XDefiant | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:45:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png XDefiant | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 xDefiant delayed again as insiders speak out https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/xdefiant-delayed-again-as-insiders-speak-out/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/xdefiant-delayed-again-as-insiders-speak-out/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:00:40 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=652484 Call of Duty has had a stranglehold on the casual multiplayer FPS market ever since Battlefield’s popularity fell to the wayside. One possible COD-killer is the highly-praised xDefiant from Ubisoft. Having been delayed multiple times over the course of its development (including its most-recent surprise last minute push back), an insider has now revealed the …

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Call of Duty has had a stranglehold on the casual multiplayer FPS market ever since Battlefield’s popularity fell to the wayside. One possible COD-killer is the highly-praised xDefiant from Ubisoft. Having been delayed multiple times over the course of its development (including its most-recent surprise last minute push back), an insider has now revealed the game’s internal struggles.

As reported by Insider Gaming, Ubisoft’s xDefiant has been suffering with success somewhat, as according to the publication “the game's shortcomings stem from the executive's pursuit of trying to copy Call of Duty, rather than building their own game.”

Despite not being out yet, xDefiant has had many playtests in recent months, with fan feedback being highly positive and suggesting that the new series could dethrone Call of Duty’s seemingly endless reign.

With that possibility in sight, it seems as though xDefiant has had its scope both widened and altered – leading to “dozens of internal targets in the past couple of years” being missed.

While seemingly a tough development overall, hopefully the team at Ubisoft are able to get xDefiant across the finish line.

KitGuru says: Have you gotten into any of the xDefiant playtests? What did you think? Could it take on Call of Duty directly? Let us know down below.

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XDefiant to launch imminently but now faces tough competition https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/xdefiant-to-launch-imminently-but-now-faces-tough-competition/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/xdefiant-to-launch-imminently-but-now-faces-tough-competition/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:27:53 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=647770 After multiple delays, Ubisoft's new multiplayer shooter, XDefiant, is finally going to release. The game became popular after successful playtests in 2023, but due to delays, the game has taken longer to release than expected.  During Ubisoft's recent corporate earnings call, the company confirmed that XDefiant will be released sometime this quarter. Given that we're …

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After multiple delays, Ubisoft's new multiplayer shooter, XDefiant, is finally going to release. The game became popular after successful playtests in 2023, but due to delays, the game has taken longer to release than expected. 

During Ubisoft's recent corporate earnings call, the company confirmed that XDefiant will be released sometime this quarter. Given that we're already well into February, that would mean that the game will finally launch with ‘Season 0' within a handful of weeks.

With the game arriving before the end of March, it would seem that any lingering issues with netcode and stability have now been fixed. The game may well be re-going through console platform certification right now.

XDefiant was initially planned as a Tom Clancy cross-over game but after fan complaints, Ubisoft pivoted, turning it into its own IP with original characters. Buzz around the game began to build after playtests commenced in 2023. Since then, fantastic shooters like The Finals have emerged, so it will be interesting to see if XDefiant can still maintain the hype it built up last year.

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KitGuru Says: Will you be giving XDefiant a download when it eventually arrives? 

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Ubisoft’s XDefiant delayed again https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisofts-xdefiant-delayed-again/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisofts-xdefiant-delayed-again/#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:40:36 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=633658 While XDefiant seemed like a surprisingly good competitor for Call of Duty this year, the game has unfortunately suffered some setbacks. The game was due to release a while back but failed console certification, delaying the release by a couple of weeks. Now, the game has been delayed again, this time due to unforeseen issues …

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While XDefiant seemed like a surprisingly good competitor for Call of Duty this year, the game has unfortunately suffered some setbacks. The game was due to release a while back but failed console certification, delaying the release by a couple of weeks. Now, the game has been delayed again, this time due to unforeseen issues that crept up during a recent playtest. 

In an update posted this week, the Ubisoft confirmed that XDefiant has been delayed again. There is no public timeline for the game's release yet, but like with all other things XDefiant-related, we probably won't have to wait too long for another update. I think we can assume that the plan is still to ship in 2023, rather than pushing the game back to next year.

In the message, Ubisoft confirms that it encountered “inconsistencies” during a recent playtest on the game's Public Test Server (PTS).

