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Ubisoft’s free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant’s first patch has been released.<\/p>\n

Entitled “Preseason Patch 1”<\/a>, it addresses a number of specific issues, including one with loading into the Practice Zone – some players found themselves “in a hellscape” outside the world – and another that sees devices dropped at players’ feet should they die during device deployment. Up until now, they would still be thrown as if you hadn’t just carked it.<\/p>\n

This means Practice Zone has been turned back on, although the team warns “it’s possible weird things could still happen”. So make of that what you will.<\/p>\n

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Ubisoft’s free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant’s first patch has been released. Entitled “Preseason Patch 1”, it addresses a number of specific issues, including one with loading into the Practice Zone – some players found themselves “in a hellscape” outside the world – and another that sees devices dropped at players’ feet should they die during device deployment. Up until now, they would still be thrown as if you hadn’t just carked it. This means Practice Zone has been turned back on, although the team warns “it’s possible weird things could still happen”. So make of that what you will. 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