We’re simply days away from The First Descendant Breakthrough replace, launching August 7 – and I need to thank all of you who’ve been eagerly awaiting this main content material drop. Your continued assist means the world to us.
As we speak, I’m excited to share an summary of the brand new season’s key options with our Xbox neighborhood. It’s a pleasure to attach with you straight and provide you with a better have a look at what’s coming.
The Story of Breakthrough
In Breakthrough, the principle villain, Karel, Commander of the Vulgus, lastly steps into the highlight. With the activation of “Iron Coronary heart,” chaos spreads throughout the whole lot of Ingris, and dimensional anomalies are even detected at Axion Plains close to Albion. Whereas Descendants examine these unusual phenomena, grotesque Legion of Breach and Mutants emerge, and to make issues worse, a Dimensional Wall opens—summoning Colossus. Following Karel’s invasion, humanity faces a disaster higher than ever earlier than. However why does Karel refuse to halt his invasion? What’s he attempting to realize by the Iron Coronary heart? His hidden motives will lastly be revealed in Breakthrough.
Huge Discipline, Axion Plains
Axion Plains is a large subject that may function a key characteristic in Breakthrough. True to its huge scale, it’s house to a spread of new monsters whose formidable assaults will make your fight expertise much more thrilling.
Amongst Axion Plains’ most distinctive threats is the Legion of Breach—monsters that adapt to the weather used towards them. This adaptive potential stems from their origin: the Breach Swarm Sac, which analyzes the basic traits of Descendants and adjusts newly spawned Breach Creatures accordingly. This evolving risk may be reset by destroying Breach Swarm Sac or Swarm Tunnels, every affecting enemy variations otherwise. Alongside them, Assault Ships rain down enemies onto the battlefield and this could solely be destroyed with particular abilities or pickup weapons, including a brand new layer of technique and urgency to every encounter.
New Trip, Hover Bike
Hover Bike was created to assist gamers journey shortly and easily throughout the huge Axion Fields, making exploration quicker and extra enjoyable. We targeted on making the using expertise really feel pure, so you will get on and off whereas transferring and even hyperlink it easily with actions like utilizing the grappling hook. There are three sorts to select from—Primary, Velocity, and Steadiness—every upgradeable for higher efficiency. It’s also possible to customise your Hover Bikes with completely different skins and, sooner or later, particular attachments, so your trip can match your individual fashion.
8 Participant Co-op Colossus Raid, Wall Crasher
One of essentially the most spectacular options within the Axion Plains is the colossus Wall Crasher. This large enemy is summoned at set intervals by a central Colossus Guided System positioned within the coronary heart of the battlefield. When the time comes, warning indicators unfold throughout the sector after which, the Wall Crasher seems.
Wall Crasher encounters happen in a particular eight-participant occasion, providing a big-scale co-op battle. Towering over the battlefield, the Wall Crasher unleashes large space assaults that demand fixed motion and consciousness. Regardless of its gradual however heavy actions, gamers can learn its patterns and react accordingly. Defensive Descendants like Ajax are particularly useful, utilizing their abilities to dam key assaults and provides teammates the area they should concentrate on dealing injury.
New Descendant, Nell
The Breakthrough replace additionally introduces a model-new Descendant: Nell. As soon as often known as the chief officer who stood by Alpha’s aspect in Albion Headquarters, Nell has now woke up as a full-fledged Descendant, with a totally new look and fight talents. Dwelling as much as the thrill of gamers who’ve lengthy awaited her playable debut, Nell encompasses a daring and dynamic fight fashion that feels highly effective and interesting.
Nell now fights with telekinetic powers, permitting her to regulate the battlefield with each fashion and precision. Her fight fashion feels straight out of a sci-fi motion film—highly effective and sharp!
The First Descendant X NieR:Automata Crossover
We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever crossover, and it couldn’t be with a extra good companion: NieR:Automata. Iconic characters 2B and A2 arrive as gorgeous playable skins in The First Descendant—together with beloved parts like Pod, Virtuous Contract, and Sort-4O Sword as again attachments. To high it off, two particular social emotes are included to convey the total NieR:Automata expertise to life. As followers ourselves, we will’t wait so that you can soar in, gear up, and expertise this distinctive crossover on the planet of The First Descendant.
We hope this text sparks much more pleasure and curiosity amongst new and returning Descendants. See you on the battlefield on August 7!
The First Descendant
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(As of June 19 2025, The First Descendant is now not supported on Xbox One. An Xbox Collection X|S is required to play this sport and add-on content material.)
The First Descendant is a subsequent-technology third-particular person co-op motion RPG looter shooter that includes excessive-high quality graphics created in Unreal Engine 5.
Gamers turn out to be a Descendant whose mission is to fight alien invaders – The Vulgus who crossed dimensions over 100 years in the past and introduced with them the devastating Colossi and destruction – for the survival of humanity and to guard Albion and the continent of Ingris. Gamers will encounter spectacular tales of forces combating over the Iron Coronary heart as they develop stronger by numerous missions and raids.
Encounter options that make The First Descendant’s gameplay distinctive: a spread of characters with distinctive ideas and fight kinds, large boss battles with as much as 4 participant co-op, free motion and coordinated motion with grappling hooks, a spread of weapons and compelling customization choices.