Ubisoft’s Mark Rubin has introduced his departure from the corporate as its stay service shooter XDefiant is officially sunsetted.
Rubin, who was government producer on the title, introduced he was leaving the developer on social media.
“I’ve determined to go away the trade and spend extra time with my household, so sadly you will not be listening to about me making one other recreation,” he wrote.
“I do care passionately concerning the shooter house and hope that another person can decide up the flag that I used to be attempting to hold and make video games once more that care concerning the gamers, deal with them with respect, and take heed to what they must say.”
Ubisoft introduced it might be shutting XDefiant down final December.
Two manufacturing studios have been closed consequently, and almost 300 staff have been affected by layoffs.
Ubisoft’s chief studios and portfolio officer Marie-Sophie de Waubert cited the sport being “too distant from reaching the outcomes required to allow additional vital funding” as the explanation for XDefiant going offline.
In October 2024, Rubin dismissed studies that XDefiant was on its option to being sunsetted. He mentioned he’d been in conferences about potential plans for the sport’s second season, and that the workforce have been centered on enhancing the expertise and including extra content material.
Nonetheless, in his latest submit on social media, he highlighted the problems that arose throughout improvement which led to XDefiant’s downfall.
These included “crippling tech engine debt utilizing an engine that wasn’t designed for what we have been doing” and never having “the engineering sources to ever right that.”
He additionally mentioned that “not having the suitable sources to make content material for the sport” additionally impeded improvement.
“I can say everybody’s (devs, HQ management, and so on.) coronary heart was in the suitable place, however we simply did not have the fuel to go the gap for a free-to-play recreation,” he defined. “I actually wish to reward and salute all of the devs that labored on XDefiant.
“The playing cards have been closely stacked in opposition to you, however you managed to supply a extremely enjoyable and terrific recreation.”
Rubin continued: “I additionally suppose we made a good influence within the house. We noticed loads of reactions from different video games to what we have been doing and to me that speaks volumes. I am actually sorry we could not fairly ship and preserve this recreation for an extended time.”