Need For Speed ​​Heat gets crossplay capability – Gaming – News

The racing game Need for Speed ​​Heat, released last year, will receive an update on Tuesday that will add crossplay functionality. This applies to the PC version, but also to the versions for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Matt Webster, general manager at developer Criterion Games, says Need for Speed ​​Heat becomes the first game from publisher Electronic Arts with crossplay. Once players the update , there is the option to race against other players, regardless of the platform on which they play the game. On the PC, crossplay is available with both the Origin version and the Steam version.

To take advantage of this, players must first enable the crossplay option. Once that’s done, friends on other platforms can be found in the Find Players menu. Then, in the new EA Friends tab in the Party menu, you can see who is actually online for racing.

Need for Speed ​​Heat came out in November last year. This racing game is all about street racing, where reputation building and chasing police cars are signature gameplay elements. All this takes place in a nighttime setting, in the American city of Palm City in Florida. Tweakers wrote one review about Need for Speed ​​Heat.

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