As we already knew, developer Respawn’s free-to-play battle royale effort Apex Legends is getting cross-play support; as we didn’t already know, Apex Legends is getting cross-play support next Tuesday, 6th October.
Cross-play will enable Apex Legends players across PS4, Xbox One, and PC to either buddy up or battle it out against one another, and to connect with acquaintances on other platforms, players can search usernames and send friend requests via Apex Legends’ in-game friend list. The receiving party will see a lobby notification they can either accept, reject, or block.
Once you’ve amassed a suitable collection of cross-platforms pals, you can send party invites via the friend menu; cross-platform invite notifications will appear in the lobby, while same-platform invites will continue to make use of the platform’s default notifications system. Respawn notes that voice chat will work between platforms too.
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To avoid giving mouse-and-keyboard players an unfair advantage, Respawn says matchmaking will keep console and PC players in separate pools. However, if friends want to team up between console and PC, everyone will be placed into the PC pool. It’s also possible to disable cross-platform support entirely, although those that do may find themselves in extremely long queues as the game attempts to pair them up with other cross-platform shirkers.