Folks dipping into Ubisoft’s free-to-play enviornment shooter XDefiant are unable to entry matchmaking attributable to connectivity points, Ubisoft confirmed Tuesday. “We’re conscious that some gamers are unable to hitch a recreation — please bear with us whereas we glance into servers and matchmaking,” a consultant posted from the official X account.
Gamers are reporting that they’re endlessly caught trying to find different gamers earlier than receiving an “Unable to Discover Match” message. XDefiant formally launched round 1 p.m. EDT, and gamers nearly instantly began dealing with points as folks flooded to the sport. “Matchmaking servers go growth!” XDefiant govt producer Mark Rubin posted on X shortly after launch. “We’re engaged on it.”
Ubisoft’s later updates counsel XDefiant’s server woes are enhancing, but it surely additionally famous the crew remains to be investigating. The corporate will proceed to replace gamers as progress continues.
XDefiant is free-to-play, 6v6 shooter that lets folks play as one among 5 factions based mostly off Ubisoft properties: Libertad revolutionaries from Far Cry 6; ex-Ghost Recon specialists referred to as Phantoms; brokers from Splinter Cell’s Echelon spy company; DedSec road hackers from Watch Canines; and the Cleaners, former sanitation employees from The Division collection. Gamers can swap factions and weapon loadouts all through the sport, much like switching characters in Overwatch.
Ubisoft meant to launch XDefiant in October 2023, however ended up delaying the sport indefinitely. Ubisoft then anticipated XDefiant to be out by March, which acquired pushed as soon as once more. The corporate is wanting towards XDefiant to bolster its place within the live-service house, in response to a February monetary report.
Overloaded servers may not sound just like the worst downside to have — it usually means lots of people try to play. However a free-to-play recreation with a nasty launch runs the chance of its gamers transferring onto one thing else, if they’ll’t get in; there’s no actual scarcity of different shooters for potential XDefiant play as an alternative.
