While the list of Xbox Play Anywhere games continues to grow, there are still games that support and thrive from their independent platform audiences. Now, just like Rocket League, Halo Wars 2 will support Xbox One and PC crossplay.
The announcement was made as a part of their November 2 patch notes, which also outline several other improvements as well as what players can expect to be able to play with their cross-platform friends.
To begin, crossplay will be supported in Campaign, Terminus Firefight, Custom Games, Blitz Firefight, and unranked playlists, while all other playlists will stay segregated. 343 Industries acknowledged the desire of players to play on different platforms, but it is clear that they are respecting the differences that make each one great. Whereas Rocket League is more competitive between keyboard and mouse and controllers, Halo Wars 2 plays much faster on the PC.
There is, however, still a playlist in which you can see this difference first hand: a new playlist titled "Ranked 3v3 X War" is going to be added that supports crossplay. So players will still have the chance to duke it out in the ole' console vs. PC war.
Additionally, 343 Industries has added 4k Ultra HD and HDR support for the game on the Xbox One X.
Halo Wars 2 is available now on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. You can read more about the game, including the recent Awakening the Nightmare DLC, here. You can check out our review of the game here. You can check out the full patch notes below:
NEW FEATURES- Crossplay will be supported for Campaign, Blitz Firefight, Terminus Firefight, Custom Games, and all UNRANKED Playlists - All of the existing ranked playlists will remain platform-specific for the sake of fairness and parity - For players who really want to see how console stacks up against PC, a new playlist called "Ranked 3v3 X War" will be added that will support crossplay. - Crossplay will be rolled out in phases to make sure everything is working as intended and to give the team time to assess.When the update is released, the following will be enabled for crossplay: - Campaign - Blitz & Terminus Firefight - Custom Games - Unranked Playlists: 3v3 Deathmatch, Terminus Firefight - Ranked Playlist: (NEW) "Ranked 3v3 X War"** Crossplay will be added to more playlists at a later date once everything is verified to be in good shape.
- Added support for 4K Ultra HD & HDR gameplay on Xbox One X
- Crossplay is here for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs!
- Halo Wars 2 now supports tournament play between members in the same club. - Available tournament types at launch: - 1v1 Deathmatch – Rift - 1v1 Deathmatch – Bedrock - 2v2 Deathmatch – Sentry - 2v2 Deathmatch – Vault - 3v3 Deathmatch – Ashes - 3v3 Deathmatch – Fissures - 2v2 Blitz - 3v3 BlitzCORE SYSTEMS
- Arena support on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs
GAMEPLAY
- Fixed various crashes, soft locks and desyncs
- Improved disconnection handling
- Fixed medals and progress not being restored from services
- Fixed potential cause of lost progression
CAMPAIGN
- Fixed mobile garrison units not ejecting garrisoned units
- Fixed ODST units not capturing Power Nodes and Control Towers
FIREFIGHT
- Fixed progression blocker in Manifestation caused by recycling a Mega Turret
- Fixed temporarily invincible scripted Flood Infectors in Manifestation
COSMETIC
- Fixed friendly fire towards the Nexus and Spires from player turrets and offensive leader powers
- Fixed the Find Match tile in the Firefight menu
- Fixed an issue where season leaderboards were not loading in the leaderboard data
PC ONLY
- Fixed placeholder mission briefing video in Manifestation
- Fixed Operation: Spearbreaker DLC placeholder achievement images
- Fixed missing splash art from the ATN loading screens
- Fixed missing Shield Barrier VFX in Firefight
- Fixed missing flare VFX for Lotus Mines in Firefight
- Fixed missing supplies glow VFX
- Fixed flickering Barriers during deployment
- Fixed premature Colossus deployment animation in Not On My Watch
- Fixed inconsistent camera boundary on mini-map in Gatecrashers
* Balance updates are being worked on and will be forthcoming in a separate server-side update at a little later date. Stay tuned for more details!
- Restored ability to rebind the Cancel command
- Fixed default Push to Talk key (‘\’) not functioning until rebound