Get the full brief on Ubisoft’s new free-to-play FPS in the Tom Clancy universe.
Ubisoft is tackling the FPS from every angle, and now that includes its own Call of Duty-like 6v6 competitive shooter. It’s called Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, and it looks way more fun than its terrible name implies. XDefiant brings together a group of factions from other Clancy games and turns them into playable classes. Don’t call it a hero shooter: each faction has its own abilities and ultimates, but abilities aren’t unique to an individual. It’s a little hard to wrap my head around, but just imagine Call of Duty if a Wolf from Ghost Recon Breakpoint could lay down a bubble shield, or an Echelon agent from Splinter Cell could slide while shooting you with a P90. It’s also free-to-play, so there won’t be much keeping you from trying it out yourself. Here’s everything we know about XDefiant so far, including how to sign up for its upcoming test session. Watch the XDefiant reveal trailer now XDefiant beta signup Ubisoft is running its first playable test of XDefiant sooner than you’d think. You can sign up here for a chance to play the test session that starts on August 5. The website will prompt you to select a preferred platform to play on and ask you what other types of shooters you play. Don’t worry too much about what answer you give, Ubi probably wants everyone to try the game out. What is XDefiant’s release date? Ubisoft hasn’t set a firm date for XDefiant’s release. If the rollout of other popular FPS games are serving as an inspiration here, then it probably won’t be long before XDefiant enters some sort of open beta. What exactly is XDefiant? XDefiant is a free-to-play,6v6 arena FPS starring playable classes from the Tom Clancy universe. We haven’t seen a ton of gameplay so far, but based on what’s out there, XDefiant appears to play a lot like Call of Duty multiplayer.
