Despite a strong launch, XDefiant's concurrent player count tapered off by the tail end of 2024.

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Ubisoft's Call of Duty Competitor XDefiant Is Shutting Down in 2025

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Ubisoft announced the closure of 'XDefiant', a free online game released just over six months ago for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC. The French company didn't stop there and indicated that the three studios that worked on the game will be shut down, with 277 workers losing their respective jobs. Ubisoft announced that new downloads, player registrations, or purchases on 'xDefiant' will not be accepted. Despite the 3rd season being released a…

A Ubisoft anunciou o encerramento de ‘XDefiant’, um jogo online gratuito lançado há pouco mais de seis meses para a PlayStation 5, Xbox Series e PC.   A empresa francesa não se ficou por aqui e indicou que os três estúdios que trabalharam no jogo serão encerrados, com 277 trabalhadores a perderem os respectivos postos de trabalho. A Ubisoft fez saber que não serão aceites novos downloads, registos de jogadores ou compras em ‘XDefiant’. Apesar de…

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Ubisoft ends online game and will lay off 277 people

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 longer be available for “XDefiant,” though the game would still be releasing its Season 3 content “in the near future” and the game’s servers will be live until June 3. 
	As a result of the decision to cancel the game, the video game company will be mo…

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Ubisoft to Shut Down ‘XDefiant,’ Nearly 300 Employees Laid Off as San Francisco and Osaka Game Studios Close

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XDefiant Shuts Down In June 2025, Ubisoft Closes Two Offices

Things at Ubisoft seem to be taking a quick turn. After problems with the upcoming Samurai Assassin's Creed Shadows and weaker sales of Star Wars Outlaws, comes the announcement that the team-based shooter XDefiant will end.

Věci v Ubisoftu zřejmě nabírají rychlý spád. Po problémech s připravovaným samurajským Assassin’s Creed Shadows a slabšími prodeji Star Wars Outlaws přichází oznámení, že týmová střílečka XDefiant skončí.

XDefiant to má spočítané. Ubisoft oznámil jeho konec už půl roku po vydání

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XDefiant has it counted. Ubisoft announced its end half a year after its release

As recently as October, XDefiant director Mark Rubin claimed that circulating rumors were false, and it wasn't being shut down. Well, it is.

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‘XDefiant’ Will Shut Down, Another Black Eye For Ubisoft In A Year Full Of Them

XDefiant key art. XDefiant is shutting, Ubisoft has confirmed. The first-person shooter space is pretty massive and one of the most popular genres in gaming. However, it is dominated by a core group of franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield. There are some other titles that have managed to break in over the last decade such as Valorant, but it is a really hard genre to find a massive audience for over the course of many years given games l…

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XDefiant Is Shutting Down, Refunds Being Issued

Image: Ubisoft  Despite only officially launching the game in spring of this year, Ubisoft has already announced that it’s ending development and sunsetting its free-to-play team-based shooter XDefiant. Like Hyper Scape before it, XDefiant had high expectations, with Ubisoft touting more than 1 million players in its closed beta last year. Now, it will disappear quickly, as it’s no longer accepting new players as of today and is scheduled to shu…

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Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players

Ubisoft, one of the leading companies in the video game industry, reported the definitive cessation of its XDefiant title, which will be withdrawn from the market on June 3, 2025.Since this Wednesday, the game does not allow records of new players or purchases within the platform.The game, launched on May 21 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC, promised to revolutionize the first-person shooting genre (FPS).In XDefiant, users chose from fi…

Ubisoft, una de las compañías líderes en la industria de videojuegos, informó el cese definitivo de su título XDefiant, que será retirado del mercado el 3 de junio de 2025. Desde este miércoles, el juego no permite registros de nuevos jugadores ni compras dentro de la plataforma.El juego, lanzado el pasado 21 de mayo para Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 y PC, prometía revolucionar el género de disparos en primera persona (FPS). En XDefiant, los u…

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Ubisoft plans to shut down fits ree-to-play shooter XDefiant, with servers remaining on until June 3, 2025, and will cut ~277 people from the production team

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