Abstract
- XDefiant, a free Ubisoft shooter, faces server shutdown in 48 hours attributable to restricted content material and bugs.
- The sport options strong gunplay however suffered from an absence of improvement time post-beta.
- Regardless of potential fan efforts, Ubisoft’s job cuts on the San Francisco department make any revival unlikely.
Whereas there is a ton of free-to-play video games out there on consoles and PC, there are a couple of gems that sadly, go unnoticed, or do not get observed sufficient that quickly after, their plug will get pulled.
There is a recreation out there now on PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC, developed and revealed by Ubisoft — the identical firm behind Murderer’s Creed, Splinter Cell, and extra — that may be performed totally free. Nonetheless, it has solely two days left earlier than its servers are utterly shut down.

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The sport I am referring to is XDefiant, the free-to-play shooter from former Name of Obligation devs that was launched final 12 months on consoles and PC. Whereas the sport initially launched to tens of millions of gamers, it didn’t maintain the participant base attributable to restricted content material, persistent bugs that took too lengthy to resolve, and some different points.
Nonetheless, the sport’s gunplay, motion and gameplay are all strong, and it is a disgrace the sport’s playerbase did not stick lengthy sufficient. The announcement concerning the servers shutting down occurred in December final 12 months, and the shutdown date is June 3 — just some days away (thanks for the reminder, ComicBook!)
You continue to have time to play the sport if you have already got it put in or if you happen to ever downloaded it. As somebody who spent dozens of hours taking part in the sport, it is not a nasty shooter, however it simply wanted extra improvement time to repair a few of its annoying bugs.

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You probably have time, give the sport one other go earlier than its servers utterly shut down on June 3. Who is aware of? Maybe fan mods and initiatives can preserve it going properly previous its server shutdown date, though that will must be accomplished with Ubisoft’s blessing for it to occur.
One of many fundamental hurdles XDefiant suffered from was the time it took from beta to launch. When the beta launched, it was met with very constructive reception, after which silence. The devs at Ubisoft San Francisco took nearly a 12 months from the beta to lastly launch the sport on consoles and PC, and at that time, a ton of goodwill and hype have evaporated.
Any probability of a revival or one thing appears to be out fo the query, as Ubisoft has slashed lots of jobs from its San Francisco department the place the sport was made.

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XDefiant
- Launched
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Could 21, 2024
- ESRB
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T For Teen attributable to Delicate Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
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Ubisoft San Francisco
- Engine
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Snowdrop
- Cross-Platform Play
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PC, PS5 & Xbox Sequence X|S