The First Descendant’s Season 1: Invasion Release Date, New Descendants, Bosses, & Weapons

NEXON's free-to-play, Unreal Engine 5-powered looter-shooter, launched last month and sees players becoming Descendants in both solo and co-op modes with an array of unique abilities. The Descendants are tasked with fending off the alien invaders, The Vulgus, who crossed dimensions over 100 years ago and brought with them the devastating Colossi, with an aim to destroy the city of Albion and the continent of Ingris.

Just over a month later, the studio has unveiled its first look at the game's major update,. follows the disappearance of Karel's fleet, with the Vulgus altering their strategy and targeting the depths of Ingris's dungeons. In a bid to reclaim their lost outpost, The Descendants raid the Ancestors' facilities and deploy a new scout to intercept and counter these new Vulgus threats.

There are a ton of things to discover in The First Descendant, and it's pretty easy to overlook important features and mechanics that change the game.

starts on August 29th. It will launch on all of the same platforms as the base game and will be made available to players through a series of three updates on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Series X|S, PC via Steam, and NVIDIA GeForce NOW.

introduces new Descendants for players to control, the first of which is Hailey, a former supply soldier in the guerrilla unit who has risen up the ranks to become a legendary sniper. Hailey can eliminate enemies with a single, devastating shot using her anti-material sniper rifle, sub-zero bullets, and a storm snare, and she has the unique ability to lower her body temperature and emit cold air, which will come in handy in snowy terrain seen in the season's trailer.

also lets players delve into the backstory of Freyna and the haunting Room Zero incident that saw the death of her fellow agents, with her being the sole survivor and still reeling from this trauma. While she wasalready the best elemental attribute character in the base game, specializing in toxic-inducing damage,she