On Tuesday Ubisoft said its Swedish game studio Massive will lead the development of a game set in the world of James Cameron's Avatar. That left some people, including us, wondering what that meant for the future of The Division, the 2016 Massive-led co-op third-person shooter that got its last, announced expansion also on Tuesday. Not to worry, Ubisoft says.
As they did before, the makers of The Division are inviting fans to provide in-person feedback regarding some changes to the game.
There are understandable complaints that The Division's expansions are really just new game modes and not actual storyline extensions. But there's a story in The Division's Survival mode. I think it's about me and a guy named Kirk.
The lengthy notes detailing the changes in The Division's big 1.4 patch last month did not mention the removal of a computer-controlled character who sobbed incessantly. But 1.4 removed her from the Ubisoft game, by popular request.
The forthcoming Survival expansion for Ubisoft's huge third-person open-world shooter The Division will turn the game into a treacherous multiplayer survival game in which hunger, heat and thirst are as deadly as any enemies roaming the game's virtual New York City. The game's developers explained the surprisingly ambitious mode during a surprise livestream on Monday night - and they announced that it will be playable for some PC players today.
Ubisoft's third-person shooter The Division has been one of 2016's most interesting successes and one of its worst fiascoes. The people who make it now hope it can also be the year's best comeback story.
Acknowledging that their game has major problems especially in its endgame, the creators of the once-hot Division said in a livestream today that they will prioritise the release of an October patch to make their game better.
This week, The Division got its first major expansion. It adds some pretty cool stuff to the game, but I've been having a hard time getting into it. Turns out once you've fallen off the Division train, it's hard to get back on.
If you have The Division for Xbox One or PC, you can access the game's first paid expansion, Underground, today. But how to find it?
Ubisoft has posted patch notes for The Division's 1.3 update, which will accompany today's Underground DLC.
The Division's post-pandemic streets are about to get a lot less forgiving for cheaters. The game's developers say that starting now, anyone using cheat software will be banned forever, no second chances.
Is a Daily Mission really daily if it doesn't happen every day? That's the new philosophical dilemma facing The Division, an online shooter in which players travel through New York City wishing they were travelling through space.
Tom Clancy's The Division has been having a rough go of it lately, with cheaters and exploiters toppling its endgame balance and leaving legit players feeling burned. In a new post on the company blog, Ubisoft Massive has outlined new detection methods and increased punishments for cheaters and exploiters alike.
Everyone's bummed out about The Division these days, from internet message boards to cable news channels.
Video: Role-playing as a tough military officer in The Division, while the other players have no idea what's going on? That could end up really badly, or it could be a fun run.
The Division has already been having a rough week, and things just keep getting rougher: A newly found exploit lets players temporarily boost their gun's damage output to game-breaking levels.
In Tom Clancy's The Division, there's a war on the streets. There's a war on the message boards and in the forums, too. This game is having a tough time all around.
There's something uniquely horrid about the prospect of biological warfare. There's the obvious: diseases like ebola are strong candidates for the very worst way a person can die. Then there's the careless, wanton nature of the destruction: unlike other weapons, you can't 'aim' a plague.
As anyone who's both played The Division and been to New York can instantly recognise, the developers did a pretty good job nailing the look and feel of the city's streets. Which is cool for tourists and residents, but what about cartographers?
Lately, my time with The Division has dwindled. That's partly because I've had other games to play, but mostly because I've lost interest in the endgame grind. I still fundamentally like playing the game, so I've been looking for ways to spice things up.
