As with every game we work on, we are fully committed to delivering great gaming experiences for players, which includes a fair playing field for all. We are aware of the current bug that allows multiplayer cross play between PC and console. We're absolutely thrilled and appreciative of the support that our fan community has given last week's launch of Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Debates about optimal input methods aside, it's no surprise that players on the Switch and PS4 aren't keeping up.Īrs reached out to Aspyr Media, the studio that ported the game from PC to the console platforms, and the company promised that it will soon 'remedy' the 'loophole' soon. The PC players still playing today not only broke through the initial barriers to get good they've refined their play over many, many years of practice in a game where the sky is the limit. Advertisementįurther Reading After LucasArts closure, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy go open sourceEven back in the 2000s, Jedi Academy's multiplayer mode was known for a high technical-skill cap and difficult learning curve, even by the standards of other competitive multiplayer games then and today. The majority of console players are likely either long-lapsed players, players who didn't get into multiplayer before, or folks who are new to the game altogether. But Jedi Academy is also a more nuanced and sophisticated game than it appears, and PC players have been building muscle memory for complex maneuvers and developing arcane and difficult-to-execute strategies since 2003. PC players have access to additional tools that players of the console version don't. Forums like ResetEra have console players complaining that PC players are trolling them and that the invaders have an unfair advantage. It's made possible by the fact that the console ports' multiplayer servers appear to work the same way as their PC counterparts have for almost two decades, and the IP address for each server is exposed to the user. PC players can use that IP address in the Windows version of the game and join a Switch match. Further Reading Call of Duty’s free-to-play, cross-platform battle royale launches March 10 But that last point has become something of a problem, as veteran PC players have found a way to enter console lobbies, and they're crushing the newer Switch and PS4 players.

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