About a week ago, I reported on Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm making its way over to consoles, and while this is great news for console fans it has been confirmed there will be no cross-platform play.

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm will be arriving on consoles next month, and while some console gamers might of expected to be able to take on opposing gamers from their counter-console, this unfortunately won't be the case. In the above Tweet from the official Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Twitter account, a fan asked if the game would be arriving with cross-play support between console and PC, the Twitter page replied with 'There is no cross-play multiplayer between platforms'.

The Tweet continues on to say that the PS4 version of the game won't support cloud saves either, but all other versions of the game will. Both of these pieces of information are quite saddening to learn, especially with a game like Civ where cloud saves are such a fundamental convenience. Civilization VI will be out on PS4 and Xbox One on November 22. Surprisingly, Civilization VI came to the Nintendo Switch first and has already been out for a year now.

Last updated: Apr 6, 2020 at 04:44 pm CDT

Cross-platform play is the ability to allow different gaming platforms to share the same online servers in a game, allowing players to join together regardless of the platform they own. Since the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2, there have been online video games that support cross-play. Playing Age of Empires 2 cross-platform between a PC (Windows 7) and a Mac (OS X 10.10 Yosemite) works- at least if you also play the PC version through Wine on the Mac. Have successfully done this today, playing a two-player game on the same (W)LAN.

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Sony has recently joined the fun world of cross-play between consoles and PC, with the worlds of Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and the PC all merging in some, but not all ways.

One of the largest games to support cross-play is coming very soon with Activision's big release in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but there are a bunch of games that support cross-play between the Xbox, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and of course... the PC. It's not all fun and games (heh) but there are full cross-platform supporting games that I will list, and partial cross-platform support in games.

The folks over at DigitalTrends made a great list of all games supporting cross-platform, and split them into platforms. It's a big list, and it'll continue to grow. But for now... this is what you can expect -- with a note that some of them aren't out yet, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launching on October 25.

Full cross-platform support

• Fortnite: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, mobile
• Dauntless: PS4, Xbox One, PC
• Rocket League: Xbox One, Switch, PC, PS4
• SMITE: Xbox One, Switch, PC, PS4
• Paladins: Champions of the Realm: Xbox One, Switch, PC, PS4
• Realm Royale: Xbox One, Switch, PC, PS4 (October)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Xbox One, PS4, PC (October 25)

Partial cross-platform support

• Minecraft: Xbox One, Switch, PC, mobile
• DC Universe Online: PS4, PC
• Aragami: Xbox One, PC, Switch / PS4, PC
• Ark: Survival Evolved: Xbox One, PC
• Astroneer: Xbox One, PC
• Blobcat: Switch, PC
• Brawlhalla: Switch, Xbox One
• Chess Ultra: Xbox One, Switch, PC / PC, PS4
• Deep Rock Galactic: Xbox One, PC
• Dick Wilde 2: PS4, PC
• Disc Jam: Switch, PC / PC, PS4
• Eve: Valkyrie: PS4, PC
• Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: PS4, PC, Mac
• Full Metal Furies: Xbox One, PC
• Games of Glory: PS4, PC
• Guns of Icarus Online: PS4, PC, Mac
• Happy Wars: Xbox One, PC
• Hearthstone: PC, Mac, iOS, Android
• Hero Siege: PC, Mac, mobile, Switch / PC, Mac, mobile, PS4
• Hex: PS4, PC
• Hover: Xbox One, Switch, PC / PC, PS4
• Kabounce: PS4, PC
• Mantis Burn Racing: PS4, PC / Switch, Xbox One, PC
• Mushroom Wars 2: Switch, PC, Mac, mobile
• NBA 2K Playgrounds 2: Xbox One, Switch, PC
• Next Up Hero: Xbox One, Switch, Mac, PC
• Overload: Xbox One, PC / PS4, PC
• Phantasy Star Online 2: PS4, PC
• Pinball FX 3: PS4, PC / Switch, Xbox One, PC
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: PS4, Xbox One
• Pox Nora: PS4, PC, Mac
• Pure Chess: PC, 3DS
• Rec Room: PS4, PC
• Riptide GP Renegade: Switch, PC / Xbox One, PC
• Roblox: Xbox One, PC, Mac, mobile
• Siegecraft Commander: PS4, PC / Switch, Xbox One, PC
• Sniper Elite V2 Remastered: Xbox One, PC
• Spacelords: PS4, PC / Xbox One, PC
• Sports Bar VR: PS4, PC
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew: PS4, PC
• Street Fighter V: PS4, PC
• Square Heroes: PS4, PC
• Super Dungeon Bros: PS4, PC, Mac / Xbox One, PC
• Super Mega Baseball 2: PS4, PC / Xbox One, PC
• Trailblazers: PS4, PC, Mac / Xbox One, Switch, PC
• Treasure Stack: Xbox One, Switch, PC
• Tooth and Tail: PS4, PC, Mac
• Ultimate Chicken Horse: PS4, PC, Mac / Switch, PC, Mac
• War Thunder: PS4, PC, Mac / Xbox One, PC, Mac
• Wargroove: Switch, Xbox One, PC
• Weapons of Mythology: New Age: PS4, PC
• Werewolves Within: PS4, PC

Then there's also Microsoft's nifty Xbox Play Anywhere, where a bunch of first-party games can be purchased a single time and played on either (or both) the Xbox One and PC. These games include:

• Crackdown 3
• Fable Fortune
• Forza Horizon 3
• Forza Horizon 4
• Forza Motorsport 7
• Gears of War 4
• Gears 5
• Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
• Halo Wars 2
• Killer Instinct
• Sea of Thieves
• State of Decay 2
• Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Last updated: Feb 15, 2020 at 10:02 pm CST

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