Ubisoft's new Tom Clancy project is a six-on-six, free-to-play arena shooter named XDefiant. And yes, the 'XD' combination is meant to look like a laughing emoji. Sick!
Snark aside, it does look kind of fun, with customisable character classes that be equipped with different abilities and weapons. Ubisoft also says that the gunplay has always been a top priority throughout development, so there's hope that XDefiant will play particular well. The game's coming to both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, but there's no release window just yet.
Still, without wanting to sound mean, it's a bit... Generic, isn't it? And it certainly doesn't seem to have much in common with the Tom Clancy brand that defined the tactical shooters of old. What do you make of XDefiant? Don't forget to reload in the comments section below.
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That may be the worst name in video game history. It's surely got to be in the top ten?
@get2sammyb XD
😆efiant would make a better name, as xdefiants quite awful
While I'm interested since I enjoy online shooters... It would be nice if Ubisoft chill out for a moment, and focus on getting out the games that they already have in development. They keep announcing games while continually delaying other ones... What happened to games like Skull and Bone and Beyond Good and Evil 2?
no thank you, i expected something, this is nothing
Absolute monstrosity of a name. Count me out.
Yaas, it's been a while since we've seen Ubisoft promote new c*ncer ^^
Tom Clancy’s Fortnite!
That name is the biggest war crime in Tom Clancy history. Try it at The Hague.
If a friend said to me “let’s play Ubisoft’s new 6v6 free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant” I would burst out laughing.
Ok, sooo... what exactly does this have to do with Tom Clancy?
I don't care about names, it's free so I'll give it a try
Just make more TC: The Division
Also, every Creative Director I ever worked with looked like they walked out of Tiziano Zorzan.
That was not even casual friday level. I so went into the wrong creative industry
Ubisoft version of overwatch. They are trying so hard to have a successful Free to play live service game. EA and Activision have succeeded to a degree. What happened to that hyperscrape game? Don't like all these free Battle Royale games but unfortunately, these games are raking in money.
Oh cool just what everyone wanted from Ubisoft. More ftp shooter toss. Yay. I'm sure the publishers of the rest of the current glut are shaking in their boots.
I've registered for the early access so I can make my mind up. I"m at least vaguely interested so why not?
I just want Valorant....
@chrzan You expected something from Ubisoft??? 😕
It's a f2p game. I think everyone is setting the bar a bit too high. Companies pump these sorts of games out in hopes that one of them will catch on and become a gigantic cash cow like Fortnite. It does look like the gunplay is good, but the marketing and name has not set it up for success.
Another generic shooter, like we haven't got enough of those...
Not massively into online shooters these days I play them in bursts, so might give it a go at some point it's free and I'm not bothered about cosmetics and stuff so don't have to pay anything
I think I speak for everyone when I say meh.
Nah.
Division 3 please.
Tom Clancy is dead. Which is lucky because this being accredited to him and his work would have killed him….
Ubisoft should be ashamed
@ankehuber I have a bad feeling they are just going to stick with the free to play Division game coming out.
lol no thanks
I said it guys I said it
Ubisoft: Let's do every stupid idea we can think of with the Tom Clancy name...Except Splinter Cell.
This game looks like a knock-off energy drink come to life.
Ubisoft are creatively bankrupt. Oh and slapping Tom Clancy in the name does not have the weight they seem to think it does. There hasn't been a good Tom Clancy game since Vegas 2 so it's like deliberately advertising how unoriginal the game is going to be.
OMG... This looks so turd.
A grenade explodes and there's not even a mark on the ground. The guns look decent but don't fit the style of the rest of the game.
This looks like everything I hate about the modern game(z)
Hey, I'll wear a purple beanie to appear edgy and cool.
Sorry pal, your look matched your game.
I see Ubisoft is standing 😆efiant in the demands for a new Splinter Cell...I'll see myself out. Also I'm not interested in this but go get em whoever this is for. 🤣
@Splat I fear you might be right. I'm hoping it's decent enough to try at least.
Cant wait for assassin's creed LMAOgacy.
Name aside this looks like itl last a week but at least its free i guess
Damn… I don’t have words for this.
