The Psyonix title is preparing for a new stage as of September 23, which will start on all platforms.
That Rocket League was going to move to the free-to-play model had already been confirmed for months, as well as that this new stage would begin in summer. The months have passed and finally Psyonix offered a concrete release date, September 23. Along with this new business model, one of the most anticipated functionalities by the gaming community will also be released, cross-play, also known as crossplay. In this way, all users will be able to see their faces regardless of the platform on which they play (PS4, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. And how will it work? Here we offer you all the details about it.
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– Rocket League (@RocketLeague) September 15, 2020
How to link the account
To activate crossplay, you need a free Epic Games account, so that’s the first step to take. As soon as you start Rocket League, you will be asked to access the account and then you will have the opportunity to access different options so that the progression is transferred to all the versions in which you play.
What you have to do now is choose the main platform, that is, the system in which you have your best progression, since the progress of the Rocket Pass, the Competitive Rank and the XP level will be transferred to the rest of the systems. Credits and Esports Token will be irretrievably linked to that platform and cannot be transferred to another. After setting the main platform, you will be able to play with your Competitive Rank, Rocket Pass and XP level on any other linked system.
You will be able to connect additional platforms to your Epic Games account from the account linking page. You will need to link your platforms using PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Nintendo Switch Online, and Steam. You will also have the opportunity to designate any of these versions as the main system. If you’ve linked a platform in the past, you won’t need to do it again.
And what happens if you make a mistake and get confused when choosing the main platform? Nothing happens, because you can unlink it and choose a new one, although you will not be able to link it to another Epic Games account. Everyone who links Rocket League will receive a free Chopper EG Wheels item.
What will transfer and what will not?
The shared inventory is one of the novelties that the Rocket League crossplay will bring, but it is not the only thing that will be transferred to the rest of the platforms:
- All free drops
- Season Titles and Rewards
- Rocket Pass Items
- In-store purchases
- Blueprints and blueprint objects
- All DLC included in the Legacy Pack
- On the other hand, the same will not happen with the following:
- Exclusive items (such as Sweet Tooth, Hogsticker, Armadillo, Mario and Luigi NSR or Samus’ Gunship)
- Ultimate Edition DLC (like Batman or DC Superheroes)
- Premium DLC Pack (examples: Back To The Future, Jurassic World, DC Superheroes, Fast and the Furious, Ghostbusters, Knight Rider …)
- Esports credits and tokens
- In order to guarantee that there are no fraud in the sale of objects, from Psyonix they will limit that the exchange of objects is only maintained between players of the same platform.
Source | Rocket league
