Killer Instinct To Test Xbox & PC Ranked Crossplay This Weekend

Over the course of nearly a decade, Iron Galaxy’s Killer Instinct remains to foster a returning player base across both Xbox as well as PC. Lately, the game did receive some spotlight with the recent ‘Anniversary Edition’ that shipped back in November. The update included enhancements for the latest Xbox Series X|S consoles and upgraded the Definitive Edition for all owners for no extra cost.

However, the game now in its second month in February is making more noise. Only for a brief timeframe, Iron Galaxy will be testing the water for crossplay. Yes, cross-platform play will be enabled between both Xbox & PC for ranked matchmaking, the developer confirms. This test will be live from February 9th to February 12th.

“You’ve been asking for years to allow Ranked Crossplay between Steam and Xbox/Windows. Thanks to some fancy new services, now available to us in Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition, we are going to give it an initial (very experimental) test run,” the developer writes in the blog post. It is noted that respected leaderboards will remain separate amid the new test.

“If a Steam player gets a win over an Xbox player, the Steam player will gain points for the Steam Leaderboard, while the Xbox player will lose points for the Xbox Leaderboard. During this test window, the Block Cross-Network Play function will be bypassed in Ranked mode only. By playing Ranked, you are opting in to playing Cross-Network during this time. Other online modes are not affected. 

“If you are an Xbox player concerned about performance while playing against PC users, remember: Both the Windows and Steam versions of the game require players to pass a performance test requiring 60 FPS before playing online, ensuring that your matches will feel great. This Ranked Crossplay Test will help determine if we will add this feature in a future update, pending evaluation of results and the community’s feedback.”

Are you interested to see crossplay make a permanent stay in Killer Instinct?

Killer Instinct is out now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Source: Iron Galaxy