In the same way we saw earlier on Nintendo and Xbox, this time Epic Games launched a new tool that seeks to build a bridge between its platform and Steam and facilitate cross-playing between the titles of both platforms.to present the so-called «Crossplay for PC».

While this new tool is primarily intended for developers, it’s definitely great news for gamers. According to what Epic Games say, the platform includes a set of tools that allow developers Implement cross-play services in any title quickly and effortlessly, thanks to SDK (Software Development Kit) ready for implementation or plug-and-play. And just as each Epic Online Services toolkit is autonomous, so will the development of these tools for cross-play.

In terms of the changes that this would bring to players, it would essentially be a matter of creation pop-up menu in which the lists of friends of both stores would be mergedwhich allows us to search, send and receive friend requests and join multiplayer games in two stores.

In this way, it could be created completely non-gaming tool, so no special installation or upgrade would be required for each game. In addition, according to Epic Games, synchronizing our accounts would be done in a really simple way, without the need for emails or password requestswith an operation that will require only a few clicks.

So while the company has just pointed out the usefulness of this cross-play tool with Steam at this point, it would not be surprising to see extension of this tool to other platforms in the futurenot only with other PC players like GOG, Origin or EA Play, but even with consoles from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.