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"Devastating": Industry leaders including EA, Respawn, and Infinity Ward pay tribute to Battlefield lead Vince Zampella, "a titan and legend of this industry"

Vince Zampella's untimely passing is sending shockwaves through the games industry

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XDefiant is now ex-Defiant as the game closes and its executive producer leaves Ubisoft: 'We just didn't have the gas to go the distance'

"We saw a lot of reactions from other games to what we were doing and that to me speaks volumes."

PC Gamer

'Be more like Larian, less like Activision': Ex-Call of Duty producer takes his old employer to task for prioritizing FOMO over quality

The XDefiant producer and former face of Call of Duty has some thoughts on CoD's live service shift.

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XDefiant's final content patch is unexpectedly massive: 'Not all journeys end well but we can all be proud of what we accomplished'

Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter is shutting down in 2025.

PC Gamer

XDefiant just put out an absolutely massive patch featuring 3 new factions and more for a game you can't even download now

Ubisoft's FPS takes its last breath

GamesRadar

Far Cry Publisher's Latest Game Flop Had a Cool Idea Worth a Second Look

Troubled game publisher Ubisoft announced that its competitive free-to-play shooter XDefiant will shut down after just six months. The decision to pull the plug will have impacts far beyond the game’s diminishing player base, as Ubisoft will shutting down both its Osaka and San Francisco offices, resulting in 277 layoffs.

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Ubisoft loses faith in free-to-play CoD competitor XDefiant, will shut it down in 2025: 'Many free-to-play games take a long time to find their footing and become profitable'

XDefiant is no longer accessible to new players, and recent purchases will be refunded.

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XDefiant is shutting down as Ubisoft closes San Francisco and Osaka offices following "long journey" of free-to-play struggles, up to 177 devs impacted

Season 3 is still coming out and servers will stay online until June

GamesRadar

Ubisoft insists xDefiant is "not dying" but acknowledges it needs improvements

Ubisoft says the multiplayer shooter is "doing well"

TechRadar

'XDefiant' Update: Ubisoft Claims Its Shooter is 'Absolutely Not Dying' as Season 2 Approaches

XDefiant executive producer Mark Rubin pushes back against claims that Ubisoft's free-to-play first-person shooter is dying.

Player One

'The game is absolutely not dying': XDefiant boss rejects claims that Ubisoft's shooter is struggling to find players

Executive producer Mark Rubin says XDefiant is doing just fine, thank you very much.

PC Gamer

XDefiant will get team deathmatch in 'a couple weeks' because we hassled them about it lots

XDefiant will bend to the united will of us basic FPS players.

PC Gamer

XDefiant Season One is on the way, and it looks bangin'

XDefiant season one is coming, and it's looking pretty good. Come check out the latest information leading up to its release in July!

Windows Central

I can't stop playing XDefiant, and neither have thousands of other players.

XDefiant dropped last week, and I haven't been able to stop playing. To the point that I said I'd write this piece 5 days ago, but could barely pull myself away to do it.

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XDefiant dev agrees that with no SBMM, if you're not finding "easy enemies" in Ubisoft's shooter, it's because you are the easy enemy

And there's room for improvement

PC Gamer

If you never get an easy opponent in XDefiant, you're the easy opponent, suggests producer

The free-to-play shooter mostly doesn't use skill-based matchmaking in its casual playlists.

Windows Central

A Call of Duty competitor is launching 3 years after its first announcement, and I couldn't be more excited

XDefiant, a competitor to the Call of Duty franchise, launches on May 21. After 3 years of open Alpha and Beta tests, the game is finally coming to current generation consoles and Windows PC. Come check out the details!

PC Gamer

XDefiant is finally getting closer: a stress test starts on Friday and will run all weekend long

Ubisoft had initially said the XDefiant server stress test would only run for 12 hours, but apparently minds have changed.

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After a leaker puts XDefiant delay down to chasing COD, the game's producer can't resist responding with a 'major eye roll'

Game development is hard.

Daily Mirror

XDefiant server issues: crossplay invites and matchmaking issues latest

The XDefiant open beta is now live for players on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, but there are some ongoing server issues

Daily Mirror

XDefiant stuck on loading screen? Dev explains server issues after beta goes live

The XDefiant open beta has been live for a matter of hours, but Ubisoft is already scrambling to fix server issues preventing players joining the game.

Daily Record

XDefiant releases new open beta - how to preload on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X

Here's how you can preload the game onto your preferred console.

Daily Mirror

Here's how to preload XDefiant beta on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X – and who can get in

The open beta for XDefiant kicks off on June 21 and but if you want to hop in early, you'll need to preload the game in advance on PC and console.

GamesRadar

Free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant is getting another beta later this month

All players on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S can get in on the action starting June 21

TechRadar

Xdefiant's next beta will "look towards the future" and will be open to everyone

FPS free-to-play game Xdefiant announces open session and release window for later this year.

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