Ubisoft pulls the plug on XDefiant, to close San Francisco and Osaka studios


FILE PHOTO A view of the Ubisoft Entertainment logo on a panel during a news conference at the companys headquarters in Saint-Mande near Paris France September 8 2022. REUTERSSarah MeyssonnierFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Ubisoft Entertainment logo on a panel during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Saint-Mande, near Paris, France, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

(Reuters) - France's largest video game maker Ubisoft has decided to discontinue development on XDefiant, its free-to-play first-person shooter title, it said on Wednesday.

As a result, Ubisoft will close its San Francisco and Osaka production studios and ramp down production in Sydney, leading to a loss of 143 jobs in San Francisco and a likely reduction of 134 people in Osaka and Sydney.

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