Players who purchased the Ultimate Founders Pack, which for $69.99 includes exclusive cosmetics, in-game currency, and all four factions from the first year among other content, will receive a full refund. Those who have made purchases in the last 30 days, counting from November 3, will also receive a full refund. In both cases, the refund processing is automatic and according to Ubisoft it will be processed within a maximum period of 8 weeks. If the transfer does not arrive before January 28, 2025, you will have to contact Ubisoft support.
From today until June 3, 2025, it will still be possible to play XDefiant and reinstall it if you logged in before December 3, 2024. All game features and systems, including progression, events, rewards and achievements will be available until the servers go offline. Additionally, season 3 will be released. After this, no additional content will be added. There are also no plans to offer an offline mode to be able to play offline.
Executive producer Mark Rubin explains in a community message that from the beginning of XDefiant's development the team and Ubisoft knew that a game free-to-play It might take time to take hold and become profitable, but everyone was willing to complete this journey. However, «the journey became too long to continue,» Rubin says. XDefiant debuted in May 2024 and reached 15 million players. Now, six months after its launch, it begins its decline and will close the servers after thirteen months. Time is relative and it seems like a long trip for a game free-to-play It's a year.
Ubisoft's fiasco with XDefiant is notable due to the time and resources the company has dedicated to the project. At the time it was said that it would be a title that could stand up to Call of Duty, but when push comes to shove it hasn't even made it a shadow. 2024 leaves us with two big failures in the games-as-a-service sector: Concord, which closed its servers two weeks after its launch, and XDefiant. In both cases, those who pay the bill for the shipwreck are the developers. Firewalk Studios, the team behind Concord, has closed and Ubisoft has announced that it will do the same with its offices in San Francisco and Osaka.
Ubisoft San Francisco was the lead developer of XDefiant and the Ubisoft Osaka team supported the project. According to journalist Stephen Totilothe closure of both offices will result in the dismissal of up to 277 workers.