Final XDefiant thoughts.

WINS
- Map Design
- Visuals & Art Style
- Performance

OPPORTUNITIES
- Loading times and forced down time between matches is too long
- Ultimate abilities take too long to earn
- Hip fire is frustratingly ineffective while people can beam while

It's time to put XDefiant through it's paces. Can it withstand the Mayoral test of strength? Let's find out...Our PAYLOAD DCM research continues.

🔴LIVE: twitch.tv/MayorReynolds

This week in The Mayorverse featuring DEADROP, LawBreakers, Friends vs. Friends (RIP Siaro) and Pixel Gun 3D.

We also launched our new PAYLOAD DCM at ViperUGC. Catch my streams on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for more moments like this.

The healer (Pixel) in PAYLOAD has an AOE healing effect. Stand next to your team's Pixel to be healed by her aura.

Keep an eye on MayorReynoldsTV's health bar when he nears Pixel & his teammates health bars (lower left) when he is playing Pixel in the footage below.

Midnight 2 filming in progress.

Many people seemed to have missed the news so I put together a video explaining Midnight Society's plan to launch DEADROP into a much more polished and refined Early Access experience on PC, Xbox and PlayStation later this year. Get the details below.

📼NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/pakcefFKdcw

Seeing our Payload DCM & the beginnings of our hero shooter brought to life in DEADROP was WILD. Hearing people discuss team composition & focusing the other team's healer while fighting to push the Payload across the map & through choke points was so satisfying.

We are live and playing our brand new PAYLOAD mode in DEADROP for the first time ever! Come join in the fun or just watch the action at the link below.

🟡LIVE: twitch.tv/MayorReynolds

I love this. Twitch has slowly and steadily been making quality of life improvements over the last year or so. Change in leadership and competition is spurring progress.

Tonight’s the night! We just keep spinning out new competitive DEADROP experiences.

We've spent a lot of time testing this and can't wait to welcome everyone in tomorrow night! The potential for future growth of this DCM is huge.

I am once again reminding you that Midnight Society is planning to launch DEADROP into Early Access on PC, Xbox and PlayStation later this year.

We are LIVE and ready to set the world on fire. It's DEADROP DCM Night which means that we're playing community creations from 8pm EST, on. We do this every week. Come join the show!

🟠LIVE: twitch.tv/MayorReynolds

FPS fans are sleeping on Friends vs. Friends (RIP Siaro). It's the ultimate twist on the '1v1 me bro' concept. You matchmake in seconds, full matches take only a few minutes & the deck building element adds both strategy and good old fashioned fun. There's nothing like head to head PvP. Check it out.

One of the DEADROP projects that we have long planned at ViperUGC is a 1v1 game mode with maps set in The Existence. But I'm going live to play a much different kind of 1v1 game...

🔴LIVE: twitch.tv/MayorReynolds

Working with this team and community to creative unique and competitive experiences in DEADROP has been an incredible experience. And this is just step one of the broader UGC vision from Midnight Society. There’s so many more tools and abilities to come.

A lot of the games that I play on stream are part of my research process for future live action content that I will tackle after Midnight 2 or current and future projects at ViperUGC. It’s all part of the journey and creative process.

The long lost and incredibly badass arena shooter LawBreakers has been brought back to life by dedicated fans and is PLAYABLE once more. Let's talk about how this happened, how it plays in 2024 and what happens from here.

📼NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/U9Dn3W7TazE

Playing LawBreakers from the legendary Cliff Bleszinski was incredible. We need more fast paced, badass, high octane arena shooters like this. The revival team has done an incredible job. I hope that Nexon notices the passion & gives it a proper revival.