Confirming rumors and reviews, Microsoft right this moment formally introduced that its first-party video games Sea of Thieves, Grounded, Hello-Fi Rush, and Pentiment are coming to rival platforms.
Pentiment involves PS4, PS5, and Swap on February 22. Hello-Fi Rush lands on PlayStation 5 on March 19, with pre-orders opening February 21 (there was no point out of a Swap launch). Grounded, in the meantime, involves PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Swap on April 16. Cross-play might be out there between all console platforms in addition to PC.
Lastly, Sea of Thieves is coming to PS5 on April 30, and there might be cross-play assist between Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Microsoft didn’t say something about bringing Sea of Thieves to Swap.
“Whether or not it is Nintendo Swap and PlayStation gamers surviving within the yard collectively in Grounded, or PlayStation gamers attending to dwell a pirate’s life in Sea of Thieves, with cross-play, these multiplayer titles out there will deliver extra folks collectively and proceed to develop their communities of gamers,” Xbox’s Matt Booty stated.
Players on PlayStation and Nintendo gadgets must purchase the video games outright, although, as Microsoft isn’t bringing Sport Go to these platforms.
Microsoft is already one of many largest publishers on PlayStation and Nintendo due to the Minecraft franchise, and this attain is predicted to solely develop additional. In any case, Microsoft will proceed to publish the Name of Obligation collection on PlayStation, and doubtlessly deliver it to Nintendo, following Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard in 2023.