A brand new replace for downsized survival recreation Grounded has been launched, and for those who’re not a fan of getting to signal into your Microsoft account whenever you play on Steam, that is the replace for you.
Per the replace’s (admittedly small) patch notes, you may now not must signal into your Microsoft account if you wish to play Grounded‘s multiplayer modes with your pals.
If you happen to’re not logged into your Microsoft account, now you can host and be part of customary multiplayer periods with different gamers who’re already in your Steam buddies listing, so for those who’ve been hoping to take pleasure in Grounded with out your Microsoft account getting in the way in which, in the present day’s your fortunate day.
There may be one main caveat, although. If you wish to play Grounded cross-platform, otherwise you need to play on shared worlds or in Playgrounds, you are still going to want to signal into your Microsoft account.
In addition to this variation, Obsidian and Microsoft have additionally applied a brand new change that allows you to toggle between a Crossplay State and a Steam Native State, and you will must be in the identical state as your pals to see them on-line.
If you happen to want, it’s also possible to unlink your Microsoft account out of your Steam account fully through Grounded‘s Choices menu; simply navigate to Sport, then Unlink Microsoft Account. Once more, although, this can stop you from accessing a number of the recreation’s options on Steam.
Naturally, for those who’re enjoying Grounded on Sport Cross, you may nonetheless want to make use of your Microsoft account to entry it, so there have not been any adjustments on that entrance.
This modification comes within the wake of the controversy surrounding Sony requiring a sign-in to a PlayStation account so as to play its video games on PC, with Helldivers 2 coming in for significantly vicious criticism over this determination.
Ultimately, Sony walked the change again, and the truth that each Helldivers 2 and Grounded do not require exterior accounts will in all probability set tongues wagging the following time a Sony recreation hits the PC.
In any case, Grounded is accessible proper now throughout PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Swap.
