For those who played the XDefiant beta on consoles and were hoping for a way to play it using keyboard and mouse (KBM), you’ll be able to do so possibly when the full game launches or soon after, as XDefiant KBM support for consoles has been confirmed to be part of the controller options.
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This was confirmed by XDefiant Executive Producer Mark Rubin where he mentioned that it might make it launch, but if it doesn’t, it’ll come soon after.
Answering another fan on Twitter, Rubin also shot down any ideas of a Battle Royale mode being available in the game, and cites that while he doesn’t like battle royale games, he feels that trying to do too much ends up sacrifcing the overall quality of the game.
Lastly, in what should be seen as good news, Rubin also said “no thanks” when it comes to pay-to-win stuff being implemented in the free-to-play game.
Personally, I agree with Rubin’s choices. We have enough battle royale games and XDefiant doesn’t need to be another bandwagoner when it comes to that. I’d rather the studio focus on making sure the core 6v6 experience is the best it can be rather than trying to shoehorn every game mode they can.
As for the P2W stuff, let’s hope that whatever’s happening in Call of Duty: Warzone 2 now isn’t something we’ll see in XDefiant ever.
XDefiant still has no firm release date but is headed to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. You can read our impressions of the beta here.
Source: Mark Rubin (Twitter)
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