Episode 549: PS4 Crossplaying

October 4, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 am

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The crew realize how prickly gamers are getting. Lootboxes may make them complain, but it won’t stop them from paying. Exclusive DLC? That seems to be a bridge too far.

The news includes:

Modern Warfare fans are cancelling pre-orders over Spec Ops exclusivity
PS4 cross-play features reportedly out of beta, now available to all developers
French CS:GO players can preview loot box contents now, but still have to claim them

Let us know what you think.

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Donovan says:

October 31, 2019 at 2:14 am

I have Left 4 Dead and Left for Dead 2 100% completed.

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