Epic Online Services’ PC Cross-Play Building Tool for Game Developers has been released for free.
Epic Games (CEO Tim Sweeney) announced on the 17th that through the release of SDK 1.15 of Epic Online Services, it will provide a free tool to easily build cross-play between platforms and stores.
In the meantime, game developers had to implement the services and account systems required by the stores to release their games to multiple stores and platforms. couldn’t
The cross-play tool released through SDK 1.15 of Epic Online Services provides all cross-play services that developers need to connect games and users on the store and platform. Through this, developers will be able to seamlessly connect Steam and Epic Games store users, and Steam users will be able to easily implement a system where they can search for friends and play games together for over 500 million Epic Games store users. .
Starting with this PC platform, Epic Online Services’ cross-play tool will expand support to more PC stores, including macOS and Linux for desktop. In addition, console and mobile platforms will be supported in the future.
The functions provided by Epic Online Service’s PC Cross Play are diverse. You can see all of your friends on Steam and the Epic Games store in one list, making it easy to connect for game invites, and account linking with just a few clicks, no email or password required.
In addition, automatic updates are supported without the need for users to manually update when improvements are made, and the Epic online service is provided as a plug-and-play SDK, allowing developers to combine services according to their needs.
Simon Elace, Senior Director, Online Services, Epic Games, said, “Epic Games is excited to be able to bring the cross-play technology we built for Fortnite, Rocket League, and most recently, Pole Guys, to all developers free of charge.” Cross-play will play an important role in driving the growth of the global game industry.”
For more information about the release of the PC cross-play tool for Epic Online Services, please visit the Epic Online Services website.
