XDefiant, Ubisoft’s Call of Duty competitor, is launching on May 21 throughout Xbox Collection X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. XDefiant will begin with a six-week preseason earlier than switching over to a seasonal mannequin just like different live-service titles.
Introduced on Ubisoft’s blog, the free-to-play enviornment shooter will launch on May 21 in preseason. The preseason will embrace 5 factions from numerous Ubisoft’s video games. The primary 4 are the Cleaners, Libertad, Echelon, and Phantoms, which can be obtainable to everybody instantly. The fifth faction, Dedsec, can be obtainable to unlock or buy. The preseason additionally contains 14 maps, 5 sport modes, and 24 weapons. Whereas most sport modes can be 6v6, the preseason will even embrace a 4v4 ranked follow playlist, which incorporates the identical guidelines as the actual ranked mode coming in Season 1.
The preseason is about to final six weeks, after which Season 1 will kick off. Ubisoft has offered a roadmap for the primary 4 seasons of XDefiant, with every season lasting three months. Every new season will embrace a brand new faction, three new weapons, three new maps, and a 90-tier battle cross. Ubisoft hasn’t revealed the specifics for every season, however did present codenames for the brand new factions in every season. Season 1 is codename Ruby, Season 2 codename Buzz, Season 3 codename Orchard, and Season 4 codename Horde. Each faction can be based mostly on a bunch from one in all Ubisoft’s numerous sequence.
The launch of XDefiant comes after a report of inside points at Ubisoft, together with allegations of a continuing altering of options and a poisonous office setting, which was reported to have prompted a number of delays.