Ubisoft’s XDefiant delayed, no new release date given

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Ubisoft have announced that their new shooter, XDefiant, is to be delayed with no new release date. The official X / Twitter feed posted the news today.

“Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent Public Test Session and continues to stand alongside us as we build XDefiant,”reads the announcement. “The PTS once again showed us your appreciation for our fast-paced gunplay, uniquely crafted maps, objective-driven modes, and iconic Faction roster. But it also surfaced some inconsistencies in the game experience that we need to address prior to launching our Preseason. So we’ve made the hard decision to delay the preseason of XDefiant.”

An update on XDefiant- pic.twitter.com/3orSnspmp6

— XDefiant (@PlayXDefiant) October 9, 2023

The statement does say the team will continue to work on the game so it’s not cancelled, but it’s clearly not going to be a quick job fixing the ‘inconsistencies in the game experience’.

XDefiant, or as it was known back them, Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, was revealed back July 2021 as a franchise-wide crossover multiplayer shooter.  The game was to draw on 21 years of Tom Clancy games, typically with a more tactical edge to the action. This game, however, focusses on a more “fluid and visceral” game style that might feel a little bit more Call of Duty than Rainbow Six.

In March 2022 Ubisoft  stripped the Tom Clancy branding from XDefiant as it wanted to add new factions from beyond the TC universe.

In XDefiant, you’ll take part in 6v6 battles with players picking from Factions to play as and the characters – Defiants – that make them up. There will be plenty of high-tech abilities, with the factions defining your role in the battle, but with your character being customisable and having no limitations on