XDefiant

XDefiant hit StreamerHouse in 2024 with 290 peak viewers, catching Ubisoft San Francisco's free-to-play arena shooter during its brief, tragic lifecycle after the May 21 launch. This was supposed to be Ubisoft's Call of Duty competitor, featuring factions from Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell in fast-paced 6v6 matches. The streams captured the game's impressive launch—1 million players in 2.5 hours, 8 million in the first month—before documenting its rapid collapse. That 290-viewer peak feels almost prophetic now, knowing Ubisoft announced the shutdown on December 3, 2024, with final servers closing June 3, 2025. StreamerHouse witnessed the entire arc: launch excitement, three seasons of content, and the devastating closure that cost 177 jobs and shuttered two studios. XDefiant's story became a cautionary tale of live service games in an oversaturated market.