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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt crossplay and cross-progress explainedThe limits and possibilities of cross-platform play in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt
The limits and possibilities of cross-platform play in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt
Does Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt support crossplay and cross-saves?Dark fantasy battle royaleVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhuntcame as a pleasant surprise when it came out in early access on Steam last year. Despite the early concerns of some fans of the setting that a BR simply wouldn’t fit into the World of Darkness, Bloodhunt won many of us over thanks to its appropriately gothic map design and thoughtful integration into franchise lore. Now, with the full launch bringing version 1.0 to both PC and PlayStation 5, the further question of cross-platform play has arisen.
As a long-time Vampire: The Masquerade fanatic who’s also a PC gaming journalist and the doting mama of a new PS5, naturally I had some burning questions about Bloodhunt’s cross-platform capabilities. Can I play on PC while my partner hops into the same match on PlayStation, for example? And, with the basic game being free-to-play with no barrier to obtaining multiple copies, can I carry my Bloodhunt progress over between both platforms? On this page, here’s everything you need to know aboutcross-platforming in Bloodhuntat launch.
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Bloodhunt - Narrative Launch Trailer
Does Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt have crossplay?
The short answer isyes, Bloodhunt does have crossplay, with players on PC able to enter matches with players on PS5 (and vice-versa).
While players on PC don’t have the option to disable crossplay, players on PS5 can opt out via the system’s options menu. However, Sharkmob emphasise that this was done in compliance with Sony’s requirements and disabling is not recommended, as it can lead to longer matchmaking times.
In thecrossplay FAQs pageon their website, Sharkmob emphasise that crossplay in this title is mainly aimed at reducing matching times in regions with low player counts, rather than allowing for players on different platforms to socialise with each other — which, unfortunately, makes it sound to me like expanding the social side of crossplay in future isn’t a high priority for the developers at this point.
Does Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt have cross-progression?
Surprisingly,Bloodhunt does not support cross-saves and cross-progression. This is surprising because you need a Sharkmob account to log into the game on either platform, and indeed can use the same account on both PC and PS5 if you like; but you’ll still effectively have two completely separate profiles on each.
However, the Sharkmob FAQ only says that Bloodhunt doesn’t feature cross-progression “at this time”, suggesting that it might be something we can hope to see in the future as work on the title continues.
At this stage there’s no word on how this will work if you play free on one platform and, say, bought the premium Founder’s Pack on the other; but nevertheless, it’s probably worth using the same Sharkmob account on any platforms you plan to play on, just in case it proves helpful down the line.
If you’re hopping back into Bloodhunt now that the full version is out, be sure to check out ourBloodhunt tips and trickspage to get you started, as well as our in-depth guides on thebest Bloodhunt characters to play asand our explainer onBlood Resonance types.
