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Movie and TV adaptations of games seem to be the trend nowadays, with several big name games coming to Netflix following the success of The Witcher series. Netflix is currently working on several video game adaptations, including Assassin’s Creed, Beyond Good and Evil, Cyberpunk, Devil May Cry, Dota 2, Tomb Raider, and the most-recent addition, Ubisoft’s The Division. According to [...]
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Last week, Ubisoft revealed the details of Update 1.8.1 for The Division. The update is now live and it comes with the highly-awaited Xbox One X Enhancement Patch which significantly improves visuals on the console with 4K rendering and a host of other graphical improvements. The update also brings with it two new Global Event: Blackout and Onslaught. Global Event [...]
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Update 1.8.1 is making its way to the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions of The Division on April 12th. The update will feature visual enhancements for the Xbox One X along with two new legendary missions: Amherst’s Apartment and Grand Central Station, and two new global events. Two brand new Global Events are coming to The Division: Blackout [...]
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Post-apocalyptic shooter The Division is now two years old! Ubisoft is celebrating the event with a nifty little infographic showing off some interesting numbers. 20 million players have played the game since it launched in March 2016, which, according to the infographic is twice the population of Sweden. Check out the rest of the numbers below. As part of the [...]
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The Division players will get to explore a new part of post-apocalyptic New York City when the Resistance update goes live this fall. The free update will open up the West Side Piers zone which, like current-day NYC, is where the iconic aircraft carrier Intrepid is docked. Taking back the new area won’t be easy, especially with multiple enemy groups [...]
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With the release of The Division's final DLC pack this past February, you're probably wondering how the game is nowadays. It had an extremely large playerbase at launch, but players quickly left the game over a number of issues. It's improved quite a bit since then, but you're probably wondering if it has improved enough for you to jump in. [...]
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The Division's third expansion, The Last Stand, was officially released earlier today. It introduces a new Dark Zone game mode for up to 16 players in which players are required to work together to take control of "tactical locations." It also includes a new Incursion called "Stolen Signal," new gear, new weapons, and more. Ubisoft also announced that the game [...]
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In recent years, Ubisoft has been pushing into the pseudo-MMO space with a number of titles that offer online play in which you are automatically put into an instance with a set number of other players and that utilize the traditional box fee plus DLC model, rather than a heavy microtransaction element or a subscription. The titles in question are The [...]
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When The Division's third expansion, Last Stand, goes live, a massive update, Update 1.6, will also be going live for all players, regardless of whether they own Last Stand. With the "major overhaul" from Update 1.4 and Update 1.5 complete, Ubisoft has now set its sights on providing players with a large assortment of new content. Thus, Update 1.6 will [...]
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The Division is hosting a free weekend from December 15th to the 18th, and I highly suggest giving it a try if you've never had a chance. In my short playtime I discovered one of the most detailed renditions of an apocalyptic New York City in any game. Whether you like the core gameplay or not is a matter of [...]
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