Ubisoft Call of Duty Rival XDefiant Gets Hefty Final Update Ahead of Shutdown Next Year
Ubisoft's failed Call of Duty rival XDefiant has received a hefty final update today, December 18, ahead of its shutdown in 2025.
The XDefiant X/Twitter account shared the patch notes, below, while executive producer Mark Rubin thanked fans and the development team in his own post for their dedication to the game since before and after its May 2024 launch.
"I wish everyone who worked on this game directly or indirectly the best for their future endeavors," Rubin said. "And the same goes for all of the fans who played our game, who streamed it, or who worked to build the XDefiant community."
XDefiant's final S3.0+ update includes the previously announced Assassins class, which are modelled after Assassin's Creed's titular heroes, alongside myriad additional features that were planned for now cancelled future seasons.
This includes a total of three new factions, 13 new maps, a new experience called Tactical, a means of gaining experience versus bots, new weapons, new progression mechanics for Faction Mastery and Badges, and more.
xDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that combines intense gunplay with personalized loadouts and specialized factions. But that market can be incredibly brutal, and perhaps after PlayStation arena shooter Concord was shut down after just two weeks on the market, some fans of xDefiant grew concerned for its longevity.
While Rubin said in September that XDefiant "is absolutely not dying," Ubisoft announced earlier this month it would be shut down on June 3, 2025.
New Faction: Assassins
New Faction: Wolves
New Faction: Blood Dragon
Fixed a couple of glitches with the Cleaners' Incinerator Drone when Hijacked by a DedSec player:
New S3 Maps
New Future Maps - These maps were scheduled for later seasons but were too much fun not to release!
Fixes and Changes:
New Modes:
New Party Modes Playlist
Fixes and Changes:
Ranked BOMB!
Top 500 Leaderboard
Ranked Emblem in HUD
New Ranked Rewards
Fixes and Changes:
Fixes and
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