Ubisoft’s XDefiant is making a significant change to its name. Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s XDefiant to mixed reception in 2021, some felt it didn’t separate itself from other shooters on the market like Call of Duty and others thought that the Tom Clancy branding was inappropriate for the less self-serious tone of the game. Given late author Tom Clancy made his name by writing stories about espionage, tactical teams of soldiers, and more, XDefiant came off as a strange way to invoke his name. Clancy’s name has been used as a label for tons of original Ubisoft games, unrelated to his novels, but this stuck out more due to the whimsical tone and intense color scheme.
In dropping the “Tom Clancy” from the name of their upcoming competitive shooter XDefiant, Ubisoft has also scrubbed the game’s website of just about anything about the game. A Ubisoft rep told me that the game will still include some Clancy factions along with non-Clancy ones pic.twitter.com/QfNU94FUut
