Blur brings form of multiplayer to Xbox Live silver members

Blur, Activision’s upcoming racer, is touting the fact that it will be the first game to offer Xbox Live silver members – i.e. non-paying members – the chance to play online multiplayer.

It’s also claiming to be the first game which will allow PS3 and Xbox owners to play against each other, but the deal isn’t quite what it appears to be at first glance.

In fact, Blur integrates Twitter functionality, so players on either console, across the world, can challenge each other via the social network at any time.

But this function merely posts a time to beat on a course over to your opponent, and you don’t actually get to race against each other in real-time. That true multiplayer experience won’t be cross-platform, and will be the preserve of Live gold members, as ever.

Even so, being able to challenge friends in this way is certainly better than nothing, and a fun addition to the game.

Blur will also feature a four player split-screen feature for local multiplayer when it comes out, which is expected to be around about May or June time.