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The Latest Breaking News from XDefiant

Ubisoft insists xDefiant is "not dying" but acknowledges it needs improvements

Ubisoft says the multiplayer shooter is "doing well"

TechRadar

'XDefiant' Update: Ubisoft Claims Its Shooter is 'Absolutely Not Dying' as Season 2 Approaches

XDefiant executive producer Mark Rubin pushes back against claims that Ubisoft's free-to-play first-person shooter is dying.

Player One

'The game is absolutely not dying': XDefiant boss rejects claims that Ubisoft's shooter is struggling to find players

Executive producer Mark Rubin says XDefiant is doing just fine, thank you very much.

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Ubisoft's slump continues: Star Wars Outlaws fails to turn things around, XDefiant numbers are sliding, and we still don't know where The Sands of Time is

Despite high hopes for its open-world Star Wars game, Ubisoft's share price is now sitting at a 10-year low.

PC Gamer

XDefiant will get team deathmatch in 'a couple weeks' because we hassled them about it lots

XDefiant will bend to the united will of us basic FPS players.

PC Gamer

What is BattlEye Anti-Cheat in XDefiant?

XDefiant appears to have a cheater problem, so how does BattlEye actually work?

Sports Illustrated

I can't stop playing XDefiant, and neither have thousands of other players.

XDefiant dropped last week, and I haven't been able to stop playing. To the point that I said I'd write this piece 5 days ago, but could barely pull myself away to do it.

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XDefiant dev agrees that with no SBMM, if you're not finding "easy enemies" in Ubisoft's shooter, it's because you are the easy enemy

And there's room for improvement

GamesRadar

If you never get an easy opponent in XDefiant, you're the easy opponent, suggests producer

The free-to-play shooter mostly doesn't use skill-based matchmaking in its casual playlists.

PC Gamer

XDefiant is a throwback to a golden generation of Call of Duty

Opinion | 2015 called, it wants its fast-paced FPS back

GamesRadar

XDefiant for Xbox review: The only thing this "Call of Duty killer" is destroying is my remaining goodwill toward Ubisoft

Pitting Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter against Call of Duty feels almost as unbalanced as XDefiant’s matchmaking. Ubisoft has a long history of canning free-to-play shooters that don’t capture virality, so don’t get too attached.

Windows Central

'Personal best KD at 0.23': XDefiant is handing out participation trophies to players who suck

At least you tried.

PC Gamer

XDefiant opens with skill-based matchmaking but drops it quickly, and players are loving the SBMM-free life

Call of Duty's biggest loss is XDefiant's gain

GamesRadar

Behind its identikit theme and terrible name, XDefiant is the perfect antidote to those tired of Call of Duty’s modern-day bloat

X(Defiant) gon’ give it ya.

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Free-to-play Ubisoft shooter XDefiant launches with the expected matchmaking issues, but I'm having a good time

After multiple delays, Ubisoft's Call of Duty multilayer competitor is finally here, and it's fun.

PC Gamer

Ubisoft wants to be very clear that XDefiant won't have any pay-to-win elements, pinkie promise: 'We know this is an important topic'

Your money is no good here.

PC Gamer

Ubisoft's XDefiant system requirements are so low that even a manky old potato will run the game

Po-tay-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a GPU.

Windows Central

Ubisoft's XDefiant has one huge advantage over Call of Duty

Ubisoft has announced its upcoming shooter, XDefiant, will not utilize Skill Based Match Making in casual lobbies. Will the difference be enough for XDefiant to live up to its moniker as a "CoD Killer"?

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Ubisoft cancels The Division: Heartland so it can focus on 'bigger opportunities' like XDefiant

The cancellation was quietly delivered in today's year-end financial report.

GamesRadar

XDefiant is ditching skill-based matchmaking because Ubisoft thinks it's not good for fun or variety, and it "means every casual game is repetitive"

"No SBMM is paramount to a fun and varied game experience in the long-term"

PC Gamer

XDefiant is doing away with Skill-Based Matchmaking: 'We believe that no SBMM is paramount to a fun and varied game'

Taking the skill out of matchmaking.

Windows Central

A Call of Duty competitor is launching 3 years after its first announcement, and I couldn't be more excited

XDefiant, a competitor to the Call of Duty franchise, launches on May 21. After 3 years of open Alpha and Beta tests, the game is finally coming to current generation consoles and Windows PC. Come check out the details!

PC Gamer

XDefiant finally has a release date, and it's just a couple weeks from now

After multiple delays, Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter is ready to go.

PC Gamer

XDefiant is finally getting closer: a stress test starts on Friday and will run all weekend long

Ubisoft had initially said the XDefiant server stress test would only run for 12 hours, but apparently minds have changed.

PC Gamer

XDefiant misses another launch window, Ubisoft says a new release date will be announced after an upcoming stress test, which also doesn't have a launch date

Ubisoft says it's currently "finishing preparations" for a 12-hour cross-platform server stress test.

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