Now that multiplayer is live in Watch Dogs: Legion, players want to know when and if they can play with friends on other platforms. With more and more gamers getting into the new generation with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the topic of cross-gen support has also come up. Luckily, Ubisoft has confirmed that Watch Dogs: Legion crossplay and cross-gen support is coming soon.
As with many confirmations in recent years, the crossplay/cross-gen announcement was subtly made on Twitter. When one player responded to a Watch Dogs tweet saying "please enable cross-gen," the game's account responded, saying "While crossplay and cross-progression is currently not available for the Watch Dogs: Legion Online mode, the development team is working on adding this feature to the game with a later update."
While crossplay and cross-generation-play is currently not available for the Watch Dogs: Legion Online Mode, the development team is working on adding this feature to the game with a later update.
— Watch Dogs: Legion (@watchdogsgame) March 14, 2021
With the game having been out now for over four months, the single-player narrative has been completed by most of the active gamers making up that concurrent player count. This would make the addition of cross-play and cross-gen support a beneficial update, since most playing now that aren't just jumping in are playing for the online mode.
It will be interesting to see how the community responds to when this update eventually goes live, especially given that there seems to be some restlessness in the community regarding the substantial nature of the game. With more and more gamers every week joining a new generation of gaming, being able to play with others regardless of make and model of their platform of choice makes the world of difference.
We don't know when Watch Dogs: Legion will be adding cross-play or cross-gen support, but at least we know it is on the way in a coming update.
Thoughts on Watch Dogs: Legion so far and what could be next? Sound off in the comments below! You can also check out our thoughts on the Ubisoft title with our full review right here.
Silent Hill director Keiichiro Toyama announced his newly formed Bokeh Game Studio back in December alongside Gravity Rush's Junya Okura and Puppeteer's Kazunobo Sato to make a new horror adventure for fans to enjoy. While the new project is estimated to release sometime in 2023, we don't actually know much about the mystery title at this time, but that hasn't stopped the director from creatively teasing what horror fans will have to look forward to.
In a recent interview with AI Hub, Toyama teased that he has a special collaboration that he can't wait to share. When asked to share something new and excited, the director responded, saying, "We’re obviously still at an early period, so there’s not a lot we can actually say, but we are looking to create an experience that can be enjoyed widely by a range of people,” he told the site. “So, for example, we intend for our game to have a setting in Asian cities."
He added, “One thing we can say is that we are working hard right now to collaborate with a famous creator in Japan, and that’s something we haven’t been open about before.”
Click here to watch embedded mediaBetween Toyama's horror game and Silent Hill's composer, Akira Yamaoka, also working on a new horror project, it's an awesome time to be a Silent Hill fan even without a new Silent Hill game. That's not to say a new Silent Hills title isn't also in the works if rumors over the past few years are to be believed. Despite Hideo Kojima's very public split from Konami, there have been a plethora of reports and rumors suggesting that the company is ready to revive Silent Hill...and not just with casino cabinets.
It will be interesting to see what Konami is up to, but we're even more intrigued to see Toyama's new horror vision. He knows how to craft the perfect scare, and with the freedom his new studio allows, the sky is the limit for what sort of horrific creation this team can come up with.
What do you hope to see from this mysterious collaboration and Keiichiro Toyama's new horror game? Sound off with your thoughts in the comment section below!