If you're a keen reader of our sister site Nintendo Life, then you'll almost certainly have come across Asphalt 9: Legends at some point, which is generally considered one of the best free-to-play games on the Nintendo Switch.
Now, developer Gameloft has confirmed that the popular racer will be making the jump to Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in the near future, and will support cross-play and cross-save with Windows 10 players.
The game does have restrictions like many free-to-play titles, but offers an impressive racing experience with an extensive roster of real hypercars, 70 tracks, a career mode with over 60 seasons and 800 races, and much more.
"This is only just the beginning for Asphalt, and with the impending launch of Asphalt 9: Legends on the Xbox platform, we further commit to bring anyone, on whatever gaming platform a racing experience beyond imagination."
Looking forward to trying out Asphalt 9: Legends on your Xbox? Let us know in the comments.
[source gamasutra.com]
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Cool i play it daily on the switch cant wait for the Xbox version.
I’ve pumped about 200 hours into this on switch. But I don’t have a problem. I swear.
LOL This is my most-played Switch game but bad news are that we probably won't be able to use cross-save even though this game only saves on the cloud. Or am I wrong?
This game is literally on every freaking devices. I have recently played this on Amazon Firestick. It’s an old Android/iOS game foremost.
@BlueOcean They say cross-save is only with Windows 10, likely because it'll use Xbox LIVE cloud saves. So Nintendo don't have access to it.
So .. 4K @ 60fps ?
Well if it's the paid for version with NO In app purchases then that's kinda cool I guess? But if it's a free game as in has in app purchases then no thanks! On mobile it's a free pay to play game as in if you want to progress, you need to dig very deep into your pockets for those in app purchases, a classic example of why mobile gaming sucks and is just pure greed.
Haven't play this in years but last time i played it, you need to acquire specific amount of car fragments before you get the said car. And the good one(upper rank A, S, beyond) only available in gacha or in the impossible-to-win event. Definitely need to pull for few times and can't rely on my luck with single 1x10 pull. That's what make me eventually drop the game.
@Xeno_Aura I'm afraid. I won't play it on Xbox then, there are better games anyway (Forza Horizon 4).
I really liked the original game on Nintendo DS lol. I've got the new Switch one downloaded but haven't tried it yet
@S1ayeR74 Well, I don't know how many times you've tried it on mobile, but the Switch version is actually pretty user-friendly, in-game purchase-wise. I've been able to get considerably far into the game without spending a single cent, so I think you either got the wrong impression from it, or the mobile version is different OR you simply haven't played it all that much.
Either way, you can easily play this without ever spending any money. All it means that in the later seasons/championships, there's more grinding involved. Far as I'm concerned, it's the best free to play racer available, and besides that one of the best free to play games in general, on par with Warframe, another great example of free to play games done right.
@ThanosReXXX It seems you very obviously have never tried the mobile version of the game. It's rammed full of in game purchases.
You'll hit a pay wall hard at some point trust me, they don't 'give' you the game for free....
@S1ayeR74 There is a lot of grinding on the Switch version, too, and that's why I don't feel like doing it all again on Xbox and it's a shame because it's a fun arcade game (very arcade) constrained by Switch's CPU/GPU.
@S1ayeR74 True, I haven't, but it's also not like I said that I did. I just said that the mobile version might be different, as in more pay-wall oriented. Sure, there's also grinding going on in the Switch version, but looking at my own progress, I've found it to be only mildly annoying so far.
The only thing I actually dislike about it, is the extreme rubber-banding going on, especially in the shorter races, making it next to impossible to win them without tons of practice and pixel-perfect maneuvers. But then again: it's free to play, so I kinda feel that complaining about it too much is stupid, so I just don't and I keep trying...
Please let there be cross-saves! I love this game and I've sunk around 800 hours into the Switch version (without spending a dime!) but I don't want to start all over.
Loved this on the Switch, but not sure I'd play it too much again on the Xbox. Great for new players though.
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