Topic: XDefiant --OT--

Welcome to the XDefiant thread. Ubisofts answer to CoD a game developed by Ubisoft with input from old CoD pros, YouTubers and the such.

I got a chance to put in a fee hours of the open beta today and I have to say this game reminds me alot of the older CoD games. I am free to move around the map and don't have to worry about being picked off by campers. The map design is made with movement in mind and not the campy style CoD had become.

The weapon system is very much like CoD pick ten system which is nice for setting up. Load out quickly and getting into the game. The maps do remind me of Black Ops 3 maps not the dull gray and brown coloring that Modern Warfare uses. The specialists are a nice touch they remind me of Overwatch.

Since CoD's death It feels good to have a FPS game again. I can see me putting alot of time in this game when it comes out.

Played the beta on pc a few months ago and ive gotta say its fun and tight nit. Obviously needs some works but in general its fast paced and i hope it gives call of duty a good competitor but overall both cod and XDefiant is fun.

Put a few hours into the server test today and I enjoyed the game just as much as the last time played. Hopefully this means the game will be launching soon.

Looks like May 21st is the release date. So excited to finally have a date.

Double Weapon XP starts tomorrow and runs through Monday. Time to grind out some guns.

I love how open the devs are and really listen to the player base. So a new update dropped that made the weapon leveling go faster and yesterday they added Team Death Match as one of the modes. I can't wait to try these out some time this weekend.

Sad news out of Ubisoft today, XDefiant is officially dead.

Mark Rubin has announced that full refunds will be going out and servers will shut down in June 2025. Sad to see another promising game being terminated. But hey we are getting another Assassins Creed. 🙄

It was sadly doomed from the start I think

The final update is live now. I decided to play a few games and it's a bittersweet update. If they would have released this alot sooner it may have saved it yet we will never know. I liked seeing the new factions and imagine what could have been, you can even tell that the final faction the Blood Dragon one wasn't finished as there is only one character for that faction. Even the music on the main screen has a somber sound too it.

Hopefully, with the rumors of an Ubisoft buyout whoever does buy it out gives this IP a other chance.

R.I.P. XDefiant

I know that these things never work but hey it's worth a shot isn't it?

Below is a petition to keep XDefiant open.

https://chng.it/2sjnkznsPw

So he we are the final weekend of XDefiant. I will be getting a few games in this weekend to say my final goodbyes. I still feel that if anyone but Ubisoft made this game it would have stand a chance in the current FPS market. All we can hope now is that someone out there they see how great this game is and maybe create a spiritual successor to it. I know that its a long shot but it was nice to play an old school CoD like game again.

I hope that all the devs have found new jobs elsewhere and maybe some day we will see the return of XDefiant or a similar game.

Played my final games last night and it was a sombering moment. I found games pretty quick which I figured due to the population being high due to people getting their last games in. I took the time just just soak things in for a moment. Going through each of the menus reading the bios for all the characters even looking at each weapon, and challenge and just taking in the music.

I had alot of fun with it playing some of my favorite classes like the Cleaners one last time. Ubisoft was definitely onto something here and it was such a needed game in an otherwise dead FPS market. My hope as I said before is maybe someone else will pick up this game or maybe even do a spiritual successor to it.

Another great game is over far too soon. Good night sweet Prince.

And now the servers are offically closed 😕

Some parting words from Mark Rubin