Ubisoft had high hopes for its free-to-play first person shooter, XDefiant, which launched back in May. But now the publisher has announced plans to wind the game down and fully shutter it in June ...

While the game saw initial success in garnering millions of players, this playerbase quickly collapsed in the months after launch. Ubisoft is shutting XDefiant down in 2025, and is barring new ...

However, Season 3 of the game will still launch as planned – though at an unannounced date – and servers will stay up until June 3, 2025. Don’t expect to be able to pick up new cosmetics in Season 3, ...

The shutdown of XDefiant leaves some gaps that could be filled by Ubisoft elsewhere, and Far Cry could take inspiration from a lot of its content.