XDefiant ’s executive producer Mark Rubin claims that the free-to-play FPS is “not dying” and, in fact, has Ubisoft’s full support following

Ubisoft's Call Of Duty-Like FPS Is 'Not Dying' And Is 'Doing Well,' Says Producer

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2024-09-25 13:00:07

XDefiant ’s executive producer Mark Rubin claims that the free-to-play FPS is “not dying” and, in fact, has Ubisoft’s full support following a previous report that claimed otherwise and suggested the shooter didn’t have long to turn things around.

XDefiant finally launched in May for consoles and PC following numerous delays and a well-received beta. The free-to-play FPS developed by Ubisoft San Francisco came out strong at launch with big player numbers, good reviews, and a solid amount of content. I really enjoyed XDefiant , as it provided me with a fast-paced military arena shooter but didn’t take up 200 GB of space on my console like modern Call of Duty titles. But a report from Insider Gaming in August claimed the FPS wasn’t making enough money and was hemorrhaging players, leading to Ubisoft execs losing confidence in it. XDefiant’s executive producer is now pushing back on these claims in a new blog post.

On September 18, Rubin posted a blog talking about the future of XDefiant’s first year and shared the game’s road map. In the blog, the producer talked about improvements to net code and hit registration that it was working on. Rubin also used the blog post to address the “status” of the game and rumors of its imminent demise.