After the success of Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2, Firewalk Studios’ Harmony is the following live-service bid from PlayStation. It’s hitting all the precise notes – free post-launch content material, cosmetic-only microtransactions and a price ticket of $39.99. There’s even an in-game Galactic Information to assist hold observe of the lore.
Nonetheless, there’s the spectre of a compulsory PlayStation Community account on PC, which induced intensive controversy for Helldivers 2 on Steam earlier than Sony backtracked. Although Ghost of Tsushima’s single-player marketing campaign doesn’t require the identical, the writer has since mandated a PSN account for upcoming PC releases like God of Warfare Ragnarok and Ballistic Moon’s Till Daybreak.
It’s seemingly a given then for Harmony with its on-line multiplayer focus. Talking to Eurogamer, Firewalk’s director of IP Kim Kreines mentioned the implementation “permits us to have cross-play, that cross-progression, that’s an necessary piece of it.” Lead character designer Jon Weisnewski added, “The aim is for gamers to return collectively.
“And so for us to have PC gamers and PlayStation 5 gamers collectively, for that cross-play and cross-progression to work, that’s a layer that must be there – simply on a technical stage. So the aim is we need to get gamers collectively, to have enjoyable and play collectively. That is a part of that have.”
Harmony launches on August twenty third for PC and PS5, with an open beta on July 18th. Pre-orders can play it on July twelfth – head right here for extra particulars. Keep tuned for additional updates within the coming weeks.
