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During their PAX East 2025 showcase, NEXON unveiled The First Descendant's ambitious Season 3 update, titled Breakthrough, coming this summer. Executive Producer Beomjun Lee and Creative Director Minseok Joo detailed the game-changing additions, including a sprawling new battlefield, hover bikes, the first-ever crossover event, and more. The First Descendant: Breakthrough | Hover Bike TeaserWatch this video on YouTube Key Features [...]

Nexon’s free-to-play looter-shooter The First Descendant is gearing up for its Season 2 Episode 2 April update, packed with new gameplay content, cosmetics, and much-needed quality-of-life improvements. The developers recently held a livestream breaking down what’s coming next week, along with a sneak peek at May’s update and some PAX East 2025 announcements. For those unfamiliar, The First Descendant is [...]

Beomjun Lee, Executive Producer of The First Descendant, presented at GDC 2025 in San Francisco on today, sharing insights on overcoming challenges in live-service game development. His session, “Persevering Through a 57 Metacritic as a Live Service Game,” addresses the looter shooter’s rocky launch and strategies for improvement, alongside a preview of the Season 3: Breakthrough update. Key Challenges & [...]

The First Descendant’s Season 2 Episode 2 update, Beyond The Void, launched today. It introduces a new story chapter, playable character, and gameplay features. The changes were highlighted in last week's developer livestream which can be seen here: The First Descendant│Season 2 Episode 2: Beyond the Void Update Preview│Dev LivestreamWatch this video on YouTube New Main Story: Beyond The Void [...]

Nexon previewed the Season 2 Episode 2: Beyond the Void update for The First Descendant today in a developer livestream. The update launches later this month and includes a new Descendant Serena as well 2 new fields, new story content, and more. The First Descendant│Season 2 Episode 2: Beyond the Void Update Preview│Dev LivestreamWatch this video on YouTube Season [...]

Nexon has announced major changes to The First Descendant’s seasonal model, extending Season 2 into a two-part arc and delaying Season 3 to summer 2025. The shift, revealed in a February 12 developer livestream, follows criticism of the looter-shooter’s “lackluster” three-month update cycles. Key Changes Seasonal Policy Overhaul: Season 2, Episode 2 (“Beyond the Void”) launches in March, adding the [...]

Nexon's free to play looter shooter 'The First Descendant' is launching globally tomorrow on July 2 at midnight PST. The game is available on PC through Steam as well as PlayStation and Xbox. The game s cross-progression and cross-play across all platforoms. Time will tell if the The First Descendant will succeed or not, but given tough competition from established [...]

The First Descendant is nearing the final leg of its alpha tests as Nexon announces the last technical test for the co-op action shooter. The playtest will run from 12 a.m. PDT on May 25 until 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 26 and will be open to anyone on PC as long as they meet the minimum system requirements. [...]

With The First Descendant crossplay open beta coming to a close tomorrow, players are clamoring to get their fill of the third-person looter shooter before the beta servers go offline. The game logged a peak player concurrency of over 50,000 players this past Friday and an average peak concurrency of roughly 40,000 players throughout the weekend. To show their appreciation, [...]