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The Cycle is coming to Steam and will support crossplay with Epic Games Store

Yager announced at Gamescom that it is bringing the competitive quest shooter The Cycle to Steam in Q4 2020. The game is also leaving early access at the Epic Games Store and will support crossplay with Steam.

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mrsolidsteel201764d ago

Are the two getting along now?

Vits1764d ago

Not really. If this crossplay use EOS and the work in the similar style of Killing Floor 2 crossplay. Then it will require Steam users (and only Steam users) to create a Epic Games Store account and log into said account in order to use it.

So it's basically Epic using Steam users in order to inflate their own store user numbers.

Razmiran1763d ago

Thats the choice of the devs tho, borderlands 3 also has crossplay and asks users of both storefronts to create a Gearbox ID

Vits1763d ago (Edited 1763d ago )

@Razmiran

That is because the developers created their own ID system to manage the crossplay. But that is not a viable alternative to a indie game like this one.

Godmars2901763d ago

Oh hey...

Cross platforming on the same platform...

ocelot071763d ago

Has boggled my mind for years. Like I remember saying when Advance Warfare released on Windows store and steam and they couldn't play with each other. So not long after release Windows store buyers could hardly get into a match due to hardly anyone being online.

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PlayStation Plus-Exclusive Weekend Offer Launches on PSN This June 27

The PlayStation Plus-exclusive PS Store Weekend Offer has some big-name franchises discounted for a limited time.

raWfodog8h ago

Cyberpunk 2077 finally hit that sweet sale price for me so I went ahead and picked it up. I just started playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 though so it’ll be a while before I delve into Night City. Looking forward to it though.

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Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc To Rock San Diego Comic-Con

This should make fans attending the ahow event happier as Bandai Namco is bringing some interesting game experiences to the convention.

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Looming Xbox layoffs threaten Microsoft's reputation

Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era

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Jingsing1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.

YourMommySpoils8h ago

Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.

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isarai1d 12h ago

What reputation is this threatening exactly? 😂

Lightning771d 9h ago

Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.

The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.

Christopher12h ago

That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.

1Victor12h ago

@christopher: “ That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest”
The key word big can be ether good or bad 🤷🏿only time can tell

DarXyde10h ago

First Forza being generated entirely via AI?

If any company would do it, it'd be them.

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