07-19-2019, 05:05 AM
Gearbox wants crossplay in Borderlands 3, but it won’t launch with it
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gearbox-wants-crossplay-in-borderlands-3-but-it-wont-launch-with-it.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Gearbox wants <em>Borderlands 3 </em>to be one of a growing number of games that have bridged the console gap for online multiplayer, but the feature won’t be offered when it launches in September.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/DuvalMagic/status/1150850085724573697">Taking to Twitter</a>, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford explained that the team at Gearbox is “committed to supporting crossplay for <em>Borderlands 3</em>” but that, when the game launches, multiplayer team-ups will be restricted by what platform people are playing on.</p>
<p>He says that Gearbox is working with its partners to support the feature “as soon as practicable after launch,” but cannot offer a timeframe or anything more concrete at this point in time. As other game devs can attest, the most difficult part of enabling cross-platform play across platforms like PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 can sometimes be convincing the platform holders themselves to allow the feature.</p>
<p>That being said, cross-platform play is becoming more common in this day and age. <em>Dauntless</em>, for one, recently <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/343114/Dauntless_launches_on_consoles_with_full_dayone_crossplay.php">launched on consoles</a> with day-one support for cross-platform multiplayer, and games like <em>Fortnite</em> and <em>Rocket League</em> have also opened up to multi-platform online play sessions.</p>
<p>In a follow-up <a href="https://twitter.com/DuvalMagic/status/1150858409367023622">tweet</a>, Pitchford clarifies that it is currently working with Gearbox’s partners to “create a positive crossplay experience as soon as practicable. We are committed to crossplay on as many platforms as possible.”</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gearbox-wants-crossplay-in-borderlands-3-but-it-wont-launch-with-it.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Gearbox wants <em>Borderlands 3 </em>to be one of a growing number of games that have bridged the console gap for online multiplayer, but the feature won’t be offered when it launches in September.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/DuvalMagic/status/1150850085724573697">Taking to Twitter</a>, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford explained that the team at Gearbox is “committed to supporting crossplay for <em>Borderlands 3</em>” but that, when the game launches, multiplayer team-ups will be restricted by what platform people are playing on.</p>
<p>He says that Gearbox is working with its partners to support the feature “as soon as practicable after launch,” but cannot offer a timeframe or anything more concrete at this point in time. As other game devs can attest, the most difficult part of enabling cross-platform play across platforms like PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 can sometimes be convincing the platform holders themselves to allow the feature.</p>
<p>That being said, cross-platform play is becoming more common in this day and age. <em>Dauntless</em>, for one, recently <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/343114/Dauntless_launches_on_consoles_with_full_dayone_crossplay.php">launched on consoles</a> with day-one support for cross-platform multiplayer, and games like <em>Fortnite</em> and <em>Rocket League</em> have also opened up to multi-platform online play sessions.</p>
<p>In a follow-up <a href="https://twitter.com/DuvalMagic/status/1150858409367023622">tweet</a>, Pitchford clarifies that it is currently working with Gearbox’s partners to “create a positive crossplay experience as soon as practicable. We are committed to crossplay on as many platforms as possible.”</p>
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