XDefiant, Ubisoft’s just lately launched free-to-play Name of Responsibility-like shooter, is about to get new factions and maps based mostly on different Ubisoft video games. That’s not a shock. However now, because of a dataminer, we all know that content material from Murderer’s Creed, Far Cry: New Daybreak, The Crew, and even the uh…Rabbids are deliberate for future updates.
After a reputation change and quite a few delays, XDefiant launched final week. The primary few days of Ubisoft’s on-line FPS had been tough as a result of matchmaking points. Now, after the mud has settled and folks have had time to play it, the overall sentiment is that it’s fairly good. I’ve loved it loads. And I additionally admire that it additionally doesn’t take up 200GB of area on my console’s SSD. However that is 2024 and folks can’t simply dwell within the second and revel in one thing. No, we should take into consideration the longer term. What’s subsequent for XDefiant? Ubisoft gave us a imprecise highway map, however a dataminer has offered extra data. The truth is, they’ve shared an excessive amount of, it appears, as Ubisoft has reportedly used DMCA takedowns to take away a few of their on-line leaks.
New factions, weapons, and modes coming to XDefiant
Over on Twitter, person Rogue TX has been sharing what appears to be datamined content material and recordsdata from XDefiant. This leaked content material seems to supply us with a transparent highway map for what to anticipate throughout the shooter’s first yr. Assuming nothing modifications, these are the primary 4 factions coming to the shooter over the following 12 months or so:
- Assassins from Murderer’s Creed
- Operators from Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- GSG9 members from Rainbow Six Siege
- The Highwaymen from Far Cry: New Daybreak
Rogue TX was capable of finding in-game belongings—together with icons, map names, character renders, animations, and extra—indicating that XDefiant’s present plans for the approaching yr embrace these additions. (However take into account that plans change and sport growth is messy, so some or all of this won’t occur.)
Past that, Rogue TX additionally discovered knowledge suggesting that workforce deathmatch, seize the flag, and an infection are new sport modes that Ubisoft is at present planning to deliver to XDefiant in a future replace. Additionally discovered inside XDefiant’s recordsdata are some doable new weapons, together with a sawed-off shotgun, Tommy Gun, FAMAS, turret, RC automobile, FAL, and G36 rifle.
However maybe the weirdest stuff discovered by Rogue TX inside the sport are indications that factions based mostly on The Crew—Ubisoft’s open-world driving sport—and Rabbids are deliberate, too. How would that work? I do not know. However as a Ubisoft sicko who performs and enjoys lots of the writer’s video games, I’m excited for this wild mish-mash of content material. Please, add a Simply Dance faction, too!
In case you are questioning if these leaks are actual, Ubisoft has arguably lent them credence by reportedly utilizing DMCA strikes to take away some (however weirdly not all) of the datamined pictures and screenshots from Twitter. A few of Rogue’s pictures are actually lacking and show a message suggesting the copyright holder stepped in and eliminated them.
Kotaku has contacted Ubisoft concerning the datamined content material and XDefiant’s future. However for now, this appears to be our greatest take a look at the doable way forward for Ubisoft’s free-to-play FPS.
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