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The Division

The Division follows a group of Agents who try to save what remains of the virus-torn New York.
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The Division has a major problem with Global Event leaderboards

An SHD agent is looking down at New York in flames.
The Division's Global Event Blackout has been running for seven days now and the numbers on its leaderboards are growing out of proportions. Players are rightfully worried about their standings as they may not earn the vanity rewards.

The Division Global Event Blackout date has been confirmed

Concept art of the Cleaners faction from The Division
The Division State of the Game has rolled out details about Global Event Blackout and confirmed its launch date and time. Ubisoft have announced the event will run from Monday, 23 April 2018 and masks for the event have been confirmed.

Maintenance downtime for The Division update scheduled

Some scary looking guys are posing for a picture in front of a burning car.
Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft have scheduled server downtime for The Division's update deployment. Even though we're all fresh off the March Global Event marathon,we're eagerly expecting Blackout which may be just around the corner.

The Division is getting two new Legendary mission modes, Xbox One X enhancements

Screenshot from The Division showing three agents looking all cool in their gear.
If the game's 1.8.1 patch notes are anything to go by, fans of Ubisoft, Tom Clancy and the Division will be having an April to remember with two new Legendary modes, two events, Xbox One X tweaks, etc. Also, we lied - Ubisoft has no fans.

The Division will have surprise back-to-back global events running this week

An SHD agent is clearing corners with his Kriss Vector.
The Division's crazy month filled with Global Events is coming to a close, but Massive Entertainment included a plot twist for the finale. All four Global Events from March will get a re-run within this week, back-to-back.

The Curious Case of Ubisoft's game development cycle

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Ubisoft have made it a habit to design their games by way of apology. Most of their active cash cows were a yawn-fest on launch and improved later, grandiose apologetic gesturing included. Why not release a finished game to begin with?

The Division Public Test Server adds new Global Events

The Division PTS in white letters in an orange circle.
The Division is getting new updates soon, as per Ubisoft's promise. New content is already live on the Public Test Server, but only on PC. This seems to be a big update as not all changes were implemented immediately.

The Division 2 has been announced by Massive Entertainment

Announcement picture for The Division 2 by Massive Entertainment. Orange letters on beige background.
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have announced The Division 2 on their Twitter. Info about The Division 2 was leaked a few hours prior but now it's also official. The game is going be shown at E3 2018.

The Division introduces specialized Global Event Caches and doubles Classified gear drops

Poster for Tom Clancy's The Division showing three SHD agents about to enter a subway tunnel.
Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft are about to roll out an update that doubles chances of Classified gear drops and enables you to buy set specific Global Event Caches at the GE Vendor. RNG just got kicked in the nuts.

Ubisoft has announced a surprise Global Event this weekend for The Division

The Division poster showing an SHD agent armed with a Steyr AUG.
While rumours about a sequel for The Division are flying left and right, an announcement on the game's twitter caught everyone by surprise. There will be a Global Event this weekend, likely starting on Friday 2 March 2018.