, by Thibaut
We could have forgotten the announcement made by Ubisoft last December. At that time, the French publisher confirmed the definitive shutdown of its multiplayer title XDefiant for the month of June 2025.
Today, Tuesday June 3, the servers have officially closed their doors. It is now no longer possible to launch a game or even access it. XDefiant has lasted just over a year since its launch in May 2024.
After being closed back in June 2025 when Ubisoft gave up on the project, XDefiant servers could soon make a comeback thanks to a small team of external developers. In fact, these fans of the multiplayer FPS have set up a private server capable of hosting XDefiant matches. The project is still in its…
Updated November 15, 2025, at 12:35 p.m. In a message posted on X, Mark Rubin, who was executive producer on XDefiant, refuted the information indicating that a canceled Splinter Cell game gave birth to the multiplayer title. He clarified that another game was in development when he arrived, but that…
XDefiant is now a thing of the past, as its servers closed on June 3. A sad end for Ubisoft's competitive shooter, which never fully convinced gamers. In a long message published on X, Mark Rubin, executive producer of XDefiant, thanked players before announcing that he was leaving the video game industry.…