Players will be able to host Unofficial Xbox and Crossplay servers via Nitrado. This means that players can host unofficial crossplay servers via Nitrado.
Ok hope so, this made it seems as unofficial was the only option.
Found a coincidentally broken link while trying to verify,
Main Additions/ContentXbox Crossplay now supported (coming to Xbox on the 8th of October: https://www.playatlas.com/index.php?/atlas-news/news/captain’s-log-37-atlas-arrives-on-xbox-with-steam-pc-crossplay-r213/)
I do hope this is only an unfortunate and untimely mistake