XDefiant season one arrives in July and introduces a faction from Rainbow Six Siege

Last night’s Ubisoft Forward broadcast gave us our first real look at the first season of live service content XChallenging and it’s going to be a pretty substantial update.

Most importantly, season one will introduce an entirely new faction, GSK, which comes from Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. They will join the five existing factions, bringing the total number in the game to six. A short reveal trailer, that was posted to the official XChallenging X/Twitter account during the show hinted at some of the new faction’s potential special abilities. We saw a GSK operator wielding a large riot shield equipped with a flashlight that could stun enemies, and later barbed wire was visible on the ground.