XDefiant is now ex-Defiant as the game closes and its executive producer leaves Ubisoft: 'We just didn't have the gas to go the distance'

Let's get the obvious out of the way: XDefiant is one of the worst names for a videogame you'll ever see. Yet underneath the identikit theme and terrible name, XDefiant turned out to be a pretty decent shooter, and following last year's release PCG's Jake Tucker called it "the perfect antidote to those tired of Call of Duty's modern-day bloat".

Despite a strong start, however, player numbers soon fell off, and by the end of 2024 Ubisoft had announced its intention to close down XDefiant by June this year.