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Vampire Survivors is finally launching cross-saves today, but they won’t be available on PlayStation to start and have a “very slim” chance of coming to the platform because of a “legal issue.”
“Last month, we told everyone that cross-save would be available on PlayStation 4 / 5, PC, Xbox, Android and iOS alongside our next free VS update in April,” according to a Steam post from Poncle, the game’s developer. “But at last [sic] minute, we’ve run into a legal issue on PlayStation we weren’t aware of that requires us to share info on our partners that we’re unable to. The chances of Cross-Save coming to PlayStation consoles are now very slim, but not impossible, so we’re going to keep working alongside PlayStation to resolve these problems.”
Poncle and PlayStation didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
Cross-saves are now available on Android, iOS, PC, and Xbox, Poncle says. Vampire Survivors on Nintendo Switch will also get cross-saves, but “at a later date.” Poncle wants to bring them to the Apple Arcade version of the game, but only “if we can do so without breaching any privacy commitments.”
If you want to turn on cross-saves, check out Poncle’s guide. Note that cross-saves aren’t automatically synced, meaning you’ll have to manually save and load your save data across platforms as needed.
Alongside the cross-saves news, Poncle also released a free Vampire Survivors DLC expansion based on the Square Enix’s SaGa franchise titled Emerald Diorama and a chicken-themed update to the main game that Poncle calls “The Coop.”