When the game does eventually drop, it will kick off with a ‘Preseason', a smaller season intended as more of an open beta, before diving into the proper seasons, which will run every three months, as is typical for a modern online multiplayer game.

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KitGuru Says: Hopefully whatever these issues were, they can be ironed out quickly. With beta feedback for Modern Warfare 3 looking negative, XDefiant has a real chance to garner some good attention if it can release in a polished state. 

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Multiplayer FPS xDefiant fails PlayStation and Xbox certification https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/multiplayer-fps-xdefiant-fails-playstation-and-xbox-certification/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/multiplayer-fps-xdefiant-fails-playstation-and-xbox-certification/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:15:08 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=630227 xDefiant is a free-to-play multiplayer-focused first-person shooter which takes heavy inspiration from the likes of Call of Duty. Having garnered quite a bit of interest over the course of its development, many have been excitedly waiting for the Ubisoft-published title to get a concrete release date. The team have now posted an update to their …

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xDefiant is a free-to-play multiplayer-focused first-person shooter which takes heavy inspiration from the likes of Call of Duty. Having garnered quite a bit of interest over the course of its development, many have been excitedly waiting for the Ubisoft-published title to get a concrete release date. The team have now posted an update to their blog – but unfortunately it is not good news.

Taking to their blog to update fans, xDefiant’s executive producer ‘Mark Rubin’ (who previously worked on Call of Duty) said: “Hello XDefiant Fans! I’ve got an update for you and it’s a big one! We want to explain further why we haven’t given a specific date yet for our launch. And sometimes full transparency is like drinking from a firehose so hope you all are thirsty! :D”

After explaining how the submission process goes for in-development titles, Rubin revealed that xDefiant was unfortunately rejected by both Microsoft and Sony following the game’s most recent submission, saying:

“At the end of July, we started this process, and we got our first results back by mid-August which was a Not Pass. We realized then that we had more work related to compliance than we had anticipated. If it HAD passed, then we would have been able to ship at the end of Aug. But it didn’t and so we have spent the last 3-4 weeks fixing those issues and getting ready to do another submission.”

Of course, the team will continue to try to get xDefiant out as soon as possible, with Rubin stating: “We are currently in the CM [Candidate Master] prep part of that process and will hopefully be submitting to 1st parties in a little less than 2 weeks. If that Passes cleanly, then we could be looking at a mid-to-end of September release. There is however a likely scenario where we get a conditional Pass meaning we have to do a Day 1 patch with some final fixes to ensure compliance. If we do need to do a Day 1 patch, then that pushes our date out to early/mid-October.”

xDefiant has hosted a number of betas over the past year and has seen a great deal of positive feedback from fans of the genre. Hopefully Ubisoft are able to pass certification sooner rather than later.

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Ubisoft reveals game line up for 2023 and early 2024 https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisoft-reveals-game-line-up-for-2023-and-early-2024/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisoft-reveals-game-line-up-for-2023-and-early-2024/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 14:38:22 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=615187 Ubisoft had a pretty quiet 2022 and so far, 2023 hasn't brought through any new game releases from the publisher. However, things should quickly begin turning around in the second half of the year, as Ubisoft claims to have a pretty packed release schedule for the next fiscal year, which ends in March 2024.  Between …

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Ubisoft had a pretty quiet 2022 and so far, 2023 hasn't brought through any new game releases from the publisher. However, things should quickly begin turning around in the second half of the year, as Ubisoft claims to have a pretty packed release schedule for the next fiscal year, which ends in March 2024. 

Between now and the end of March next year, Ubisoft plans to release eight games, seven of which are already announced, plus one mysterious ‘large game'. The list of games includes the likes of Assassin's Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Rainbow Six Mobile, The Division Resurgence, Skull & Bones (we've heard that one before), The Crew: Motorfest, XDefiant and one unannounced game.

As we know, Ubisoft has had issues getting certain projects out the door in recent years. Skull & Bones is the most notable example, as it has been in development for an entire console generation, has had multiple announced release dates and just when we thought the end was in sight, the game was delayed once again last year. Ubisoft's various free-to-play and mobile game efforts, like The Division Resurgence and Heartland, have also taken longer to develop than anyone anticipated.

