Ubisoft announced earlier this month that it would be sunsetting its free-to-play first-person shooter, XDefiant, on June 3, 2025, after dwindling player counts made it unfeasible to continue supporting the live-service game. Despite the game being shut down by Ubisoft, the game's development team at Ubisoft San Francisco apparently still wanted to follow through with some of the content it had in the game's pipeline. In an announcement on X, the game's executive producer clarifies that much of the content that is being delivered in what he calls the last patch contains all the content that was planned for Season 3 along with some content from future seasons of the game, including Season 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
Some major highlights in the new patch, are 13 new maps, three new factions, including the Assassins—from Assassin's Creed—six new weapons, and five new game modes. Along with the slew of new content, XDefiant received a handful of gameplay and QoL fixes for both competitive and casual play. The new maps consist of eight new arena maps, four new linear maps, and one new tactical map. XDefiant also got a new progression system that allows players to unlock cosmetics, badges, and other rewards for character progression. The developer also introduced daily rewards and "Credits," the game's new in-game currency that allows players to buy skins and other items from previous seasons.
Overall, the response to these new updates has been quite positive, with many fans asking one of two questions: "Why didn't Ubisoft release this earlier?" And "Why did Ubisoft cancel the game without giving these updates a chance first?" Although dropping all of this content all at once is a much more transformative move than the Season 3 update was meant to be, even the Season 3 content looks like it could have made a difference to the game as a whole. A group of fans has even started a Change.org petition to bring XDefiant back from the dead. While it's a valiant effort to save a game they love, it seems unlikely that Ubisoft would go back on its decision, regardless of signatures.
Read Mark Rubin's statement about the final XDefiant content update:
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Some major highlights in the new patch, are 13 new maps, three new factions, including the Assassins—from Assassin's Creed—six new weapons, and five new game modes. Along with the slew of new content, XDefiant received a handful of gameplay and QoL fixes for both competitive and casual play. The new maps consist of eight new arena maps, four new linear maps, and one new tactical map. XDefiant also got a new progression system that allows players to unlock cosmetics, badges, and other rewards for character progression. The developer also introduced daily rewards and "Credits," the game's new in-game currency that allows players to buy skins and other items from previous seasons.
Overall, the response to these new updates has been quite positive, with many fans asking one of two questions: "Why didn't Ubisoft release this earlier?" And "Why did Ubisoft cancel the game without giving these updates a chance first?" Although dropping all of this content all at once is a much more transformative move than the Season 3 update was meant to be, even the Season 3 content looks like it could have made a difference to the game as a whole. A group of fans has even started a Change.org petition to bring XDefiant back from the dead. While it's a valiant effort to save a game they love, it seems unlikely that Ubisoft would go back on its decision, regardless of signatures.
Read Mark Rubin's statement about the final XDefiant content update:
View at TechPowerUp Main Site | Source
