Respawn confirms Apex Legends crossplay won\u2019t pair console and PC players Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends crossplay is going to keep PC players separate from their console rivals \u2014 for the most part \u2014 Respawn has confirmed, after fans expressed concerns mouse & keyboard fans would \u201cdominate\u201d once the new link-up feature is introduced. In a TikTok video, Apex Legends software engineer Jake Smullin said the Respawn team had seen \u201clots of console players worry about [crossplay]\u201d. The main worries were that PC based players would \u201cdominate\u201d lobbies with console-based fans. There\u2019s no reason to panic, Smullin explained; there\u2019s \u201cno chance\u201d Apex Legends will match computer-based players up with console opponents. That is, he added, unless you have a PC player on your fireteam too after the crossplay update. \u201cI wanted to clear something up about crossplay. You will only be in PC crossplay lobbies if you have a PC player on your team,\u201d Smullin wrote in his TikTok video, which was unearthed by DBLTAP on July 26. \u201cHave been seeing lots of console players worrying\u2026 but don\u2019t. Everyone should be excited! So, please, no more \u2018not crossplay, PC is gonna dominate us\u2019. Crossplay is going to be huge for Apex Legends.\u201d After more than a year of waiting, Apex Legends crossplay was finally announced during the 2020 EA Play event in June. Respawn didn\u2019t pen in any specific launch date, however, simply confirming it was coming \u201cthis Fall.\u201d Crossplay has been one of the most-demanded features for the battle royale since it was released in early 2019. With more modern titles connecting the different gaming platforms together, it was only a matter of time. Apex rivals Fortnite and Warzone have boasted crossplay features for some time now, while Rocket League \u2014 which is set to go free-to-play later this year \u2014 and Destiny 2 also recently made the crossplay switch. Don\u2019t forget, crossplay isn\u2019t the only thing Respawn has planned for Apex Legends this year either. The character-based battle royale will finally make its long-awaited debut on Valve\u2019s Steam game browser. Apex\u2019s platform move will happen in Fall. The cross-platform feature will also be vital for Apex as the next generation of consoles land these holidays. The title\u2019s player base is expected to partially fragment again when the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are released in December. Apex\u2019s planned release on the Nintendo Switch \u2014 currently penciled in for mid-October \u2014 will only compound any potential problems too. Basically, Respawn\u2019s decision to hit that crossplay button has come at the perfect time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn confirms Apex Legends crossplay won\u2019t pair console and PC players Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends crossplay is going to keep PC players separate from their console rivals \u2014 for the most part \u2014 Respawn has confirmed, after fans expressed concerns mouse & keyboard fans would \u201cdominate\u201d once the new link-up feature is introduced. In a TikTok […]<\/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-18544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544","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=18544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}