

TL DR if you're sick of Battle Royales and want an old-school arcade shooter then XDefiant is for you. They're consulting with former pro players from similar games, like Aches (aka Patty P), because they want this game to have a deliberately high skill-ceiling.The setting is present day/near-future, with all the weapons you're familiar with like M4s and MP5s, and abilities like active camo and bubble shield.You will choose to play as one of a number of factions, and each of the XDefiant factions will give players an additional ability they can use in-game.It's going to feature 6vs6 and 4vs4 versions of classic shooter modes like Hardpoint / King of the Hill, Domination, Kill Confirmed and Team Deathmatch.XDefiant is an arcade shooter that's trying to be competitive by design: Have you heard about XDefiant yet? No? Then allow us to give a very brief overview. XDefiant beta release date and everything you need to know. It's a free-to-play arena shooter, and here's everything we know so far about the release date for the full game and the beta. Gunsmith customization has seven attachment slots: optics, barrel, grip, muzzle, front rail, magazine, and stock.XDefiant is the latest game Ubisoft are working on under the "Tom Clancy" brand name. It's a fairly standard arsenal of assault rifles, LMGs, sniper rifles, shotguns, and SMGs. Like Call of Duty, players can build custom loadouts and equip various attachments to guns. DedSec (Watch Dogs): The hackers from Watch Dogs has gotten a lot more militant here, they've got a disruption-based ability kit, able to hack enemy deployables and disrupt enemy HUD/radar.Here, they have a damage-focused ability kit, because they're still into starting fires.

Cleaners (The Division): Those guys from the Division who were into starting fires.Can evade enemy detection, and reveal enemy locations. Echelon (Splinter Cell): Support characters and colleagues of our man Sam Fisher.The Phantoms are ex-Ghost mercenaries with a Tank-like ability suite, with extra health and deployable shields. Phantoms (Ghost Recon): Apparently Ghost Recon is something you can defect from.

They have a healing-focused toolkit, including a Passive ability that slowly heals nearby teammates with "the contagious spirit of freedom." Sure! Libertad (Far Cry): Freedom Fighters from Far Cry 6's Yara.Here are the Factions currently available in XDefiant: Ubisoft has said they'll be adding more factions with seasonal updates.

Originally, the available factions were all from the Clancyverse, but Ubisoft has dropped the Tom Clancy branding to pull in factions from its other franchises. Your Faction choice is separate from your loadout, and can be swapped in-game like you can swap loadouts. XDefiant features Factions, which function like character classes by determining which passive, active, and Ultimate abilities you'll have available during play.
