But as any shooter veteran knows, playing with a keyboard and mouse gives you a significant advantage when it comes to aiming, so if you’re on a console, you might want to turn off crossplay and only play with players on the same platform, while PC players will leave the feature on and just hope you’re better at head clicking than those using a control stick.
Available on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
Deathloop ($60)
Courtesy of Bethesda
Arcane Studios is the team behind popular games such as: Dishonored and Prey, Introduced Deathloop It’s coming as an all-new series in 2021. In this game, you take on the role of an assassin named Colt who gets trapped in a time loop while trying to eliminate eight targets. If you fail to eliminate any one, the loop will start all over again, but this time you’ll start with more knowledge and experience.
As a bonus, Deathloop There’s also an Invasion system, which in the opinion of WIRED staff writer Will Bedingfield is the game’s best feature. Invasions allow players to invade each other’s games. After a certain point, you can play as Colt’s rival, Juliana, and try to stop the other player from succeeding. This feature has limited cross-play: Xbox players can play with PC players who have purchased the game on the Microsoft Store, and Steam users can play with Epic users.
Available on PC (Steam, Epic), Xbox, and PlayStation.
Genshin Impact (free)
Provided by: Mihoyo
An action RPG gacha game from developer miHoYo Genshin ImpactIn , players can join each other’s adventures and tackle challenges together by sharing their UID codes. This works across all platforms the game supports, including Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Android and iOS. The company also announced a Switch version, but didn’t say when it would be released. When it is released, it should be compatible with all other platforms as well.
