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 ...

It’s just the latest in a series of misfires at what was once among the top video game publishers. XDefiant started strong, breaking Ubisoft internal records for the fastest game to surpass five ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A little over six months after its launch, Ubisoft has announced that ...

Ubisoft’s big Call of Duty-like FPS, XDefiant, might only have until Season 3 to turn things around, increase its player count, and start making more money or the publisher could end post-launch ...

This isn’t news, of course. We knew about this date as of December 3, 2024. Rather, it is a reminder. Because once the game’s servers go offline it will no longer be playable ever again. To this end, ...

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Live service games are no sure thing — first, it was Concord, and now Ubisoft’s free-to-play FPS that only launched in May will close its doors. Live service games are no sure thing — first, it was ...

According to Insider Gaming, Ubisoft is giving XDefiant until the conclusion of Season 3 to begin bringing in more players (and money) before it opts to make big changes to how it is supported. Season ...

It’s a rough but predictable choice for an Ubisoft in crisis. Ubisoft has announced that they are shutting down XDefiant. Ubisoft announced XDefiant as a military shooter themed around crossovers ...

Arguably Ubisoft’s biggest franchise over the last decade plus has been Assassin’s Creed, with no signs of that changing anytime soon. Of course that doesn’t mean Ubisoft is only an Assassin’s Creed ...