“Heartbroken”: Ubisoft Shuts Down XDefiant and Two of Its Studios

[Tsing]

New downloads and player registrations for XDefiant, the free-to-play first-person shooter that Ubisoft San Francisco and publisher Ubisoft launched on May 21, 2024, are no longer available, but its servers will remain active until June 3, 2025, Ubisoft has announced.

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[Zarathustra]

There have been a few of these lately.

Maybe we are finally seeing the end of the "free to play", "micro-transaction" bullshit era.

 

[Grimlakin]

There have been a few of these lately.

Maybe we are finally seeing the end of the "free to play", "micro-transaction" bullshit era.

One can only hope.

 

[Brian_B]

One can only hope.

Only because mobile whale fishing is kicking its ***

 

[MadMummy76]

Ubisoft should get used to not owning studios.

 

[Brian_B]

Ubisoft should get used to not owning studios.

They've been posturing themselves for a buyout for a long time, and the fact they haven't been snapped up yet I think says a lot.