XDefiant release window speculation
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XDefiant is Ubisoft’s upcoming free-to-play arena shooter and even though it’s only in a beta period right now, many folks are curious as to what the proper XDefiant release date is or might be. Well, we’re here to gather up the evidence, bits of information, and speculation about what might indicate a potential release window, and how long we might have to wait. As many know, XDefiant is well and truly under development, with a closed beta test in April.
XDefiant release window rumors
Cutting to it, Ubisoft has not confirmed a full release date for XDefiant yet. The game has already had a closed beta (here’s how to get an XDefiant beta code), Ubisoft is clearly giving the game time to mature, get optimized (and downright fixed in some cases), ensure the servers will be stable, and refund the whole game before it gets a full release.
When a game comes to its closed beta stage, it is more or less complete, with bugs, stress testing, and fine tuning often following. In a Tweet by Stephen Totilo, Co-author of the Axios Gaming newsletter, he mentioned Ubisoft will release XDefiant by the end of march 2024. This means fan could get hands on with the game between June 2023 and March 2024.
Xdefiant closed beta information
If you’re interested in testing and playing the game before the full release date, whenever that might be, then getting access to the closed beta is the way forward. At time of writing (April 19th) the closed beta is still live, and will run until April 23rd, 11pm PT / 8pm ET / 3pm BST – so there’s plenty of time left still. However, given the feedback and the server problems that the beta has suffered from, we don’t know if the beta might be extended – we mention this as it could be possible given those problems.
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