XDefiant servers run into big matchmaking problems on launch day

XDefiant, Ubisoft’s free-to-play area shooter, launched on Tuesday for PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Sequence X, and nearly instantly bumped into matchmaking troubles, a Ubisoft producer confirmed through X.

Govt producer Mark Rubin stated “Matchmaking servers go growth!” rapidly including his improvement group was engaged on fixing the issue. The sport’s official X account likewise said matchmaking was having trouble, with gamers responding within the thread with screenshots of empty lobbies and gamers “unable to search out match.”

Matchmaking servers go growth! We’re engaged on it. pic.twitter.com/8gjk8dASzG

— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) May 21, 2024

As of 5 p.m. EDT on Tuesday the XDefiant account nonetheless had not confirmed {that a} repair had been made, although it did say some progress had been made. An XDefiant information website, in the meantime, began giving out battle passes within the recreation to X followers whereas everybody waited on a repair.

It’s an particularly dangerous search for a recreation that’s multiplayer-only and, clearly, depends upon matchmaking so as to draw and keep an viewers.

What’s XDefiant?

XDefiant is a 6v6 shooter whose characters are drawn from throughout Ubisoft’s many mental properties. It was first as a result of launch in October 2023, however the writer then delayed it indefinitely earlier than saying it anticipated to launch it in March. That obtained delayed once more till Might 21.

The sport makes references to the Ghost Recon, Watch Canine, and Tom Clancy’s The Division collection, in addition to Far Cry 6, the newest recreation in that collection (launching in 2022). Watch Canine, nevertheless, is rumored to be on ice after a dismal gross sales efficiency from Watch Canine: Legion in 2021, and The Division: Heartland, one other free-to-play shooter introduced in 2020, was cancelled outright.

Ubisoft stated it shut down Heartland so as to focus extra sources on XDefiant; Tom Clancy’s The Division 3, introduced in September 2023, continues to be in improvement.

For extra on XDefiant, see our comprehensive guide containing the whole lot we all know in regards to the recreation.