After officially being announced at E3 2013, receiving a delay to 2015, Massive-A producer Petter Mannersoft took the stage during Ubisoft‘s presser to talk about ‘The Division’. ‘The Division’ takes place in New York, after a lethal virus spreads and leads to the cities collapse, ‘The Division’, a group of tactical agents who were trained to save society upon it’s destruction.
‘The Division will be launching sometime in 2015. All DLC for ‘The Division’ will be launching on Xbox One first and then Playstation 4 and PC shortly after. You can check some key features of ‘The Division’ below.
KEY FEATURES
• Take Back New York: Welcome to a next-gen experience in a persistent and dynamic environment where exploration and player progression are essential. Teaming up with other Division agents, your mission is to restore order, investigate the source of the virus, and take back New York.• A Living, Breathing World
Enter a universe where time of day and weather conditions impact your gaming experience. Use the environment for strategic advantage to dominate fights and ambush your enemies. Utilize your gas mask to provide protection from the virus, and upgrade it to enter the most highly contaminated areas.• Urban Jungle
New York City is being overrun by hostile groups that are trying to take advantage of the crisis. One such group is the Cleaners, who travel throughout the city wherever the contagion levels rise. Wearing hazmat suits and wielding flamethrowers, the Cleaners leave nothing but ash in their wake.• The Agents of The Division
Trained to act independently from any chain of command, the Agents are autonomous and adaptive, working alone or in small groups. They are the last line of defense, activated when all else fails to save what remains.• Gear Up
Harness state-of-the-art technology, both networked and prototype, as a member of The Division. Loot fallen enemies and upgrade your gear. Customize your character and your backpack, your lifeline in the event of a collapse. Communicate with other agents at all times with your smartwatch and customize and level up your weapons. The choices you make will help to forge a recovery, or plunge the city deeper into chaos.• Game-Changing Skills
Choose and upgrade your skills smartly and synergize with your teammates to increase your chances of winning in combat. Use the ECHO, a data collection tool that renders moments frozen in time, to learn valuable information about your immediate environment and find hidden loot, and to help uncover the truth behind the pandemic.• Social Seamless Multiplayer
Team up with friends to seamlessly take down your enemies and achieve group objectives. Raise the security and morale levels of the surviving citizens of New York to unlock and secure a base of operations, and fight through a city where danger can come from anywhere, and anyone, at any moment.• Revolutionary Companion Gaming
Join your friends in real-time gameplay on your tablet. The app gives you a bird’s-eye view of the battlefield and the ability to aid your allies in combat by attacking enemies or identifying targets and raining destruction down on your enemies.• Snowdrop Engine
Powered by the fully next-gen Snowdrop engine, Tom Clancy’s The Division sets a new bar in video game realism and open world rendering. Experience a chaotic and devastating New York like you’ve never seen before.
