Eager players waiting to dive into the XDefiant open beta today have been thwarted by server problems that are resulting in getting stuck on the loading screen, being unable to load the game at all, frequent crashes, and more.
After a closed beta in April, Ubisoft is inviting everyone to give XDefiant a whirl in an open beta that kicked off earlier today. Players that participated in the closed beta were able to preload the game and play early, which may have been intended to mitigate some of the stress on the servers; but now that the floodgates have opened, things are not going well.
The XDefiant closed beta bumped up against server issues of its own – and the one million players it drew in likely contributed to the problem. But it was extended once stability had been restored Despite having dealt with such a big influx of people, XDefiant servers are struggling under the strain as they get swamped by even more open beta participants.
