05-24-2019, 03:18 PM
Dauntless launches on consoles with full, day-one crossplay
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dauntless-launches-on-consoles-with-full-day-one-crossplay.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Phoenix Labs’ free-to-play game <em>Dauntless</em> has launched on the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a launch that includes cross-platform play and progression on both consoles and PC.</p>
<p>According to the game’s developer, <em>Dauntless</em> is also the first game to launch on console with full crossplay support, something that bodes well for other devs hoping to offer console crossplay in their own upcoming titles.</p>
<p>Crossplay has typically been a hard get for online multi-platform games due to, in the cases of early <em>Minecraft</em> and <em>Fortnite</em> attempts, Sony’s reluctance to support the feature across console lines.</p>
<p>The company has <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/327349/Sony_finally_agrees_to_PlayStation_4_crossplatform_play.php">since changed its stance</a>, though crossplay is still something offered on more of a case-by-case basis for PlayStation titles. Games like <em>Fortnite</em>, <em>Rocket League</em>, and now <em>Dauntless</em> have been granted the go-ahead to allow cross-console play since that policy shift last September, though as of a few months ago some developers still said Sony was <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/336453/Sony_open_for_business_on_crossplay_but_Wargroove_dev_claims_otherwise.php">reluctant to give them the green light</a>.</p>
<p>“When we first started talking about ‘One <em>Dauntless</em>,’ we knew it was a truly audacious goal,” stated Pheonix Labs’ CEO Jesse Houston in a <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/343070/Dauntless_Launches_Today_With_True_CrossPlay_on_PlayStation_4_Xbox_One_and_The_Epic_Games_Store.php">press release</a>. “No one has ever launched on console with full cross-play support from the start, but we believed in our vision and, thankfully, our friends at Epic Games, Sony, and Microsoft did too.”</p>
<p>The game is also due to launch on Switch and mobile with the same crossplay compatibility in the future.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dauntless-launches-on-consoles-with-full-day-one-crossplay.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Phoenix Labs’ free-to-play game <em>Dauntless</em> has launched on the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a launch that includes cross-platform play and progression on both consoles and PC.</p>
<p>According to the game’s developer, <em>Dauntless</em> is also the first game to launch on console with full crossplay support, something that bodes well for other devs hoping to offer console crossplay in their own upcoming titles.</p>
<p>Crossplay has typically been a hard get for online multi-platform games due to, in the cases of early <em>Minecraft</em> and <em>Fortnite</em> attempts, Sony’s reluctance to support the feature across console lines.</p>
<p>The company has <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/327349/Sony_finally_agrees_to_PlayStation_4_crossplatform_play.php">since changed its stance</a>, though crossplay is still something offered on more of a case-by-case basis for PlayStation titles. Games like <em>Fortnite</em>, <em>Rocket League</em>, and now <em>Dauntless</em> have been granted the go-ahead to allow cross-console play since that policy shift last September, though as of a few months ago some developers still said Sony was <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/336453/Sony_open_for_business_on_crossplay_but_Wargroove_dev_claims_otherwise.php">reluctant to give them the green light</a>.</p>
<p>“When we first started talking about ‘One <em>Dauntless</em>,’ we knew it was a truly audacious goal,” stated Pheonix Labs’ CEO Jesse Houston in a <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/343070/Dauntless_Launches_Today_With_True_CrossPlay_on_PlayStation_4_Xbox_One_and_The_Epic_Games_Store.php">press release</a>. “No one has ever launched on console with full cross-play support from the start, but we believed in our vision and, thankfully, our friends at Epic Games, Sony, and Microsoft did too.”</p>
<p>The game is also due to launch on Switch and mobile with the same crossplay compatibility in the future.</p>
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