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[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@Justin785223063 @ArenaBreakoutPC

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@tipsy_jana If Mercules is the savior, zinni is the Prophet

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@ju02bentley @synticat0r @faerieriver It wasn't "wide open". Can tell you didn't watch the ring camera video. But regardless, if the instructions say to leave something somewhere, you leave it and leave. No reason for her to even think about entering a strangers home.

[Russell Boone (Steakdriven) @steakdriven]

@PulpCovers If Tolkien gives her the ick she don't deserve your dick.

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

I don't think I've met a single person that has played this game. Was actually such a cool story and gameplay.

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

Sbmm

[Best Indie Games @clemmygames]

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[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@MBTYuGiOh People actually hated 5Ds...? I thought it was awesome when it was airing

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

Attempting my first masochist run and ngl, these first pulls are actually insane. The wonky quartet makes an appearance. @MBTYuGiOh @dzeeff @Nyhmnim

[XDefiant @PlayXDefiant]

The servers are now closed - Thank you to everyone who played the game ❤️

XDefiant logging off - o7

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

To create something truly incredible from scraps is astonishing and goes to show how great of a game it could have been with the right tech. I will always love XDefiant and will never forget the short amount of time I had with it. ❤️

[Mark Rubin @PixelsofMark]

It’s a sad day for fans of XDefiant and for all of the passionate devs that worked so hard on this game. I want to thank everyone who played it and everyone who promoted it whether you were a big content creator or just a fan. Every voice mattered.
In fact, I would say something remarkable happened with this game in that although we had very little marketing, we still had the fastest acquisition of players in the first few weeks for a Ubisoft title just from you guys all talking about and promoting the game. But unfortunately, with little to no marketing, especially after launch, we weren’t acquiring new players after the initial launch.
We had other issues though as well that we tried to be transparent about. For one we had crippling tech debt using an engine that wasn’t designed for what we were doing, and we didn’t have the engineering resources to ever correct that. I do personally think that in-house engines are not the valuable investment that they used to be and they are often doomed to fall behind big engines like Unreal. This tech debt included the dreaded netcode issues that we could just not solve given the architecture we were dealing with. And so, for many players with solid network connections (in both speed and consistent reliability) the game played well but if your connection had even the smallest amount of inconsistency the engine just couldn’t handle it and you would have a bad experience. Normally, you should be able to weather those bad moments on your network. But this was a major issue with XDefiant.
Another issue we had was having the right resources to make content for the game. What we saw at Season 3 wasn’t even enough content in my mind for launch. There were some really cool features coming later in Season 4 or even 5 that would have completed the game in a way that I felt it should have been for launch. I can say everyone’s (devs, HQ leadership, etc.) heart was in the right place but we just didn’t have the gas to go the distance for a free-to-play game.
So again, I really want to praise and salute all of the devs that worked on XDefiant! The cards were heavily stacked against you, but you managed to produce a really fun and terrific game! And I like to call it out every time I talk about it, but I think our maps were some of the best maps ever made for an arcade shooter. So, congrats to everyone for what they accomplished.
I also think we made a decent impact in the space. We saw a lot of reactions from other games to what we were doing and that to me speaks volumes. I’m really sorry we couldn’t quite deliver and maintain this game for a longer time.
In case everyone doesn’t know, the team behind XDefiant was all let go at the end of last year and I know many people have moved on to other studios, which is great, and I hope that for all of those still looking, that they find something quickly. As for me, I’ve decided to leave the industry and spend more time with my family so unfortunately you won’t be hearing about me making another game. I do care passionately about the shooter space and hope that someone else can pick up the flag that I was trying to carry and make games again that care about the players, treat them with respect and listen to what they have to say.
Thank you again to everyone who had so much passion for XDefiant.

[Mark Rubin @PixelsofMark]

It’s a sad day for fans of XDefiant and for all of the passionate devs that worked so hard on this game. I want to thank everyone who played it and everyone who promoted it whether you were a big content creator or just a fan. Every voice mattered.
In fact, I would say something remarkable happened with this game in that although we had very little marketing, we still had the fastest acquisition of players in the first few weeks for a Ubisoft title just from you guys all talking about and promoting the game. But unfortunately, with little to no marketing, especially after launch, we weren’t acquiring new players after the initial launch.
We had other issues though as well that we tried to be transparent about. For one we had crippling tech debt using an engine that wasn’t designed for what we were doing, and we didn’t have the engineering resources to ever correct that. I do personally think that in-house engines are not the valuable investment that they used to be and they are often doomed to fall behind big engines like Unreal. This tech debt included the dreaded netcode issues that we could just not solve given the architecture we were dealing with. And so, for many players with solid network connections (in both speed and consistent reliability) the game played well but if your connection had even the smallest amount of inconsistency the engine just couldn’t handle it and you would have a bad experience. Normally, you should be able to weather those bad moments on your network. But this was a major issue with XDefiant.
Another issue we had was having the right resources to make content for the game. What we saw at Season 3 wasn’t even enough content in my mind for launch. There were some really cool features coming later in Season 4 or even 5 that would have completed the game in a way that I felt it should have been for launch. I can say everyone’s (devs, HQ leadership, etc.) heart was in the right place but we just didn’t have the gas to go the distance for a free-to-play game.
So again, I really want to praise and salute all of the devs that worked on XDefiant! The cards were heavily stacked against you, but you managed to produce a really fun and terrific game! And I like to call it out every time I talk about it, but I think our maps were some of the best maps ever made for an arcade shooter. So, congrats to everyone for what they accomplished.
I also think we made a decent impact in the space. We saw a lot of reactions from other games to what we were doing and that to me speaks volumes. I’m really sorry we couldn’t quite deliver and maintain this game for a longer time.
In case everyone doesn’t know, the team behind XDefiant was all let go at the end of last year and I know many people have moved on to other studios, which is great, and I hope that for all of those still looking, that they find something quickly. As for me, I’ve decided to leave the industry and spend more time with my family so unfortunately you won’t be hearing about me making another game. I do care passionately about the shooter space and hope that someone else can pick up the flag that I was trying to carry and make games again that care about the players, treat them with respect and listen to what they have to say.
Thank you again to everyone who had so much passion for XDefiant.

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@MBTYuGiOh Check dms if you get the chance

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@HT___V Godzilla got sent to hell...only to be spit out because he caused so much fucking chaos and couldn't be stopped.

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

Just finished listening to all the Lord of the Rings audio books and holy fuck do I need a true LotR MMO. There's so much they could do and implement, it's crazy a company hasn't at least redone the online game.

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@shouldseemenow @videotech I mean they looked at blueprints and studied historical architecture in previous titles. Now there's Chinese dragons everywhere in a game supposedly set in Japan.

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

So Ubisoft shuts down XDefiant even tho it had more players in BETA than Assassins Creed Shadows has at LAUNCH? What a fucking joke...

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@Material_Blade @Dexerto It's like a 50/50 if he bans them or not. Some of the time the chatter just says they don't know anything and we're just trolling

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@GunnGunnylfc @Kelverax @xIAmDeadpool14 @IGN You can't understand how updates work on PC when you have a PlayStation that also does like the same updates?

[Jesse @Promise_ofUs]

@ziiyt_ Uninstalled last night, shed a tear 😢

[Epitaph of a Nobody🪦💀 @EpitaphicGrigga]

@Pirat_Nation Like we've been saying...