Sloclap launched its football action game Rematch today, but crossplay has not been included due to “unforeseen technical complexities”.
Rematch released across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC (Steam), but players are unable to play with others on rival platforms – at least, not yet.
“We understand many of you were looking forward to playing Rematch across platforms from day one,” said the studio in a launch blog post. “We did our utmost to include crossplay at launch, but Rematch is the studio’s first crossplay title, and we faced unforeseen technical complexities which prevented us from having this feature ready in time. We should have communicated as soon as it became apparent that crossplay wouldn’t be available at launch, and we’re sorry for the inconvenience and frustration it caused to some of our players.”
The studio noted it’s “very important for us that our players are able to enjoy Rematch with their friends” and so crossplay is its “absolute highest priority” alongside bug fixes. It’s “committed to delivering this feature swiftly”. A basic working version has already been produced from a technical standpoint, but needs to be debugged and polished before full implementation.
The studio also noted other issues it’s looking to fix, based on feedback from the early access period. These include: performance optimisations to improve stability; preventing server and client desynchronisation; and resolving game-breaking bugs.
Beyond these issues, the studio will be working on broader updates with new content like tournament and leaderboard systems, social features like spectating and (ironically) easier rematches, as well as more casual game modes such as quick play and implementing AI bots to train against.