Xbox One is enabling cross-network multiplayer, if PS4 wants to join in

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Microsoft is enabling cross-network multiplayer for Xbox Live, meaning you could face off against PS4 players on Xbox One in online games like Rocket League... if Sony decides to go along with it. The change will also open up the possibility of online multiplayer with non-Microsoft networks like Steam on PC.

Cross-network play has happened before in fits and starts: Shadowrun let players on PC and Xbox 360 face off way back in 2007, and games like the late Fable Legends planned to allow for Windows 10/Xbox One multiplayer. Starting with Rocket League, which was confirmed as one of the first games to support it, this could signal a new era in cross-platform cohesion for developers outside of Microsoft.

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Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.