Grounded No Longer Requires Microsoft Accounts on Steam for Multiplayer

A brand new replace for downsized survival sport 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 will now not must signal into your Microsoft account if you wish to play Grounded’s multiplayer modes with your mates. 

In case you’re not logged into your Microsoft account, now you can host and be a part of normal multiplayer classes with different gamers who’re already in your Steam buddies checklist, so for those who’ve been hoping to take pleasure in Grounded with out your Microsoft account getting in the best way, right now’s your fortunate day.

There’s one main caveat, although. If you wish to play Grounded cross-platform, otherwise you wish to play on shared worlds or in Playgrounds, you are still going to wish to signal into your Microsoft account.

In addition to this modification, 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 have to be in the identical state as your mates to see them on-line.

In case you choose, you may as well unlink your Microsoft account out of your Steam account utterly by way of Grounded’s Choices menu; simply navigate to Recreation, then Unlink Microsoft Account. Once more, although, it will stop you from accessing a few of the sport’s options on Steam.

Naturally, for those who’re taking part in Grounded on Recreation Go, you will 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 with the intention to play its video games on PC, with Helldivers 2 coming in for significantly vicious criticism over this resolution.

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 subsequent time a Sony sport hits the PC.

In any case, Grounded is accessible proper now throughout PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Swap.