everyone wants. Of course, it’s far from
The hero shooter subgenre is an odd one. It’s not an oversaturated market, at least not yet, but instead, one that’s so dominated by a select few successes that it’s an uphill battle for any new game to come in and gain a foothold. For every Overwatch or Apex Legends, there’s a Battleborn and LawBreakers
Need for Speed Heat launched late last year as the twenty-fourth installment in the long-running NFS franchise. At the time, racers were only able to compete against other players on their console. With its final update, developer Criterion is opening the world up to everybody. Starting tomorrow, racers will enjoy cross-play support on PC, PS4,
Being the market leader allows for a lot of brash decisions; for example, PlayStation didn’t have to support cross-play because “PlayStation is the best place to play.” When they eventually softened on that position, it was on their terms, They rolled the service out on a trial basis, before expanding it to other games. It certainly
Wargaming is the publisher behind many notable multiplayer games like World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, and Pagan Online; that being said, none of them have supported cross-play thus far. World of Warships: Legends, the console version of 2015’s naval warfare MMO World of Warships, will be the first title in Wargaming’s library to add
According to the most recent episode of the Kotaku Splitscreen podcast, journalist Jason Schreier stated that Bungie wanted to transfer characters for Destiny 2 between systems, but Sony would not allow it. During the podcast, Schreier explained that “I heard that Bungie wanted to do character transfers for PS4 & PC, but Sony wouldn’t allow it,” and that
While Liquid Bit and BumbleBear Games were originally planning to release Killer Queen Black for Nintendo Switch and PC in Q1 2019, they pushed the game back until Q3 in February. Today, the pair revealed that the game will also be coming to Xbox One and will feature cross play across all three announced platforms. That
Over the past year, it has become clear that Microsoft and Nintendo are getting very close. Several titles feature cross-play between the two platforms and some games from Microsoft owned studios like Minecraft and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice are still finding life on Nintendo’s hybrid console. That being said, recent rumors are suggesting that we could
Over the past year, Sony has dealt with a lot of controversy surrounding cross-play. At first they were criticized for not allowing it at all while Microsoft and Nintendo were getting friendly with each other. Now, even after that policy has shifted to allow cross-play, the feature has been rolled out across PS4 games quite
When Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid was announced last week, one of the most impressive things about the game was how it handled cross-play. While fellow April fighting game Mortal Kombat 11 probably won’t have cross-play at launch, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is poised to feature both cross-play and cross-progression between the Nintendo
While Mortal Kombat 11 may be the April fighting game that is the current talk of the town, a new Power Rangers fighting game will also be coming in just a few months. Announced today by nWay, Hasbro, and Lionsgate following a leak, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid will be an accessible fighting game