It is nearly November and XDefiant is nowhere to be seen. The free-to-play shooter has hosted a number of betas all through 2023 with some random one-day server assessments too. However, Ubisoft has but to get the sport launched throughout PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
The firm supplied an replace in August saying that the XDefiant console certification failed throughout each Xbox and PlayStation. As a end result, the workforce needed to rework a lot of options and submit it for approval once more.
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Soon after that was carried out, Ubisoft confirmed that XDefiant can be delayed indefinitely whereas the console certification was in course of. This is after the studio hoped to launch the sport whereas issuing an replace on the discharge construct with a purpose to implement the problems which prevented the console certification.
But by no means concern as a result of Ubisoft nonetheless goals to launch XDefiant earlier than the top of March 2024. While this can be a stretch provided that March 2024 continues to be a couple of months away, the studio says it’s a part of its present fiscal yr launch plans.
Another sport which has been by way of the wringer and delayed extra instances than I can rely is Skull and Bones. The open-world naval multiplayer pirate was initially meant to be launched in 2023 and 2022. However, Ubisoft delayed Skull and Bones fairly out of the blue in late 2022 just some weeks earlier than its launch.
The studio has since hosted a lot of betas for the sport. Many of which have been very small and region-limited. According to the corporate’s most up-to-date earnings report, Skull and Bones can be set to launch earlier than the top of March 2024.
The lineup for the rest of the fiscal yr consists of, on the premium aspect, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™, Just Dance® 2024 version, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown and Skull and Bones™, which is ready to launch throughout This autumn 2023-24. On the free-to-play aspect, Rainbow Six® Mobile, The Division® Resurgence and XDefiant may even launch later this fiscal yr.
At the second it doesn’t seem like Ubisoft will launch Skull and Bones earlier than the top of this yr. With the festive season actually across the nook, a launch of that scale is a bit too massive to roll out. However, XDefiant, then again, may simply get shadow-dropped earlier than December. We hope….
Ubisoft is gearing as much as launch Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on 7 December. That sport is on monitor.
Source: Ubisoft Earnings Report
