XDefiant matchmaking still doesn’t work as Ubisoft posts update-Kenneth Andersen-Entertainment – Metro

Starting life the way all live service titles do (Ubisoft)

Ubisoft’s new live service shooter XDefiant is off to a rocky start, as fans are waiting hours to play only to be met with an error message.

Just last week XDefiant publisher Ubisoft cancelled its upcoming shooter The Division Heartland and moved the talent at developer Red Storm to new projects, including XDefiant and Rainbow Six.

That’s an indication of how important it considers the long-delayed XDefiant to be, as the free-to-play first person arena shooter launches this week.

XDefiant was released on Tuesday and was immediately hit with server issues that left many fans unable to use matchmaking, but a fix could be around the corner.

XDefiant matchmaking issue explained

Once logged into XDefiant, which requires a constant internet connection, many fans are met with an error when trying to join a matchmaking server, that says, ‘Unable to Find Match.’

The server problem occurred soon after the game launched, and developer Ubisoft San Francisco has acknowledged the problem in a series of tweets, saying it’s looking into the issue.

Since then the developer has updated fans, saying: ‘They are all focused on the matchmaking issue and are continuing to work on it.’

The latest tweet, however, from late Tuesday night, states: ‘Update: We are seeing progress on the matchmaking servers. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated.’

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How to fix XDefiant server issues?

Unfortunately, at the moment there is no fix to XDefiant’s server issue.

As the problem is with the game’s matchmaking servers, players have to wait for the developer to find a solution.

There is no time frame for a fix either, so it’s difficult to know when the issue will be resolved. It could be fixed within hours or even days. Something very serious will have had to go wrong if it’s any longer than that though.

There’s nothing very unusual about these sort of problems at launch, but it is a shame given how long Ubisoft has been working on it.

Fans are waiting for hours unable to play XDefiant (Reddit)

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