Sure, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands helps cross-play on all platforms, however what about that promised Borderlands 3 replace? Don’t fear, it is coming. Gearbox has confirmed Borderlands 3 will add cross-play assist for PlayStation someday later this spring. PS4 and PS5 homeowners will lastly get to affix the adventures of their PC, Stadia and Xbox counterparts.

Gearbox first added cross-play to Borderlands 3 in 2021, however PlayStation homeowners have been conspicuously unnoticed. Pitchford revealed that Sony blocked full cross-platform assist. It later got here to mild within the Epic vs. Apple lawsuit that Sony requested for royalty charges for any recreation with cross-play, figuring out them primarily based on the recognition and monetary success of the PlayStation model. It’s not sure if that association utilized right here.

Sony was once adamantly in opposition to cross-play for PlayStation. Former SIE America CEO Shawn Layden mentioned in 2018 that any inter-platform gameplay would solely work if it was “supporting our business,” however many critics noticed it as a money seize — Sony did not like that you just would possibly purchase content material on a rival platform and get to apply it to your PS4. The firm step by step relented, although, and allowed the characteristic in video games like Fortnite and Rocket League. Borderlands 3 is a latecomer in that regard, however the assist stays a welcome signal of thawing relations between Sony and the remainder of the gaming world.