, by Thibaut
We hadn't heard from it for a while, but the multiplayer shooter XDefiant is still in development at Ubisoft.
The French publisher has now given us a launch window for its game. We learn that it will be released before March 31. This window corresponds to the end of the current fiscal year.
The title's development team will then launch a Season 0.
Source: insider-gaming.com
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