If you’re a fan of piloting mechs around and blowing stuff up, you’ve probably had your eye on free-to-play shooter Mecha Break. This third-person action title features five classes and multiple chaotic modes, promising plenty of frenetic shootouts within an alternate future. It’s fast, fun, and easy to dive into, so it’s all but certain to remain a popular multiplayer option for fans of the genre.

And since Mecha Break is available on both Xbox and PC (with a PS5 version on the way at an unspecified later date), you may find that you want to team up with a friend who uses a different platform than you. That’s where cross-platform functionality comes in. We’ve got some good news and bad news for you below, so let’s dive in and take a look at how Mecha Break handles cross-platform play and cross-progression.

Is Mecha Break cross-play?

In a day and age where cross-play is becoming the norm rather than the exception, it would be somewhat of a shock to find that a free-to-play shooter doesn’t have this beloved feature. Luckily, that’s not a problem with Mecha Break. If you want to kick giant robot butts with your friends on other platforms, you’ll be excited to know that Mecha Break fully supports cross-play between Xbox and PC.

Once the game goes live, we’ll update this guide to go over the specifics of how to group of with friends and players on other platforms, as games are known to handle this in one of a variety of ways. Since the PS5 version isn’t available until later, we can’t confirm that cross-play functionality will be available on Sony’s platform, but chances seem high that it will be supported. We’ll be sure to revisit this with an update when we have confirmation, though.

Does Mecha Break have cross-progression?

Cross-progression is another major feature that is becoming more and more normalized in the world of free-to-play games, so it’s always nice to see it available in a new title. But in an unfortunate turn of events, Mecha Break does not support cross-progression. As a result, you won’t be able to carry your progress from Xbox to PC or vice versa. Instead, if you start an account on one, you’ll need to create an entirely new account on the other.

While cross-progression is no doubt a highly desirable feature to have in a free-to-play shooter like Mecha Break, developer Amazing Seasun Games hasn’t mentioned any plans to add it in future updates. That doesn’t mean it’s bound to always be without the feature, of course, but we wouldn’t expect it any time soon, if at all. As always, stay tuned here for any news we hear about this feature down the line.

Mecha Break is available now on Xbox Series X/S and PC, and it is Steam Deck verified. Also, if you have a Game Pass subscription, you can access some unique cosmetics for your pilot and mech, so don’t let that pass you by.