Amid ongoing player complaints and claims that Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter XDefiant is underperforming, the publisher has insisted the game is “absolutely not dying” while revealing plans to address a number of issues in an updated development roadmap.
The post continues: “Ubisoft is very supportive of us and has allocated more resources to the team so we can achieve this.” To that end, the roadmap accompanying the project promises “a lot of new content and features” for XDefiant’s first year, which will end with its “biggest event ever.”
According to Ubisoft’s roadmap, Seasons 2, 3, and 4 will feature a new faction, three new weapons, three new maps, and new limited-time modes, with more specific inclusions including the arrival of Bots Mode, Bomb Mode, and Private Matches. Additionally, there’s talk of numerous planned improvements, including changes to Battle Pass progression speed, plus improvements to cloaking, player collision, and footstep audio, which come alongside ongoing work on netcode and impact control.
“We're not a shooter that's been around for 20 years,” Rubin continued. “If you like what we're trying to do, stick around and you'll see things get better and new features added. But if the game isn't for you, that's fine, you can move on.”