Several sources have revealed that Ubisoft will probably be shutting down XDefiant in June 2025.
The information was talked about in an inner all-hands assembly right now. The determination was made on account of poor participant numbers and a scarcity of participant spending, in line with sources acquainted with the choice to sundown the sport.
It’s understood that layoffs will affect a big variety of staff on the San Francisco studio and supporting studios, with some workers already receiving severance data. Another wave of layoffs will occur in February, with Ubisoft San Francisco and Osaka closing its doorways. Around 170-180 individuals are understood to be dropping their jobs.
Season 3 would be the final total season of XDefiant, with a skeleton crew sustaining the title till June 2025. According to these acquainted with the state of affairs, Ubisoft will probably be updating XDefiant gamers on refunds for beauty objects and different purchases at a later date.
XDefiant began its uphill battle quickly after the discharge of Season 1, with a scarcity of participant spending having the staff scrabbling to chop prices.
In August 2024, Insider Gaming reported that XDefiant was on borrowed time regardless of initially having sturdy participant numbers. Frustrations throughout the studio had been at all times geared toward its management, who refused to take duty for the undertaking’s shortcomings, which may have been prevented with a greater studio tradition, mentioned the individuals.
In late March 2024, I reported on the studio’s poisonous work tradition, and regardless of an inner investigation that concluded final month, I was instructed that the problems had been swept beneath the rug and that its issues had been nonetheless prevalent.
UPDATE – Mark Rubin has issued a press release that XDefiant is closing down.
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