Posting on X this week, following the closure, producer Mark Rubin said it was a “sad day” and announced that he had decided to “leave the industry”. Before XDefiant, Rubin was a producer on Call of ...

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Ubisoft shuts down XDefiant, and Mark Rubin announces his retirement from video game production after two decades in the industry.

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Mark Rubin, the executive producer of XDefiant and a former Call of Duty developer, recently caused a stir with his criticism of Call of Duty and Activision.

Read "XDefiant" executive producer Mark Rubin's message to fans, posted to Ubisoft's blog Tuesday, in full below.

Mark Rubin, the executive producer of Ubisoft’s first-person shooter XDefiant, has recently announced that the game will be shutting down next year. Launched in May 2024, XDefiant aimed to carve out a ...

— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) December 3, 2024 The announcement of the end times for XDefiant has been met with sadness from those who enjoyed making the game.

Free-to-play FPS XDefiant has become the latest live service thing to bite the bullet, as Ubisoft's set to shutter studios and lay off up to 277 staff.

You can find a message from Mark Rubin, executive producer of XDefiant, here and from Marie-Sophie de Waubert, chief studios and portfolio officer, here.