Hi-Rez is continuing their crusade to bring Realm Royale to all platforms in all its glory. While the battle royale already supports partial cross-play, PS4 players were left behind the curve until now. Starting with the OB22 update, they will be able to queue up with their friends across all consoles and PC.
Cross-play achieved
The update arrives in early October and it will completely bridge the Realm Royale cross-play gap. For console-users concerned about playing against PC players, the update will also add the option to queue based on input device. Players who use a controller will be able to lock their match-making to only controller-player lobbies. Conversely, players using a mouse and keyboard – or parties with at least one such player – will queue with all players and parties regardless of input device.
While cross-play will be fully implemented, cross-progression is still in the works. Realm Royale players with accounts on separate consoles and PC don’t share their purchased cosmetics between accounts. Their achievements and trophies and other account-specific progression metrics are also kept separate for each account. Hi-Rez is “working alongside [their] partners at Sony” to change that. More information on the matter should be coming soon.
Three abilities
Improvements to Realm Royale cross-play are not the only change coming with OB22. Core gameplay is about to undergo a big change: the update will add a third ability slot. This is bound to shake up the meta, or at least reverse it to something more similar to Realm Royale at launch.
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Players who want to test the changes early can hop on the Steam PTS right now. OB22 arrives in early October to bring the Realm Royale cross-play improvements and ability changes. As usual it will be packed with bug fixes, balance changes and quality of life improvements. It will also kick-start the game’s new battle pass.
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Published: Sep 11, 2019 02:03 pm