Ubisoft will be shutting down its free-to-play first-person shooter game “XDefiant” in the new year. On Tuesday, the game publisher announced that new downloads and player registrations would no ...

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Ubisoft's first-person shooter XDefiant, which launched less than six months ago with some success, will shut down on June 3, 2025. As part of that, the studio will close three production studios and ...

It’s just the latest in a series of misfires at what was once among the top video game publishers. XDefiant started strong, breaking Ubisoft internal records for the fastest game to surpass five ...

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Arguably Ubisoft’s biggest franchise over the last decade plus has been Assassin’s Creed, with no signs of that changing anytime soon. Of course that doesn’t mean Ubisoft is only an Assassin’s Creed ...

It’s a rough but predictable choice for an Ubisoft in crisis. Ubisoft has announced that they are shutting down XDefiant. Ubisoft announced XDefiant as a military shooter themed around crossovers ...

TL;DR: Ubisoft has sunset XDefiant, a free-to-play shooter, due to unmet expectations. The game is no longer available for download or new registrations, but servers will remain online until June 2025 ...

According to Insider Gaming, Ubisoft is giving XDefiant until the conclusion of Season 3 to begin bringing in more players (and money) before it opts to make big changes to how it is supported. Season ...