Back in the old days, if you wanted to play with your friends, gamers would need to have the same gaming platforms, same gaming console, and same game version. Now that’s almost a thing of the past as more and more developers are adapting to cross-platform and cross-play support. Gamers can now play with each other from PC, consoles, mobile, and even handheld consoles.
This is partly thanks to the advancement of technology, gaming becoming a mainstream thing and a huge business, so much so that China’s most significant company is a gaming developer, Tencent. In this list, we’ll focus on the 2 major gaming platforms that have cross-platform support between them: PC and mobile.
Genshin Impact
Arguably one of the best, if not, the best RPG game in recent history, “Genshin Impact” has become the most successful gacha game that’s available for PC, mobile, and even consoles. With over 10 million daily active users, “Genshin Impact” has captivated fans all over the world with its beautiful open world full of mysteries to discover, lovable characters, and real-time combat system with an easy-to-learn but complex element system. The game has recently launched its fourth major update, Sumeru, adding a brand new region to explore, new characters to collect, and new storylines to follow. You can download “Genshin Impact” through their official website.
Legends Of Runeterra
“Legends Of Runeterra” is a digital Collectible Card Game (CCG) by Riot Games, the developers of the hit MOBA game, “League Of Legends” which is what the card game is based on. Like other CCGs, players play one versus one to reduce their opponent’s health to zero. The cards come in a variety of types and belong to one of ten regions inspired by the world where “LOL’s: events take place: Runeterra, hence the name of the game. One significant feature is the game’s combat pacing. Unlike in other collectible card games, each player alternates between attacking and defending every turn. “Legends Of Runeterra” has a huge community of loyal fans. Riot Games was able to retain its fans thanks to their expansion of the world, the lore, and branching off to other media franchises, most recently (and most popular), is the Netflix animated series, “Arcane: League Of Legends.” You can download “LoR” through their official website.
Diablo Immortal
“Diablo Immortal” has been wracked with controversy after controversy, mostly because of its dreadful and predatory monetization system, but love the game or hate it, you can’t deny it has been a massive success. Blizzard delivered its promise of a pocket-sized “Diablo” MMORPG experience full of hack-and-slash action RPG experience and an epic story that neatly ties in with the franchise’s “Diablo II” and “Diablo III.” The game has been enjoying a steady stream of updates, enough for players to have plenty of stuff to do in the game. “Diablo Immortal” is available for PC and mobile. You can download the game through their official website.
Eternal Kingdom Battle Peak
“Eternal Kingdom Battle Peak” is the latest massive MMORPG from popular Japanese MMORPG developer, Asobimo. Originally named Project Eternal, the game has been renamed for the global version. The game is your classic MMORPG experience where players can pick a gender and class, and also pick a fairy partner that will accompany them throughout their adventures. It’s been heavily compared to “Final Fantasy XIV” and you can really tell it was inspired by that game. They even had “Final Fantasy” artist, Yoshitaka Amano make promotional art for them. “Eternal Kingdom Battle Peak” is available for PC and mobile devices. You can visit their official Facebook page for more info and download links.
Tower Of Fantasy
“Tower Of Fantasy” is a shared open-world RPG that has been heavily compared to “Genshin Impact” which in all honesty, is high praise seeing how successful that game is. Players in “TOF” will create their own characters, wield a variety of weapons, and explore a massive open world flora, fauna, and futuristic structures. The game has an interesting gacha where both character and their unique weapon comes in one package. Thanks to its futuristic setting, the game has more inspiration to pull from giving it more game features like mounts, multiplayer instances, world boss hunts, guilds (called crews in the game), and many more. “Tower Of Fantasy” is available for both PC and mobile so head on over to their official website to download the game now.
Among Us
“Among Us” is a massively popular game of wits and deception. The game is so simple yet it has been one of the craziest game success stories in recent gaming history. The mechanics are simple enough: 2 players will be impostors pretending to be part of a crew with the goal of fixing items scattered throughout the map. The impostors can win if they’re able to murder all the other crewmates. Of course, it’s not that simple as the crewmates can report murders if they spot them and deliberate through meetings to try and weed out who are the impostors. It’s a game of wits, deception, and betrayal. The game’s success is partly thanks to a bunch of social media personalities streaming the game with their friends. Even American politician and activist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez streamed the game with popular Twitch and Youtube personalities. The game is available for PC via Steam and free for mobile. You can check out its Steam page for more info.
Noah’s Heart
“Noah’s Heart” by Archosaur Games is an MMORPG that is developed using Unreal Engine 4 technology and allows players to freely explore the world on a large Open World map seamlessly. Players can immerse themselves in the diverse atmosphere, landscapes, and locations of the game. There are hundreds of monsters and NPCs to discover, all of which have unique interactions. Additionally, players can summon a sidekick pet Phantom to help them during combat. “Noah’s Heart” also has a dynamic day-night and weather system within the game, giving players a virtual experience to explore the world in a realistic way. The global version of the game is already up and running while the SEA version is set to launch soon. You can download the global version through their official website.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game by Blizzard. Hearthstone builds upon the existing lore of the company’s most popular IP, “Warcraft” by using the same elements, characters, and relics. The game is a turn-based card game between two opponents, using constructed decks of 30 cards along with a selected hero with a unique power. Players use their limited mana crystals to play abilities or summon minions to attack the opponent, with the goal of destroying the opponent’s hero. Winning matches and completing quests earn in-game gold, rewards in the form of new cards, and other in-game prizes. The game was originally launched back in 2014 and until now the game is alive and kicking with a hefty amount of fanbase and nonstop updates and events that make the game still lively throughout the years. You can download the game through their official website.
HIT 2
“Heroes Of Incredible Tales 2” is the MMORPG sequel to Nexon’s popular dungeon crawler RPG. The game is now a full-blown open-world RPG where players can explore a massive fantasy world, master different characters, and enjoy different RPG features like raids, boss hunts, guilds, and many more. Despite it being an MMORPG, “HIT 2” has not abandoned its game origins and has retained most of the first title’s unique features and aesthetics. The game has recently been launched in South Korea for both PC and mobile devices. You can check out more about the game and download it through their official website.
Fortnite
“Fortnite” had a very rocky start on mobile but stood its own and is still one of the popular shooter games to date. The game is a 100-man battle royale with the goal of being the last man or team standing. What sets “Fortnite” apart from other battle royale games is its unique building system where you can create structures during combat. It proved to be highly flexible where players are able to create strategic moves from building a simple bridge for easier crossing to bunkers to cover themselves from enemy fire or even towering structures that give them the height advantage. Along with its wacky costumes and fun gameplay, “Fortnite Mobile” can be something you play for fun or competitively. The game has cross-platform support if you wish to play with your friends on PC or mobile. You can check out more about the game through the Epic Games Store.
