The chief producer on Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter XDefiant, Mark Rubin, has left the corporate.
Taking to Twitterthe event vet confirmed that the title was being closed down and that positive had some stuff to say about what went fallacious with the venture.
For one, XDefiant wasn’t marketed significantly effectively, although this did not cease avid gamers flocking to the shooter. Then there was the matter of tech issues with the title; Rubin says that the Snowdrop engine – constructed by Ubisoft Large for The Division – wasn’t actually constructed for the form of sport XDefiant was.
“I additionally suppose we made an honest influence within the house. We noticed a number of reactions from different video games to what we had been doing and that to me speaks volumes. I’m actually sorry we couldn’t fairly ship and preserve this sport for an extended time,” Rubin wrote.
“In case everybody doesn’t know, the workforce behind XDefiant was all let go on the finish of final 12 months and I do know many individuals have moved on to different studios, which is nice, and I hope that for all of these nonetheless trying, that they discover one thing shortly. As for me, I’ve determined to depart the business and spend extra time with my household so sadly you gained’t be listening to about me making one other sport. I do care passionately in regards to the shooter house and hope that another person can decide up the flag that I used to be making an attempt to hold and make video games once more that care in regards to the gamers, deal with them with respect and take heed to what they should say.”
Ubisoft introduced in December 2024 that it was shutting down XDefiant simply two months after insisting that it had no such plans. Round 300 members of workers had been laid off consequently.
