With so many games in development, you may have forgotten CrossfireX, a collaborative venture from both Remedy Entertainment and Smilegate Entertainment. Well, the game is still alive and kicking with a huge recent development update on its progress, also reiterating that the Xbox console exclusive will be arriving later this year.
CrossfireX will be the third instalment in the cult-classic FPS Crossfire series, and this iteration brings both a single-player campaign along with free-to-play multiplayer. Having been radio silent for quite a while, the teams have released a new development update, which highlights graphical improvements and introduces some of the new multiplayer maps.
The side-by-side images represent a huge increase in graphical fidelity, as lighting, textures and more have been bolstered. The blog showcases quite a few, but here are a few that we've cherry-picked below:
Not only that, but three new maps have received a video tour, highlighting the terrain players will be tackling online. Babylon is built for the game's massive 30-player mode, Invasion is centred around close-quarters combat, and finally Babylon Lab is a specific map for the game's Infection mode.
Feast your eyes on these maps in action (just ignore the cheesy early 2000s music):
Babylon
Invasion
Babylon Lab
Finally, the teams have outlined a new feature known as the Tactical Growth system, which allows players to pick certain upgrades during specific CrossfireX modes.
In certain CFX modes, players will be able to choose player upgrades that last throughout that round only. Upgrades can focus on offense such as increased damage, defense such as equipping a tactical shield and recovery such as health regeneration. This allows players to react to the current round situation and adapt where necessary.
As you can see, it's a huge update which says more with its images and videos rather than words. The blog also doubled down on Crossfire X's 2021 release date, claiming it will be arriving "in the near future". So, keep your eyes peeled for this one!
What do you think about CrossfireX? Let us know in the comments below.
[source crossfirex.com]
Comments (24)
I wonder when it will launch?
October we have Battlefield, Nov probably COD and maybe late Nov/early Dec Halo Infinite.
Surely it needs to launch before those big franchises come out to not get lost?
I'll probably wait to play it on PlayStation
Finally! I got a feeling this is what a holding Halo back in terms of release dates, both are MS exclusives so it makes sense they'd wanna time it right
@uptownsoul Is it coming to an PlayStation? That'd be cool. My dad loves these types of games
@uptownsoul I don't think it's coming to PS platforms. MS has partnered with SmileGate to bring this game to the west and it's being published by Xbox Game Studios.
@SplooshDmg @Doctorwhoooourgh Yeah, Xbox uses funny phrases in place of "Timed Exclusive"…They use phrases like "First To Console on Xbox"
And here's the title on the initial announcement from Xbox Wire: Crossfire Franchise Coming First to Console on Xbox One in 2020 with CrossfireX (source: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/06/09/crossfire-franchise-coming-first-to-console-on-xbox-one-in-2020-with-crossfirex/ )
And I haven't see anything that suggested the exclusivity changed…(if you know of any changes, please link it so I can stay informed)
@uptownsoul This isn't launching on PC simultaneously with Xbox. It says "coming first to console." Not "coming to Xbox consoles first". Nowhere in that article does it say PS, and no official announcement has ever been made that it's coming to PS. It simply might be coming to Xbox consoles well before PC, which is honestly strange considering Crossfire has always been on PC. Which to be fair I don't even think a PC version has specifically been announced either. This game has essentially been developed internally at Xbox with Smilegate and Remedy and is being published by XGS. I sorta just don't see any reason to believe anything different. But you do you. I won't stop you.
@uptownsoul ah I see. Well it would be nice to see it go over to PS just as Deathloop comes to Xbox. =) both systems get something
@SplooshDmg every other game Xbox has ever said "first to console"...has eventually gone to PlayStation
@uptownsoul I think you are really just cherry picking what you wanna hear. Xbox is an ecosystem. If a game is coming to console and not PC, it's actually pretty pertinent that they point that out. Same situation as Gears Tactics coming to PC months before console. That has to be made clear to Xbox console and PC users alike. But like I said, you are free to believe whatever you want to. But there is literally zero evidence right now to support that this will ever be on PS. Not saying it couldn't happen, but at this second there is just no reason to believe it is.
