Bethesda is looking to bring cross-platform multiplayer to Fallout 76

Fallout 76 came out just before the entire multiplayer games industry shifted towards multi-platform systems. As a result, Fallout 76 is still behind, with no crossplay features, but Bethesda is finally looking to change that. 

In a recent interview with Polygon, Fallout 76 Creative Director, Jon Rush, said that the team is “looking into” implementing cross-platform multiplayer for Fallout 76. However, it is not an “immediate” plan, as the team still needs to “scope out” how much work implementing it would take.

Bill LaCoste, the production director, added that there are “huge technical hurdles” that would need to be tackled before cross-platform multiplayer could be rolled out to the masses.

Obviously, Fallout 76 in itself was an experiment built on top of Fallout 4, so there are likely a lot of factors to consider in a programming sense. Whether or not cross-play ever happens remains to be seen, but hopefully they can figure it out in order to capitalise on the game's more recent popularity.

KitGuru Says: Fallout 76 is a bit behind other major multiplayer games due to its lack of crossplatform multiplayer. Hopefully they can figure out a way to close the gap. 

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