Do you want to play some Marvel Rivals with your friends but you're on PS5 and they're on Xbox Series X? You'll need to know if the game supports crossplay or not.
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Fortunately, Marvel Rivals does have cross-platform multiplayer but it does need a bit of explaining.
Before we dive into the details, you might want to know the full list of playable characters in the online hero shooter (if you don't know who's in it already).
You may want to learn all there is to know about its team-ups, too, and how to use them. Time to improve your Rivals game.
Read on to find out everything there is to know about Marvel Rivals crossplay and cross-progression.
Is Marvel Rivals crossplay?
Marvel Rivals. Sony, NetEase Games, Marvel
Yes, Marvel Rivals is crossplay across PlayStation, Xbox and PC. That said, its crossplay compatibility differs depending on the game mode you are playing.
Essentially, crossplay is available across casual modes – Quick Match, Conquest and Custom Games – whereas playing in Competitive Mode will limit you to the platform you're on. So PC players can only play with those on PC and so forth.
The lack of crossplay in ranked modes is likely to help ensure fair play in competitive rather than social matches. There's always a debate over who has the edge out of mouse and keyboard and controller players.
Keeping crossplay in casual modes lets everyone have fun with each other while avoiding confrontation between the two control modes in the more serious ranked modes.
Marvel Rivals does not have cross-progression at launch. It is, however, expected to be implemented at some point in the future, with the developers well aware that fans have requested the feature.
During a Wccftech interview, executive producer Danny Koo addressed cross-progression: "As you can imagine, that's extremely complicated to pull off, so we're still looking into it. We've heard that the audience has already suggested this several times, so we're looking into it."
Based on those comments, fingers crossed Marvel Rivals cross-progression is added to the game at some point. We'll update this page if/when we learn more.
Marvel Rivals is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows.
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