I agree, even the benchmark takes 30 sec to load. I fo get a scronre of 1k, but the stutters are unplayable.
how do you know that it is on their roadmap?
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Because they did PS5 cross-play, why wouldn’t they do MacOS Cross-play someday ? Just pure logic.
It’s not about roadmap it’s about money.
Currently the only mac players that can generate money for them is the solo community, until they make the cross-play, mac players won’t be able to partiticpate to global tournament / ranking, so no new incomes from any challenger on the mac audience.
And as today world is ruled by money, investing into crossplay means more cash income from tournaments, sponsors, etc.
It’s just a matter of When.
Did Xbox and Ps5 versions come with cross-play on release? How hard can it to code cross-play with another platform?
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I haven’t been able to played on Crossover’s steam since the new patch, but the native Mac version of the game runs really smooth.. But really need support for cross play
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@Akleoni Yes, PS5 have crossplay but Mac NO. We need some roadmap info now.
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Hi World’s Edge team,
I want to add my voice to the growing number of Mac players requesting cross-platform multiplayer between macOS and PC.
The native Mac port by Feral Interactive is excellent — smooth performance, great visuals, everything we hoped for. But being limited to Mac-only multiplayer is a dealbreaker for many of us whose entire communities play on Windows.
Cross-platform play already exists between PC (Steam + Microsoft Store), Xbox, and PlayStation. Mac being the only excluded platform in 2026 is hard to understand, especially when the game runs natively on Apple Silicon.
I’ve been a long-time player of AoE2 DE and had been using CrossOver on Mac just to stay connected with my PC friends. The native port was supposed to solve that — but without crossplay, the problem remains.
Please consider enabling Mac ↔ PC crossplay as a priority update. It would make the Mac version genuinely complete and give Mac players full access to the community they’re already part of.
Thank you.
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Crossplay is a must for a classic game like this. I hope some devs are really working on it. This game is the only reason I still boot up my windows pc and being able to play 1v1 ranked on my mac saves me from a lot of headaches.
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about as excited and full of life i was seeing that i will finally be able to play this game again, about the same but on the sad side i felt when i saw that there’s no crossplay. basically i can’t play with my friends.
now, kudos for this milestone, allowing mac users to play the game offline or limited online but i pray for the crossplay to be top priority on the roadmap
thank you
Still no info about AoE2 Crossplay Roadmap.
Crossover version still doesnt work. A whole playerbase is lost.
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I cant play with my friends! I dont like to have age of empire 2 DE in my mac if i can not play with my friends form windows! Its horrible! you need to fix it!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!
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Found this Reddit thread, where they are talking a bit about the architecture behind it - link
And this guys explain why it’s hard to pull off crossplay - link
People also claim that online is unplayable since the amount of players are so limited. So 400 ELO players get mixed with 1800 ELO players in ranked team matches.
We still need the developers to speak out, why they did not invest the proper resources into the Mac version. Was there a demand to solve the issues described in the Reddit threads, I am sure it could technically be done.
In AoE 3 they also released a Mac version and claimed it had crossplay… but it never happened - link