Ubisoft Reveals Free-to-play Shooter Tom Clancy's XDefiant

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Ubisoft announced a free-to-play FPS shooter called Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, a game that pits well known factions within the Tom Clancy universe against each other in a 6v6 arena, with characters equipped with unique abilities. XDefiant will launch on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, and Ubisoft Connect. The game is expected to feature crossplay at launch.

XDefiant is being developed at Ubisoft San Francisco and it’s a colorful competitive shooter with characters called Defiants, equipped with a unique skill loadout, and it quickly made me think this shooter is Call of Duty meets Overwatch. Each of these Defiants represents a faction that resides in Ubisoft’s “Tom Clancy universe”, as we have Splinter Cell’s Echelon, The Division’s Cleaners and Outcast groups, and the Ghost Recon’s Wolves.

Here’s a brief list of features provided by Ubisoft:

  • Personalized Playstyle: Players can personalize their Defiant to match their

playstyle. Players can choose a faction, traits, abilities, and ultras, then select from an

arsenal of primary and secondary weapons, attachments, and a device to complete

their loadout – and even tweak it on the fly (after respawning) to adapt to an ever-

changing battlefield.

  • Competitive Clashes: XDefiant offers a variety of competitive 6-v-6 arena and linear

game modes, such as Domination and Escort. Combine that with a large pool of

uniquely designed maps in rotation and no two matches will feel the same.

  • Diverse Factions of Defiants: XDefiant will initially feature factions such as the

Wolves (Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon), the Echelon (Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell) and

the Outcasts and Cleaners (Tom Clancy’s The Division) battling across iconic

locations. Additional Defiants will be added as the game evolves, drawing on a range

of characters and abilities from the Tom Clancy universe … and beyond.

  • Game modes: XDefiant will have a variety of game modes to match players’ unique

playstyles and allow them to channel their team-based, competitive nature. Players

can choose competitive modes like Team Deathmatch or Domination, as well as

linear modes such as Escort.

If you’re interested in giving this shooter a shot, players can head to XDefiant’s official website to register and be part of the game’s first test session, which is said to begin on August 5, 2021.