With all of that said, Ubisoft said as part of its recent earnings presentation that it is encouraged by “recent developments”, particularly for its free-to-play games like XDefiant, which had a very successful closed alpha test earlier this year.  Ultimately, Ubisoft says it is close to “delivering a breakthrough” in its free-to-play game efforts.

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KitGuru Says: We have no idea what the mystery ‘large game' will be, but given the variety of games Ubisoft makes, it could quite literally be anything from an Assassin's Creed or Far Cry game, to a new IP like Immortals. It is also worth noting that Ubisoft has a history of allowing delays. With that in mind, I don't necessarily expect to see all eight of these games actually releasing by March 2024. 

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Ubisoft is planning a ‘massive’ games showcase https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/ubisoft-is-planning-a-massive-games-showcase/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/ubisoft-is-planning-a-massive-games-showcase/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:50:06 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=554261 According to a new leak, Ubisoft is planning its own games showcase, and it could be one of the publisher's biggest in years. So far, there are 20 known projects in the works at Ubisoft, ranging from already announced titles like Avatar and Assassin's Creed Infinity, to unannounced games like The Crew 3 and a …

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According to a new leak, Ubisoft is planning its own games showcase, and it could be one of the publisher's biggest in years. So far, there are 20 known projects in the works at Ubisoft, ranging from already announced titles like Avatar and Assassin's Creed Infinity, to unannounced games like The Crew 3 and a new Prince of Persia game. 

As reported by Tom Henderson, a leaker with a good track record, Ubisoft was initially planning to hold this event before E3 in June, but it was delayed to the Summer. According to his sources, Ubisoft has 20 games it wants to showcase during the event, including updates on previously announced titles and some new reveals.

Starting with the games we already know, the event should include Skull and Bones, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, The Division Heartland, Splinter Cell Remake and Ghost Recon Frontline. Other games that will likely be shown include XDefiant, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Roller Champions, and Beyond Good and Evil 2. We should also see more about Assassin's Creed VR, Splinter Cell VR, and Rocksmith+.

As far as unannounced titles go, it is currently expected that we'll see The Crew 3, a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising and a new Prince of Persia game. We should also see the reveal of Assassin's Creed Rift, which leaked earlier this year, as well as a teaser for Assassin's Creed Infinity, which should be coming in 2023.

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KitGuru says: It looks like we'll be getting quite a lot of Ubisoft news in the coming months. Are you looking forward to any of these games? 

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Ubisoft F2P shooter ‘XDefiant’ drops Tom Clancy branding https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisoft-f2p-shooter-xdefiant-drops-tom-clancy-branding/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisoft-f2p-shooter-xdefiant-drops-tom-clancy-branding/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:08:35 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=553922 Earlier this month, Ubisoft announced an insider program for Skull & Bones to help gather feedback on the game. Now, one of Ubisoft’s other multiplayer-first titles, XDefiant, is also opening up for insider program sign-ups. Tom Clancy’s XDefiant was first announced last year as a free-to-play Tom Clancy-themed shooter. However, dedicated Tom Clancy fans took …

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Earlier this month, Ubisoft announced an insider program for Skull & Bones to help gather feedback on the game. Now, one of Ubisoft’s other multiplayer-first titles, XDefiant, is also opening up for insider program sign-ups.

Tom Clancy’s XDefiant was first announced last year as a free-to-play Tom Clancy-themed shooter. However, dedicated Tom Clancy fans took issue with the game due to its step away from the more serious tone and setting of traditional Tom Clancy titles. As a result, Ubisoft has made the decision to drop Tom Clancy from the branding. Moving forward, this game will simply be known as XDefiant. The game will still feature some Tom Clancy themed factions, but moving forward, the developers will be introducing original factions instead.

That change was revealed this week alongside the Insider Program. You only need an Ubisoft account to register for alpha and beta tests. Those invited to the program will also get access to a private forum to share feedback.

For those who don’t know, XDefiant is a free-to-play 6v6 FPS, originally featuring teams from other Tom Clancy franchises like Splinter Cell, The Division and Ghost Recon. Now that Tom Clancy branding is being dropped for the game, it is unclear if these factions will be reworked.

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KitGuru Says: Now that Tom Clancy has been dropped from XDefiant, I do wonder if we’ll see similar rebranding for other free-to-play shooters Ubisoft has in the works, including one based on Ghost Recon and another based on The Division.

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