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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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Shields have arrived to The Division along with free caches

Screenshot of the new Shields feature in The Division
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have launched 1.8.2 update for The Division right as E3 2018 concluded, bringing the long anticipated Shields and free caches for catching up with gear as well as optimizing it to the gear score cap.

New legendary missions coming to The Division next week

Promotional image for The Division showing people shooting each other in New York
The Division's State of the Game episode 100 aired on 07 June 2018 where Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment revealed their future plans for the game as update 1.8.2 will be released on Thursday, 14 June 2018, during the last day of E3.

The Division Global Event Onslaught date has been confirmed

An SHD agent is looking at the burning parts of New York after the Dollar Flu
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have confirmed during the State of the Game livestream on 17 May 2018 that Global Event Onslaught will start on 21 May and conclude on 28 May 2018. Here are the rest of the Global Event Onslaught details.

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

Spoof of the promotional image for The Curious Benjamin Button, featuring Ubisoft.
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.