Rockstmith studio Ubisoft San Francisco is shutting down alongside the corporate’s Osaka, Japan studio as XDefiant has bombed. After a sequence of denials, Ubisoft has confirmed that its free-to-play shooter did not make its mark in a extremely aggressive market, leading to a call being made to close down servers in June 2025.
Ubisoft shutting down XDefiant subsequent 12 months, however has already stopped accepting new gamers
Ubisoft penned a lenghty notice to XDefiant gamers explaining its determination to close the shooter down. In a separate inside memo later shared publicly, the corporate confirmed closures of each San Francisco and Osaka studios alongside downsizing of its Sydney crew, leading to a whole bunch of workers shedding their jobs.
“Many free-to-play video games take a very long time to seek out their footing and change into worthwhile,” Ubisoft wrote. “It’s an extended journey that Ubisoft and the groups engaged on the sport have been ready to make till very lately. However sadly, the journey grew to become an excessive amount of to sensibly proceed.”
As of as we speak, XDefiant is just not accepting any new gamers however present gamers will nonetheless obtain Season 3 content material and can be capable of proceed taking part in till June 2025. Those that bought the Final Founder’s Pack will obtain a full refund.