FBC: Firebreak Will Have Full Crossplay Support at Launch, But No Cross-Progression Plans Yet
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For those planning on getting FBC: Firebreak on the platform of their choice but are worried about not being able to play with their friends, we have good news; FBC: Firebreak will support full crossplay when it launches this summer!
However, if you were hoping to jump between platforms and keep progression, that won’t be happening anytime soon.
FBC: Firebreak Will Have Full Crossplay Day One, But You Can’t Move Progression From Platforms Just Yet
In case you didn’t hear, Remedy, the famed developers behind Control and the Alan Wake series, are dipping their toes into online gaming with their cooperative first-person shooter, FBC: Firebreak. Set in the Control universe, FBC: Firebreak is a brand-new experience built from the ground up for coop. With it set to launch on PC, the PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, some of you may wonder if the studio plans to support crossplay. As we already answered, FBC: Firebreak will support crossplay the very same day it launches. This means you’ll be able to play with your friends, regardless of what platform they’re on.
Although the feature has started to become a norm in the realm of online games, some titles still release that don’t support it, so it’s always great to see confirmation of this.
Now, for those wondering if you’ll be able to play on one platform and then move to another with your progression intact, the answer is sadly no, at least for launch. At the moment, it doesn’t seem like Remedy is planning to add cross-progression support. However, during the press preview event we attended for FBC: Firbreak, the studio said it could be something coming down the road.
Julian Fondum, Community Manager of FBC: Firebreak shared, “Not at launch. Maybe way down the line. It’s a maybe. A lot of things we’re doing on the back end is definitely built in the way that we can do a bunch of things down the line when we have more resources and so on. So we’re really, really trying to build a very good foundation for the future, but no, currently, there’s not going to be cross-progression.”
Bummer, but we’re glad to see that it is something that they may consider down the road. I’m sure if the game becomes a big enough hit and the support remains steady, we’ll see it eventually added, but for now, you’ll just have to make do with the platform you start on.
In the same discussion, the team also confirmed that there will be online matchmaking. So, if you can’t find friends who want to play, you can at least play with random. If you are planning on playing with friends who are on different platforms, the studio confirmed that there would be a friend code-like system in place to crossplay with friends.
FBC: Firebreak arrives this summer on the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Fans can also enjoy it as part of PC Game Pass + Game Pass Ultimate, as well as PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. To get a deeper dive into the game, be sure to check out our demo preview.
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Well it’s not “full” support then, is it? And kind of pointless as well.
It is. Having full crossplay is different from cross-progression.