French publishing giant Ubisoft will not be closing down free-to-play shooter XDefiant in the near future.
That’s according to the game’s executive producer Mark Rubin, who took to Twitter to shoot down rumours that the title will not be closed down after its fourth season. This follows a Twitter user @just4leaks2 claiming to have heard from numerous sources that XDefiant could be on the chopping block if it doesn’t gain more players.
“To be crystal clear there are NO plans to shut down after season 4,” Rubin wrote.
“I’ve literally been in meetings as of last week to discuss our Year 2 plans. But, right now we are super focused on improving the technical experience (which includes netcode) and adding more content for Seasons three and four. We have done very little marketing so yes our numbers are down but that is just to give the team the time to get the game in a better place before we do bigger spends on marketing to bring new players to the game and to bring back players that have left.”
This is the second time in as many months that Ubisoft San Francisco has had to shoot down rumours that XDefiant’s days are numbered.
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