Ubisoft has rebranded Tom Clancy's XDefiant to... XDefiant.

The name change comes as Ubisoft attempts to recover from the botched announcement of the game last year.

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Author now absent from name.

Ex-Tom Clancy free-to-play shooter XDefiant is notable for having an emoji as part of its title, but it’ll no longer be tethered to the name of the late espionage author. A glance at the game’s official website merely refers to the release as XDefiant now, with no mention of Tom Clancy anywhere. (We even tried CTRL + F to be extra certain.)

According to PlayStation Lifestyle, French publisher Ubisoft hasn’t been using the Tom Clancy prefix for quite some time, although if you look back on older key art for the release it’s clearly present. There was a recurring sentiment at the time that the author would be “rolling in his grave” by having his name associated with the project, so it’s no surprise to see it stripped.

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