For Ubisoft’s MMO shooter “The Division“, a community has already formed, waiting together with the media for information about the blockbuster title. However, there isn’t much information available yet about the game, which is supposedly set to release very soon.
For the upcoming MMO shooter “The Division”, it’s a bit like the start of a 100-meter sprint. Everyone is anxiously sitting in the starting blocks. The slightest sound sends everyone racing off like crazy.
This has happened two or three times in recent weeks: each time, the supposed starting signal turned out to be a false start, and people returned to the starting line with their heads hanging down.
Thus, the site known for clickbaiting, “Kdramastars”, continuously invents “release dates” that turn out to be nonsense, but for someone who is not familiar with the site, it briefly raises their pulse to 180. Recently, a different site jumped in for a change and simply fabricated system requirements out of thin air. Again, there was a stir in the media and in the starting blocks. Some sprinted off, only to have to deny it quickly afterwards. They indignantly accused already discredited sources of being completely unreliable. Then a fragment of homepage code caused some excitement: Some considered a soon-to-come alpha to be “as good as confirmed.” Well.
These days again there’s tension in the blocks: fans expected news from the GDC conference in San Francisco; two sessions with panels were scheduled here: but no starting signal was heard. Only a simultaneous leak caused some excitement, otherwise it’s quiet. The game was supposed to be released in 2014. No one knows if a release is really “just around the corner” or if one would rather wait until December; the game seems to play itself anyway.
Does Ubisoft deserve this pre-release praise?
Those who follow “The Division” can really get excited about the game: New York after a bioweapons attack during winter. Next-generation MMO shooter. Survivors embroiled in a life-and-death struggle. The graphics of the Snowdrop engine look stunning. All of the information received about the game sounds outstanding. The first trailers are promising.
However: Ubisoft has had a shaky reputation in recent years. And such highly hyped games, of which not much has been seen, historically do not have the best chances of meeting the enormous expectations. One will have to wait and perhaps stay a bit calmer in the starting blocks. One can only hope that the sprinters are not still lingering when the first snow falls.
