Ubisoft to Shut Down ‘XDefiant,’ Nearly 300 Employees Laid Off as San Francisco and Osaka Game Studios Close
The end of “XDefiant” comes at a tough time for Ubisoft, which delayed the release of its much anticipated “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” from this fall to next February after its weak launch and mixed critical response for “Star Wars Outlaws” had the publisher reconsidering the final product before it was brought to market.