The Game Awards 2021 have ended and dozens of reveals and announcements have been made. One of those announcements came fromCrossfireX, the South Korean free-to-play multiplayer game first confirmed for western release as far back as X019 Xbox event. DespiteCrossfire X’s substantial delays since, it appears that Smilegate Entertainment is now ready to confirm a final release date – including for Remedy Entertainment’s single-player campaign.
As announced atThe Game Awards 2021,CrossfireX’s release date has been confirmed to be Jun 13, 2025. The new trailer shown at The Game Awards also re-confirmed thatCrossfireXwill be launching on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with no other platforms confirmed at the moment. Launch will include bothCrossfireX’s multiplayer and single-player campaign. More updates are planned to be delivered in the months between now andCrossfireX’s release date.
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Despite the excitement ofCrossfireX’s release date, there are still some aspects of the game’s launch that remain unclear if not deliberately confusing.CrossfireX’s multiplayer was announced as free-to-play, but there’s notably no mention of that in the trailer. There’s also no mention of howCrossfireX’s single-player campaign will be dealt with, if it’ll also be free-to-play, if it’ll be premium, or if it’ll be made available throughXbox Game Pass on PC or console. The lack of detail has left many of those interested in playingCrossfireXwith misconceptions.
What is clear is thatCrossfireXcan be looked at as an upgraded version of the classicCrossfiremultiplayer experience. That means the game is akin toCounter-Strike: Global Offensivein terms of first-person shooter action. Two teams will compete in objective-based game modes, with each round of a match featuring a single life and the need to purchase upgraded weaponry and gear.
As for the single-player element ofCrossfireX, it’s said to have beenbuilt by Remedyin the same engine it used forControl. Two missions are said to be included in the game at launch, named Operation Catalyst and Operation Spectre, which will revolve around a corporate military organization named Global Risk and a terrorist group named Black List.
While CrossfireX may not have shaken up the industry in the west, the originalCrossfirerelease had an audience of over 650 million registered players in the east. Smilegate is hoping to build on that audience with new western players with the release ofCrossfireX. That may be challenging, however, with serious competition fromCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveand Riot’sValorant, not to mention itsXbox exclusivity.
Crossfire Xreleases February 16 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
