It seems like a requirement that should be imposed as a mandatory rule for games that are focused on the multiplayer field, but today there are many who do not yet offer cross-play. From Respawn Entertainment they continue to work on offering more content and more events for Apex Legends and among the issues that they had to solve, was this multiplayer option. The community claimed it and from the study they have confirmed that from now on, Apex Legends offers the option of cross play between consoles and PC.
As expected, before being officially published, you have to go through a beta phase. And this phase will require that users are encouraged to participate in the lobbies that have this option enabled. From the Electronic Arts blog they clarify it quite clearly and point to the Apex Legend s Aftermarket update for its arrival, on October 6.
And in the note confirming that Apex Legends offers the option of cross-play between consoles and PC, we found that they were aware of the popular demand for this option. But before launching it, they had to address many issues, such as the difference in control between PC users, with keyboard and mouse, and console users. In fact, from what they indicate, right now the option keeps PC users from the games of users who play on the console excluded from the option.
It is currently in the testing phase and would be activated by default. If you do not want to participate in these types of games in which users from all platforms are mixed, you must disable the cross-game option in the menu. If you keep it activated, you can see that the players appear with an icon that identifies the platforms they play on. Different friend requests can be managed in this way to be able to find a game and form a team more easily, regardless of whether your contact plays on another platform.
In a way, there isn’t much more to say about the arrival of such an interesting option as crossplay to Apex Legends. It is something that should be considered almost at launch and its arrival is not total, to avoid problems. Regarding matchmaking, as we have mentioned, games between consoles and PC are not automatically enabled. Now, console users will be able to choose to participate in PC games, while the reverse path is kept disabled.
Remember that by default the cross-play option in Apex Legends is activated, if you do not want to participate in this beta phase of the cross-game you must manually disable it. Apex Legends is offered for free on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC. The update that will bring the crossover game is set for October 6.