Epic Games, Epic Online Service 'PC Cross Play' Free Launch

-The new tool of 'Epic Online Service' to build a PC crossplay environment for game developers

-The players of Steam and Epic Games Store are connected smoothly

-In the future, more PC store support will be expanded to consoles and mobile platforms

Epic online services for game developers have been released for free.

Epic Games announced today that it provides free tools to easily build cross play between platforms and stores through the launch of SDK 1.15 of Epic Online Service.

In the meantime, game developers had to implement the services and account systems required by the store to launch games on several stores and platforms, and these services are not intermitted between stores and play with friends from other stores. I could not do it.

The Cross Play Tool, released through the SDK 1.15 of the Epic Online Service, provides developers with all crossplay services that are needed to connect games and players on the store and platform.

Through this, developers can smoothly connect the players of Steam and Epic Games Store, and steam players can easily implement a system that can search for friends and play games together with more than 500 million Epic Games Store players. do.

The crossplay tool of Epic Online Service will expand its support for more PC stores, including MacOS and Linux for desktop, starting with the PC platform. In addition, consoles and mobile platforms will also be supported later.

There are many features provided by PC Crossplay of Epic Online Service. You can check all the friends of Steam and Epic Games Store on one list, and it is easy to connect for the game invitation, and you can connect your account with a few clicks without email or password. In addition, automatic updates are supported without the need for direct updates when there is an improvement, and Epic online service is provided as a plug and play SDK, so it can be combined with the needs of the developer.

Epic Games' Simon Elace Online Service Senior Director said, Crossplay provides opportunities for all friends to gather together to create fun memories through interactive experiences. I am pleased to be able to provide all developers for free of the crossplay technology, which recently built for the Paul Guys, he said. Crossplay will play an important role in driving the growth of the global game industry.

Epic Online Service is a service that provides a variety of tools for cross-platform online services for free on the engine, platform, and store for free SDK. Anti-Cheat 'was provided free of charge.

For more information on the release of Epic online services, the Epic Online Service Homepage for more information on the release of PC cross play tools.