The MMO shooter “Tom Clancy’s The Division” (PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4) will no longer be released in 2015, Ubisoft has now announced.
There has been little news about The Division and it has simply remained quiet. After a bombastic announcement two years ago, further information about the game has been scarce. It was repeatedly assured that The Division would still be released in the calendar year 2015, but now this promise has been rescinded and the release is moved to 2016.
In a statement, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said: The Division is an online RPG. They take longer to complete. They want to ensure that there is enough time to gather and incorporate alpha and beta feedback. They want to deliver The Division in the best possible state.
As stated in another statement, “The Division” was actually planned for the Christmas season of 2015, but it is now being moved to the first quarter of 2016, i.e., January, February, or March.
The Division has already been postponed once. Originally, it was even scheduled for 2014. This led to a mini-scandal when a developer from Massive anonymously told the press that the 2014 release date set by Ubisoft was ridiculous; they would need much more time. Up until that point, work had primarily been on the Snowdrop engine.
