I’ve been writing about video games, television and movies for Forbes for over 10 years, and you may have seen my reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I cover all manner of console and PC games, but if it’s about looting or shooting, I’m definitely there. If I’m watching something, it’s usually science fiction, horror or superheroic.
The launch of XDefiant is defying players the ability to play the game. Sorry that sounded better in my head.
The release date of XDefiant has twisted and turned over many months, but finally it’s here, it’s fully launching and it’s…unplayable for many right now. Players may be able to get into XDefiant and head to the playlist screen, but many are getting hit with an “Unable to Find Match” message despite many thousands of people clearly attempting to play. Ubisoft has now issued aXDefiant on Twitter:"We're aware that some players are unable to join a game- please bear with us while we look into servers and matchmaking! / Twitter"
This is of course not terribly unusual given the state of online game launches in 2024, but it’s still frustrating for players who thought that perhaps all the advance alphas and betas and such might have prevented this.for XDefiant right now, and everyone is just watching big and small streamers alike staring at the menus or error messages. Best case, messing around with loadouts with no unlocks or looking at the battle pass. It’s not how you want things to start off.
There is certainly a large amount of interest in the game, and I would certainly expect it to gain more traction than say, The Finals. But it needs to find its legs before we have any kind of real conversation about it challenging Call of Duty, as introducing new, live shooters into this market is nothing short of a feeding frenzy. Hopefully servers will be up soon and players will be able to make their own judgements now that full release day is finally here.
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