Gearbox Software added crossplay to Borderlands 3 last year, but Sony’s platforms did not support the feature initially. That will soon change, as the company announced at PAX East that full crossplay support – including with PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 – will arrive sometime this spring, GameSpot reports. When the feature is available, PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Stadia players will all be able to play the game with each other.
Sony has in the past been resistant to activating cross-country games on some games, which has initially blocked support for it in titles such as Fortnite and Rocket League before it finally comes. However, Little Tina’s Wonderlanda Border areas spinoff, launched in March with crossplay support on all platforms, including PlayStation. At the time of this announcement, Gearbox Entertainment President Randy Pitchford hinted that PlayStation crossplay support for Borderlands 3 may be nearby, tweets it the feature was “what I would consider inevitable.”
We asked Gearbox if it could provide a more specific timeline for when Borderlands 3s full crossplay support will be available. On Thursday, gearbox also announced a whole new Stories from the border country adventure “, coming out in 2022.