Avowed, Obsidian Leisure’s newest RPG and a Microsoft Studios title, is utilizing Xbox cloud saves outdoors Microsoft’s shops. This implies gamers can apply it to the Steam platform.

This is not usually a function that will be accessible outdoors of Microsoft’s Xbox or video games purchased on their Microsoft retailer. In reality, Avowed is the second game, after Indiana Jones And The Golden Circle, to make use of this functionality. It lets gamers simply transfer their saved recreation information between Xbox and Steam. It is a useful technique to combine cloud accounts, not like we have seen from PlayStation Studios, which tried to force PSN accounts for some PC games.

To make use of this function, gamers want to attach their Xbox account to their Steam model of Avowed. You can begin this course of by in search of an “X” icon within the backside left nook of the loading display. Whenever you click on on this icon, a field will pop up asking you to hyperlink your Xbox account via the Xbox PC app. That is just like how different cross-platform video games, like Diablo IV on Battle.web, require account linking.

As soon as gamers join their accounts, they’ll load their present save information from their Xbox profile or start a brand new recreation. That is nice for individuals who have been taking part in Avowed on Xbox Sport Go and need to hold taking part in on Steam with out dropping progress. The system manages a number of save slots effectively, so gamers can hold separate saves from every platform. Plus, any present Steam save information gained’t get replaced.

Sadly, this doesn’t lengthen to the Steam Deck handheld console as a result of it would not help cross-save performance. Although there is a immediate to register with Xbox whenever you load the sport, you possibly can’t hyperlink your accounts, whether or not in Sport Mode or Desktop Mode. This downside was additionally seen with Indiana Jones, which can imply there could be a compatibility subject that wants fixing.

It is attention-grabbing to notice that, regardless that Avowed is a Microsoft recreation, it’s nonetheless being sold on Battle.net as a part of Microsoft’s broader recreation distribution technique. This hopefully implies that Microsoft will proceed utilizing Battle.web as a storefront, as a result of the Xbox app and Microsoft retailer do not feel like probably the most user-friendly locations to purchase video games.

Supply: Windows Central