XDefiant is being heralded as the COD Killer, the next big game to take over the competitive world of first-person shooters. However, to take that title, they’re going to need more than just a good game. To take the title of the top FPS XDefiant is going to need to nail its matchmaking, providing balanced ranked, SBMM, and casual game modes. XDefiant Matchmaking An FPS with bad matchmaking is a dead FPS. If you’re constantly getting pitted against players far beyond your skill level, the game will quickly become boring, and the audience will move away. This has been the case for many failed FPS games in the past, but Ubisoft thinks they have an answer to the matchmaking problem with XDefiant. Skill based matchmaking Ubisoft has made the decision to scrap skilled based matchmaking for XDefiant in favour of having only casual and ranked game modes. This decision comes with a few, I think, very good reasons. They believe that using skill based matchmaking creates a...