Apex Legends PS4 gamers hoping for crossplay with their Xbox One and PC counterparts have been given an update by Sony. Apex Legends has only been out for just over a week but is already the hot new battle royale game of the moment. The spinoff from the Titanfall universe has surged in popularity since launching as a free-to-play game on PS4, Xbox One and PCs. In the space of a week the EA and Respawn game has already passed the 25million player milestone.

The news was revealed in a post online from EA, with the games giant adding that over the weekend Apex Legends hit over two million concurrent players. Since its launch Apex Legends has been dominating Twitch, with the battle royale shooter the number one game right now. It remains to be seen what updates get added to Apex Legends to keep this staggering momentum going. There are rumours that ranked play could be coming to Apex Legends while the season 1 Battle Pass launch is just around the corner.

Apex Legends PS4 - Sony gives crossplay boost to PlayStation fans

Apex Legends crossplay is also a feature fans will be looking out for, with it one of the big selling points of Fortnite. And as fans wait for news on Apex Legends PS4 crossplay, Sony America boss Shawn Layden has given an update on cross-platform support. Speaking to Game Informer, Layden said: “We got to that place in Fortnite and it seems to be going reasonably well, from what I can tell.

“The Rocket League light up will happen soon. People keep saying, ‘Why doesn’t Sony allow more people to have it?’ “We’re open for business on this one. All it takes is for publishers and developers who wish to permission it. “As ever, just work with your PlayStation account manager, and they will walk you through the steps that we’ve learned through our partnership with Epic on how this works

Apex Legends PS4 - PlayStation fans hoping for crossplay given boost by Sony

“I don’t believe right now there is any gating factor on that. “I think they’re open to make proposals, because the Fortnite thing worked pretty well.” Fortnite is one of the only games that currently includes full cross-platform support, with Rocket League currently in beta.