You can register “for a chance to enter the future live phases” for any console at the XDefiant website. If you want to play XDefiant in closed beta. Note that servers are set to close at 11PM PT (6AM in UK time).

The latest chance to play XDefiant runs from April 13, up until April 23, 2023. This is to ensure that players “are not committed to a loadout as soon as you go into a match”, which Weigand feels will add more competitive depth to the game. Unlike many competitive games, XDefiant will allow players to change their Defiants, faction, abilities and loadouts upon respawning in a match. She has also confirmed that each Defiant – playable characters in these factions – will come with a set of skins, though it’s unknown if players will need to earn or buy them. Ubisoft notes that they will “keep adding to our cast of Defiants as the game evolves, drawing on a range of characters and abilities from the Clancy universe and beyond.” Abilities, weapon customisation and skins in XDefiantĮach faction will have its own set of passive traits, ‘ultra’ abilities, and “the freedom to choose from a number of different abilities” according to producer Kim Weigend. The Cleaners will be a “high DPS assault class”, while Echelon will be a support-based faction, which will be all about “hiding information from the enemies and giving more information to teammates”. The Wolves will be a tank class with higher health than other factions and “abilities that are shield based”. Producer Kim Weigend has stated that the factions bring class-based gameplay. Finally, Echelon is a group from the Splinter Cell series.

DedSec are from Watch Dogs, and Libertad are from Far Cry. The Cleaners are from The Division, while The Phantoms are from Ghost Recon. These five factions will be familiar to many fans of the Tom Clancy franchise. Players will be able to choose from five different factions – the Cleaners, Phantoms, Libertad, DedSec and Echelon – at launch.

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