XDefiant Season One is on the way, and it looks bangin'
Get ready to save your XP tokens for the new weapons coming in July!
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What you need to know
XDefiant, Ubisoft’s latest free-to-play competitive arcade FPS, has been ramping up. Brought to gamers by the former Executive Producer at Infinity Ward, Mark Rubin, XDefiant has seen a mixed take of reviews. Even here at Windows Central,one of us loves it, theother finds it lacking.
I’ve been having fun gradually introducing my friend group to the game. It seems about once a week, I have an oldCall of Dutyfriend ask, “Hey, how’s XDefiant?” I end up asking them to play with me, which always ends in me being the first one to get off for bed. Days later, they’re still playing!
Ubisoft just announced another reason for players to continue grinding the competition, as they’veintroduced season 1! The new update will feature new maps, new weapons, and, more excitingly, a new faction. Get ready to level up some more weapons and find new ways to dominate the competition.
What’s coming:
More updates on the way
These are only some of the changes coming, too. Other new modes, likeSearch and Destroyand Team Deathmatch, are said to be on the way. As demonstrated by the trailer, there will be at least one new grenade that seems to be some sort of electrical device.
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Morebalance changesare on the way as well, as Mark Rubin has mentioned the need to balance both snipers and the player’s ability to bunny-hop. Moreover, I’m sure we’ll see some buffs to under-utilized weapons such as the MDAR. It’s a gun available in the pre-season battle pass but mostly goes unused as it’s far weaker compared to other assault rifles in the game.
A complete look at what’s to come will be shown on July 1, hours before the launch of the new season. Let us know what you’d like to see changed or added in the upcoming patch! I’m personally not totally thrilled to deal with more shield users, but I can’t wait to slide-cancel my way around them and make them look silly!
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Season 1 of XDefiant launches on July 1, 2024. It is free to play and available on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PlayStation 5.
Michael has been gaming since he was five when his mother first bought a Super Nintendo from Blockbuster. Having written for a now-defunct website in the past, he’s joined Windows Central as a contributor to spreading his 30+ years of love for gaming with everyone he can. His favorites include Red Dead Redemption, all the way to the controversial Dark Souls 2.