Tom Clancy was a name for great games, now it’s used for some Pay 2 win bs…
This looks XDogs**t
This is the living definition of the Steve Buscemi "how do you do fellow kids" meme.
Yet again disappointed, but I have been done with Ubisoft for a very long time so nothing really changes.
Apparently Ubisoft asked a bunch of nine year Olds what would be a good name for a FPS. Either that or they are a bunch of 9 year olds.
Why even slap the Tom Clancy name on this? If you want a taste of those juice fortnight bucks, title it as such. Trying to play both sides by putting a Tom Clancy title next to an emoji seems desperate. We want to go in this new direction but we can't really trust it so let's at least guarantee some sales from our hardcore fans.
@Daveuppercut You beat me to it, spot on. "The youth love tude"
@Tasuki Honestly, that’s offensive to 9 year olds. Children wouldn’t come up with something that stupid.
Remember when ubisoft actually made games that were quality. Don't get me wrong I love the division and to a lesser extent rainbow six seige and parts of the newer ghost recon games but I'd Trade all the tea in China for a ubisoft game that played as well as GRAW and rainbow six Vegas did . The cover system alone in Vegas was better then any third person shooter cover system. Also the way you could customize your armor and it actually had an affect . All that and not only where you getting a wicked campaign you could play cooperatively but there was some really good multiplayer game modes. God damn i get worked up just thinking about what they've squandered lol
A truly awful name.. The X makes it so edgy, so cool "eye roll" Remove the X from the name and it sounds better at least. But the gameplay looks so generic and lifeless, you can practically smell the money signs flashing in front of their eyes.
More Ubisoft live service *****, now with 100% more cringe.
Great.
Ubisoft are a Clear and Present Danger to Tom Clancy's legacy.
I can't wait. It's free to play, so I won't be wasting money if I don't like the game.
Count me in.
@JustPlainLoco just like Battle royals then because we haven't got enough of those lol...
I'm personally liking this because cod is/was my go to FPS but now Activision is purely focused on strict SBMM and putting out £20 bundles every week its just not for me...sadly cod 6v6 is dead which is a shame...
Why are we surprised they see other companies make bank on F2P and lets be honest its not like they have put any effort in their games lately. From copy and paste games to F2P im not surprised if it goes well they can cram it to the brim with monetization and see the money ramp up. Cheaper games with less effort put lets see how low bar will be set.
Great another generic free to play shooter. Exactly what we needed. 🙄
I can't tell what's worse about this announcement, the title or the fact that it says a "Ubisoft Original."
Fps + .."PuNK RoCK MoSH PiT!!"🤘😝🤘😝
"..super stoked.."
@get2sammyb Pretty much the entire top 10 is already taken by Kingdom Hearts. And I'm a fan of the series. 😄
@Korgon @Robocrop_Duster I fear that Splinter Cell is dead to Ubisoft...then again miracles can happen I guess?
I wouldn't trust Ubisoft to make a traditional single player Splinter Cell anymore...it would be an Assassin Creed variant...much like Rayman, guessing a lot of the creatives have left. I'd just settle for the original trilogy to pop up on the disused ps2 classics range!
Huge pass for me. I was expected something totally new and different, not the same recycled staff.
I'm not quite as super stoked as the bloke wearing the hat indoors.
@Voltan It has guns. I guess.
I've played a good bit of Apex but why do all these free to play games basically look like a reskinned version of one another. it genuinely doesn't make me want to try them out at this point
Bleah every studio is trying to make its own online multiplayer cash cow nowadays and some are ready to give their ips a bad name for it. This is sad. Bring back the slow and strategic R6 instead please
This name is absolutely appalling and the game looks like it was designed by an AI to be the most generic game of all time.
I'm quietly looking forward to Just Clance 2023 being announced. I mean, they obviously have no respect for the man's name so may as well.
Tom Clancy’s: Nothing to do with Tom Clancy…
(Except it has guns)
Also am I the only one that thinks Ubi try soooo hard be be “cool” that they succeed in being the total opposite….
Looking forward to Tom Clancy’s Assassins Creed which is an RPG card game full of microtransactions and nothing to do with Assassins Creed or Tom Clancy
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