It’s been a long road for Ubisoft XDefiant development team, but it looks like they can finally see the light at the end of their very long tunnel. Today, the publisher announced that the free-to-play shooter will finally receive a public, non-beta launch on May 21 for the Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC platforms.

The game was first announced in July 2021 as Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, with the theme of crushing characters and settings from Ubisoft’s various Tom Clancy games in Hero Shooter. In 2022, the company removed the Tom Clancy name from the game, as it decided to expand the scope of XDefiant. include content from other Ubisoft franchises,

In the summer of 2023, the game was supposed to be officially launched, but Ubisoft revealed then XDefiant Failed to pass the certification tests for Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation platforms. In October 2023, the development team delayed the game’s release indefinitely due to issues discovered in a public playtest run.

Now all these problems seem to have been solved, and XDefiant will launch its first six-week “pre-season” event on May 21. The blog post On revealing the release date it was said:

The action kicks off by offering five different game modes across 14 maps, 24 weapons with 44 attachments, and five playable factions inspired by Ubisoft franchises, each bringing unique gameplay and abilities to the battlefield.

The game’s official website also has Information on the roadmap for the first year of the game, which will be divided into four seasons. Each season will include a new faction, three new weapons and three new maps. More features to be added XDefiant Will include new game modes, ranked mode, support for private games, and features to introduce the game to new players such as training modes and more.