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Ubisoft cancels XDefiant

Ubisoft will close its San Francisco and Osaka offices as a result.

December 3, 2024 4:10 PM

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Ubisoft is reportedly discontinuing XDefiant, its online first-person shooter. The company will also close its San Francisco and Osaka offices, laying off over 270 employees.

The cancelation of XDefiant can be found on Ubisoft's website. The sunsetting proccess will begin today, preventing new downloads and purchases. However, servers will remain active until June 3, 2025. Players who bought the Ultimate Founders Pack, or any DLC or VC after November 3 will receive a full refund. Season 3 will still launch as planned.

Chief Studios and Portfolio Officer Marie-Sophie de Waubert announced the studio closures in an internal email. "To those team members leaving Ubisoft, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your work and contributions," she wrote. Ubisoft will also ramp down production at its office in Sydney, Australia.

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December 3, 2024 4:10 PM

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- shirif
  
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  December 3, 2024 4:10 PM
  
  Rip Xdefiant
  
  https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/
  
  Lol Ubi can't seem to hit
  - ShackGPT
    
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    December 3, 2024 11:42 PM
    
    I bet Ubi management will have the galls to blame it on WFH too.
- boarder2
  
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  December 3, 2024 4:17 PM
  
  People are tired of the same barely derivative games that are just there to suck money from microtransactions especially with poor launches, and bad matchmaking choices? Huh. Go figure.
  - dkrulz
    
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    December 3, 2024 4:28 PM
    
    Yep and I doubt the new AC turns things around, despite the delay. The anti-DEI crowd has already been all over it.
- corey
  
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  December 3, 2024 4:19 PM
  
  I've never even heard of this game.
  - Magitek
    
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    December 3, 2024 4:26 PM
    
    Same. No idea it existed
- Dr_Cube
  
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  December 3, 2024 5:33 PM
  
  A few hours playtime was enough to tell me that this game was never going to steal players from the big established titles. There was no future here, not even as a niche shooter.
- freshyk
  
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  December 3, 2024 5:56 PM
  
  Stupid name for a game.
  - quazar
    
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    December 4, 2024 5:13 AM
    
    almost every game name is stupid