Apex Legends dev gives update on the future of cross-platform play Sony \/ Respawn Entertainment \/ MicrosoftEver since Apex Legends\u2019 incredible February 4 release the community has been asking for cross-platform play to be integrated in the exciting battle royale. Although the developers at Respawn Entertainment have been tight-lipped about upcoming elements they plan on introducing to their game, one dev offered an update to the highly requested feature. Apex Legends\u2019 Project Lead Drew McCoy sat down with WIRED to answer some of the game community\u2019s most burning questions, including the status of cross-play among the different consoles. Apex Legends Cross-Platform Play Even though McCoy admitted that he couldn\u2019t comment on the specifics for \u201cfuture features or content,\u201d he did relieve some players by saying the company is aware of the growing demand for cross-play. \u201cCross-play is something we really care about and are looking into,\u201d McCoy said. \u201cWe know that people have friends on all sorts of platforms and that you really want to go to the arena and get some wins together, so stay tuned.\u201d Read more: Everything we know about leaked Apex Legends character Wattson \u2013 release date rumors, abilities and more – Some fans will be disappointed by the response, but hearing an Apex developer speak on the topic in any capacity will be a godsend to most fans seeing how Respawn has offered little insight on where they stood since the game\u2019s release. (Timestamp at 6:12 for mobile viewers) Best character in Apex Legends? McCoy initially approached this fan question with a typical \u201cthere is no such thing as best character\u201d line but gave into his personal favorite. \u201cHonestly, Lifeline is my favorite and my best,\u201d McCoy said. \u201cShe has what I consider to be the most power ability with the care package, because I love loot.\u201d Lifeline has easily made her way at the top of numerous tier lists because of her Care Package. Her ability can dish out high tier loot at any part of a match and provide added bonuses with some clever tricks. Boodhound\u2019s pet bird has a name! The interview was a treasure trove of newly confirmed information, such as the name reveal for Bloodhound\u2019s trusty avian companion. Previously, the only thing that alluded Apex fans more than Bloodhound\u2019s origins has been the name of the bird routinely seen with them. \u201cThis might be a world\u2019s first,\u201d McCoy ramped up. \u201cI have been informed that Bloodhound\u2019s bird has a proper name of Arthur.\u201d The Respawn developer revealed plenty of interesting tidbits for the game, making the video well worth a watch for any Apex Legends fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev gives update on the future of cross-platform play Sony \/ Respawn Entertainment \/ MicrosoftEver since Apex Legends\u2019 incredible February 4 release the community has been asking for cross-platform play to be integrated in the exciting battle royale. Although the developers at Respawn Entertainment have been tight-lipped about upcoming elements they plan on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}