Division 2 was released on March 12, 2019, completing just over two years this week. In that time, a lot has happened. Multiple updates, changes, bugs, controversies, provocations, puzzles and more. Here’s what has happened since Division 2 it went out.
- Even before Division 2 ‘With the 2019 release, it started to generate controversy when Ubisoft tried to position the game as non-political. However, the game was set in Washington DC and would be marketed using political images and messages. (And the game brought tons of political stories and stories.) All of this made the promises of not being political seem like a strange lie that Ubisoft was selling to a specific group of players.
- On March 12, 2019, Division 2 released on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. He presented a large map that was satisfactory to explore, Including museums based on real world locations found in DC. Our initial impressions of the game were positive and our review he was impressed.
- The launch of Division 2 was not perfect. An annoying bug caused special skills, such as assault drones, to not work consistently. Eventually, it was fixed shortly after it appeared. Less troublesome problems have also been encountered, like a totally defective ladder and NPCs who behaved as if they were possessed by demons.
- A few weeks after launch, Ubisoft updated the game and changed several things. Also added a new final mission.
- As players continued to explore the game world, they discovered secrets. One in particular seemed to point to a Vikings theme Assassin’s Creed games. Of course, today, in 2021, we know that the tip was correct as in 2020 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla It was released. Other secrets were discovered by the players, including hidden messages that needed to be decoded. Many of these secrets were added without everyone in the studio knowing about them. or how they work.
- Players also noticed a hidden detail that was not funny or cool. A work of art found in a building contained an injury. Ubisoft apologized for the art and quickly removed the word with a patch.
- In May 2019, Ubisoft added two new missions to the game. They were not just focused on combat. Instead, they presented new knowledge, new areas to explore and some puzzles. They were only available for season 1 pass holders.
- Later in May, Division 2 ‘The first attack was added to the game. Controversially, it was released without a combination after Ubisoft suggested it would have it. It was also very difficult, leading the first team to win more than 5 hours. The console players struggled to win it, but eventually a few days after it was released some teams on Xbox and PS4 took him down.
- In June 2019, during E3, Ubisoft revealed that a further expansion to the game let players go back to New York City, the scenario of the first game. At that time, Ubisoft spoke to Kotaku
and explained how they planned to fight the reaction to the game. - Also in June, a stranger, but allows players to kill animals to earn special ammo. Ubisoft fixed this quickly after it was discovered.
- In July 2019, one of the biggest updates in the history of Division 2 went live. Added flashlights, something that players were asking for since the game’s release. He also added new missions and a new way to play the raid. Players can now choose an easier difficulty and match with other people. This would reward players with rare and less powerful items, but would give more people a chance to play the endgame activity.
- In August, we looked at fucking statues. Is weird. Also at that time, Ubisoft challenged players to find a police car with a typo. They quickly found, but only after the fans learned it was in the game. Before that, he had been in hiding for months.
- In October, fans found a secret boss in the game. It had been there for months, like the secret of the police car, but it was only found after Ubisoft proved it.
- Later, in October, Ubisoft updated the game and revamped the way the loot and equipment worked. It became easier to hunt down the equipment you wanted and modify the loot you already had. While not the most exciting update, it was a big step forward for the loot shooter.
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- In December 2019, Ubisoft added more tactical-themed clothing, after some fans complained that most of the clothes in the game he was very silly or goofy. Also that month, Ubisoft added a weapon that shoots snowballs.
- On March 2, 2020, after a bit of a drought of new content and updates, Ubisoft launched New York City Warlords. Provoked for the first time at E3 2019, this expansion was massive and saw players return to New York. This shook the way the game handled leveling, looting and also changed the way the endgame progression worked.
- A few days after launch, we reviewed the new expansion and were happy with most of the changes and the new world to explore. Along with the new DLC, Ubisoft started season 1 of Division 2, adding a battle pass system to the game and new enemy targets to hunt over a few weeks.
- At the end of March, players spent hours and hours tracking down and finding all the bosses hidden in the game. It took some work, but over a weekend they got together via Discord and solved all the puzzles and killed all the secret enemies.
- When March turned into April 2020, the covid-19 pandemic began to take over the world. A doctor explained to Kotaku his experience in fighting the virus in New York City, while at the same time playing Division 2, a game about a deadly virus that killed millions worldwide.
- In May 2020, fans dated Division 2 after an update and discovered a series of files and audio clips that seemed to spoil next year’s content. He also suggested a new way.
- Division 2’s second attack was added in July 2020. However, the race to be the first team to complete the new activity was spoiled on charges of cheating.
- In September, the leaked files found in May proved to be accurate. A new game mode has been added to the game. This new mode, Summit, commissioned players to fight to climb 100 floors, each filled with different enemies and challenges. In October, the mode was updated to make it a little easier for people to really finish.
- In December 2020, Division 2 the developers shared bad news about a planned event. Due to covid-19, the event, which was supposed to reuse an older area of the game, was canceled. Instead, some of its assets would be reworked at a smaller scale clothing event. We later found out that this was designed to be a big crossover event with resident Evil.
- January 2021 started with great news. The developers behind Division 1 and two we would work on a Star Wars games. At the time, players didn’t know what that meant Division 2 from now on.
- On February 2, a new resident Evil The crossover event was aired. It included clothes and gear based on characters from Capcom’s popular horror franchise. The event was … meh. But the update that added the new clothes also unlocked the frame rate on the PS5 and Xbox Series X, allowing the game to reach 60 fps.
- In February 2021, as the fourth season of Division 2 it was ending, it looked like the game was ending. But Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced the opposite during an investor call that month, explaining that the game had more updates coming. This seemed to surprise Massive, who released a statement confirming that they had originally planned to end things after the fourth season, but now would continue to work on the game, adding more content. No specific plans were given at that time.
- Finally, earlier this month, Massive presented some plans on how to Division 2 will continue. Although the game receives a new mode and some major content updates, Massive warned that players should not expect this content before the end of 2021. In the meantime, the old seasons will be repeated for players who lost them. It is not the most exciting way to keep the game alive, but it is better than nothing.
And that is where things are. It has been just over two years since Division 2 released. A lot has happened, with some big ups and some big lows.
Now, although the popular game seems to be on life support, while Massive and Ubisoft shift the focus to other things. But with promises of more content at a later date, it looks like I’m going to initialize Division 2 a few more times before it’s all over.