Christmas has come early, with a whopping 293 pieces of intel hidden throughout the city of New York, just waiting to be discovered. Sure, things are a little chaotic, but battling through the streets to find that special item is a grand holiday tradition. If you’re not prepared to crack …
Read More »The Division is too real for comfort but still not real enough
The Division didn’t make me pause until I got outside of Madison Square Garden. I fought my way through the weird Reverse Tardis version of the famous arena with its diminutive stands, shooting bandana-wearing thugs with typical video game abandon, but when I went outside, there was Monell’s. In the …
Read More »The Divisions gun experts explain how to make a game around the world
The Division (opens in new tab) started as an idea at Ubisoft Massive, but three more of Ubisoft’s major studios ended up heavily involved with the project: Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Annecy, and Red Storm Entertainment. Red Storm is where the Tom Clancy’s video game brand began (it was co-founded by …
Read More »GR+ Live: Join us in The Divisions concrete jungle where dreams are made of
With our old Guardian bones weary of raids on the moon, we’re ready for a change. We’re ready for a city that, despite being ravaged by an apocalyptic viral outbreak, still never sleeps. We’re ready to dig into The Division. Join the GamesRadar crew for a tour of the game’s …
Read More »The Divisions first update will add high-end challenges and squad trading
The Division (opens in new tab)’s first big Year One update will include a new end-game activity and loot trading. And yes, Ubisoft did just go there by referring to its content plan with the same terminology as that other long-in-development shared-world shooter. Better sail out of those doldrums (opens …
Read More »The Division devs offer up some tips for the open beta
The Division (opens in new tab) open beta (opens in new tab) starts tomorrow on Xbox One (then on Friday for PC and PS4), and now you can get ready to survive the urban epidemic with some disaster preparedness films from Ubisoft. Alright, maybe this open beta trailer won’t tell …
Read More »Watch The Division betas invisible invincibility glitch in action
The Division (opens in new tab)’s Dark Zone is easily the most tense part of the game… unless you happen to be invisible to all the other players and invulnerable to all damage. We already told you about glitches in The Division’s closed beta (opens in new tab)that mess with …
Read More »Leak points to The Division open beta starting February 16
The streets of post-outbreak Manhattan will surge with well-armed life once more when The Division (opens in new tab) enters open beta later this month, if an apparent leak on Facebook (via Eurogamer) (opens in new tab) is accurate. The online shooter from Ubisoft is now at the tail end …
Read More »Hell is other people – The Divisions Dark Zone is an anxious PvP playground
We are not a strong team, so when we see a silhouette approach us from the absurdly filmic backlit subway corridor, we wordlessly stop, line up, and raise our piddly little weapons. It helps, a little. This is a human player – you can tell because he hasn’t automatically rung …
Read More »Get free in-game gear for The Division (& watch movies, but mainly FREE STUFF)
Ubi are offering up four sets of free gear to use in The Division (opens in new tab) that will include different visual looks and specific skills to use in the game. These are the sets in question: Paramedic, Firefighter, Police and Hunter (that latter one is slightly worrying for …
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