@SplooshDmg Like I said, you can't name a single game that Xbox labeled as "first to console"…that didn't eventually go to PlayStation.
@uptownsoul Keep trying buddy. I got no horse in this race. I'm just reading the words in front of me.
@SplooshDmg Like I said, every time they've used that phrase, its always meant the exact same thing…every time.
Highly doubt its different this 1 time.
@SplooshDmg In fact, the more I look, the more I realize Microsoft has no clue what the word exclusive means when it comes to IP they don't own…
The Medium is a perfect example…The Medium was supposedly a "Console exclusive" (and later referred to as being "exclusive in 2021")…And neither of those things are true
@uptownsoul What part of partnership with MS and published by XGS do you not understand? It's no different than Sony Japan working with FromSoft to make Bloodbourne. Microsoft has literally helped to develop this game. Bloober making The Medium and self publishing The Medium is not even remotely similar to this. Look at say, Tell Me Why. XGS published that and it's very much not on PS. Get over it bud. When they say otherwise, you'll have some ground to stand on. Right now you are just telling me about your wishful thinking.
@SplooshDmg What part of none of that matters do you not understand?…
Microsoft partnered with Crystal Dynamics (source: https://segmentnext.com/2016/10/13/crystal-dynamics-microsoft-rise-of-the-tomb-raider/ ) & published Rise of the Tomb Raider…yet the game is still on my PS4 & PS5.
[You don't mind if I touch bases with you when Crossfire X is confirmed for PlayStation, do you?]
@uptownsoul Be my guest! I quote myself "Not saying it couldn't happen, but at this second there is just no reason to believe it is." I'm just saying until they say otherwise, you are telling me about your wishful thinking. You are announcing your speculation like it's a fact and you're literally doing nothing more than grasping at straws. So when you have some actual, well, evidence, then yeah sure. I'll go with ya. But you don't. So... That's like, sort of a problem. I don't really care about your alternative information.
@SplooshDmg Ah…left yourself that opening…thats cool…
I'll be more definitive than you are…My quote: "I guarantee Crossfire X will eventually be natively playable on a PlayStation console."
And as far as me "grasping at straws"…I'm relying on the fact that every single time they've used the term "first to console"…the game they're referring to always has gone to PlayStation…(if referring to that 100% occurrence is "grasping at straws", so be it)
@uptownsoul I quote myself, "I really don't care one way or another. I'm just not so confident in information that doesn't exist that I tell people something is happening when I don't know it is."
That's fine...All the data points are pointing the same direction I'm pointing...but I guess that's just a coincidence.
@uptownsoul And in today's news.
https://www.psu.com/news/is-crossfirex-campaign-and-crossfirex-multiplayer-coming-to-ps5-and-ps4/
They don't seem so sure either. Maybe because no one official has said otherwise? Look mate, I'm not saying they won't. We are clearly on a different page here. I don't care if it's multiplatform. No one knows. Not me, not you, apparently not these journalists. We don't know, and that's a fact. If the game was also coming to PC at launch, I'd be inclined to feel different about the word "first". But first seems a lot more ambiguous when PC is being left out of the equation. "Trust me bro" isn't a source.
@SplooshDmg the phrase "first to console" as of now, is still 100% reliable...
And when this game shows up on PlayStation & I touch bases with you again, I'll remind you of that phrase's 100% reliability still being in tact
@blinx01 As we know it's coming to Game Pass (it was in the July 2020 Xbox Showcase which Microsoft made it clear everything in that showcase was coming to Game Pass), August/September sounds about right given the known Game Pass lineup.
@Grumblevolcano
It's not in Game Pass according to this article; https://www.windowscentral.com/crossfirex
The multiplayer is F2P and the campaign is included as part of a Premium Battle Pass at launch.
Remedy are doing the campaign and Xbox is working with Smilegate on the multiplayer and publishing the game for them.
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