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Space Marine 2's Epic Games client on Steam is for crossplay, confirms publisher

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Then make the Epic version include Steam instead of vice-versa. Most players will have more friends on Steam, so it'd be easier this way.
- Steam backend are not cross play ready for consoles, EOS backend can.
  
  Then roll your own implementation that can support lobbies from different services, like many games already do just fine. Don't launch a separate launcher within a launcher, it's stupid.
- But does Steam offer a "mini-launcher" to be used on other platforms?
  Maybe they do, but if so I've never heard of it.
  (Which isn't me defending Epic, just wondering if it is at all feasible)
  
  Lots of games on steam have their own launchers.
So I can run the game without the EGL if I only want to play with Steam players?
- Which is extremely ironic because Fall Guys has the epic overlay that includes perfectly fine and working friends connection with any platform, including switch, PlayStation, epic launcher, and steam friends list. We play weekly. Why doesn’t every EGS game do this?
  Edit: That is to say, a game launched via steam and on consoles works just fine without EGL.

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