Producer for XDefiant Mark Rubin, confirmed in a post that the game will be shutting down next year in July 2025. XDefiant was released in May 2024. With Ubisoft claiming it to be a COD killer and with recent drama surrounding the game dying and Rubin confirming that the game is not dying. The competitive FPS shooter is finally coming to an end.
Ubisoft’s Free-to-play FPS Shooter XDefiant is going through some controversy with players claiming the game is dying. The Publishers have given a statement saying that XDefiant is “absolutely not dying.” Revealing they are looking after several issues, and more updates coming to the game with a Year 1 Roadmap. XDefiant roadmap will be focused on cross-play across all the platforms.
The Team at Ubisoft for XDefiant has officially revealed the year 1 roadmap including major changes to the game’s hit registration issues and netcode. They agreed that “still [has] a ways to go” to improve the hit reg issues.
Earlier Ubisoft replied to the players and fans of the game concerned about the title’s future, saying “I just want to quickly address the status of the game. i.e. is the game dying?,” They added about XDefiant No, the game is absolutely not dying. We know there are things we need to improve like Netcode/Hitreg and adding more content to progression, but the game is doing well. We just want it to do better. And we do that by addressing the concerns of our community which has always been the plan.”
They assured fans about the passion and resources for XDefiant, “Ubisoft is very much behind us and has allocated more resources to the team in order for us to do that.” Further, the team promised a year-long roadmap filled with new content for XDefiant. “a lot of new content and features” for XDefiant’s first year, ending in its “biggest ever event”.
Ubisoft was hit with a lower-than-expected response with XDefiant Season 1. Players for the game also claimed that Ubisoft rushed out to launch the game. There was a big talk about XDefiant failing back in July. But Mark Rubin the producer for XDefiant has finally come forward and given a response to all the blaming his game got.
Rubin also cleared they were testing the game engine “that was designed for something else” and he admitted the claims on “a lot of bugs”. He further promises the game to be polished as they progress. Adding “We’re not a shooter that’s been out for 20 years,” continued Rubin. “If you like what we are trying to do stick around and you’ll see things improve and new features get added. But if the game isn’t for you that’s ok you can move on.”
In an X Statement, Rubin took the hard news about XDefiant servers to shutdown on June 3, 2025. Moreover, new player registrations have been terminated immediately. However, the Season 3 content for XDefiant will still be released but the release date is still not confirmed.
Players who purchased the Ultimate Founder’s Pack will get a full refund and any players who made a purchase in XDefiant in last 30 days will get their refunds. Rubin added “Those refunds should happen automatically within 8 weeks of today.”
That’s all you need to know about XDefiant Shutting down and servers shutting on June 3rd , 2025.