Tom Clancy's The Division News
January2019
Soapbox Ubisoft Has Earned The Division a Second Shot
Lloyd's been left impressed by the publisher
Cast your mind back to just before the start of this console generation. At E3 2013, there was a game that had the industry abuzz: Ubisoft’s closer to its press conference, a new Tom Clancy title called The Division. Promising engaging co-op play amidst a backdrop of chaos and the fall of Manhattan’s...
May2017
News Play The Division For Free This Weekend, Starting Today
The whole game is yours to try
The Division is one of those games that just couldn't seem to sustain its own hype, despite Ubisoft's best efforts to build upon the initial release and keep people invested. Still, the publisher hasn't given up on the title just yet as it's attempting to reel new players in with a free weekend. Yep, the full...
News Play The Division for Free on PS4 All This Weekend
Snow joke
The benefit of these service games that Ubisoft keeps putting out is that they lend themselves well to promotional weekends, and The Division is no different. Starting at 00:01 PDT on 4th May, you'll be able to download and play Massive Entertainment's loot shooter for free on the PlayStation 4 all weekend. You'll need to be a PlayStation...
December2016
News The Division Suits Up with Sharper Graphics on PS4 Pro
People still play this?
We're going to let you in on a secret here: no one on our team voted for The Division in our Game of the Year ballot. In fact, it feels like Ubisoft's military role-playing release has been… For want of a better word, forgotten. Perhaps by players, but not by the publisher: the game will be updated imminently with...
September2016
News The Division Is Still the Best Selling Game of 2016, Ubisoft Reminds Us
But is anyone still playing it?
We remember the lead up to The Division's launch like it was yesterday. The online shooter had a huge amount of hype behind it, with many claiming that it was fated to be the next big thing. It then released to solid reviews and plenty of sales. For a while, it's safe to say that The Division was a hit. However, it...
August2016
News The Division DLC Plans Pushed Back as Dev Works on Fixing the Core Game
The will to survive
Developer Ubisoft Massive has taken a step back and reanalysed its current situation following a rocky few months for The Division - its co-op based, loot-heavy shooter. The game launched back in March, and, as we recall, was hyped up to be the next big thing. And, while it did manage to make a splash initially, it quickly...
July2016
News Enlist for The Division with Amazon Prime Day Sale
New York, New York
Well, it didn't quite set the world alight like the pre-release hype had suggested, but with expectations aligned, Tom Clancy's The Division is a fine game. A fusion of third-person shooting and Diablo-esque looting, this military-focused affair has bags of content to offer – and a never-ending stream of urban goons who need...
June2016
News The Division's Underground DLC Gets a Grimy Launch Trailer
Comes to PS4 on 2nd August
The first piece of downloadable content from The Division's season pass releases on PlayStation 4 on 2nd August, and you can check out the launch trailer that we've embedded. The Underground DLC takes players beneath the streets of New York to do battle in the sewers. The first paid-for piece of content for Ubisoft's...
E3 2016 The Division Is at Its Darkest with the Survival Expansion
The last of us
While we've already gotten one look at the first expansion for Tom Clancy's The Division with Underground today, there's at least something new to chew on with a cinematic trailer for the newly revealed Survival. If the embedded trailer is supposed to be any indication of what gameplay will be like, expect to be low on ammo and...
E3 2016 The Division's Next Expansion Underground Gets a Short Showcase
Going subterranean
Tom Clancy's The Division has been rather tame in terms of updates and new content of late, so it's nice that we get to see some more footage of its upcoming expansion, Underground, in a new trailer that was shown off during Microsoft's conference. There honestly aren't that many exciting or new elements that we can make out, but...
News Oh No! The Division's Being Made into a Movie
Jarhead
A big screen adaptation of forgotten Ubisoft loot shooter The Division is in the works, with the Prince of Persia himself Jake Gyllenhaal signed up to both play the lead character and produce the film. The good news is that it's still early days for the movie – it doesn't even have a writer yet. If there's any God, this will get s**tcanned...
March2016
News The Division PS4 Patch 1.0.2 Aims to Improve the End Game
Dark zone
As is the danger for games of The Division's ilk, many players have already raced to the level cap, leaving little for them to do. Unsurprisingly, then, Ubisoft's first big patch for the looter shooter will revolve around the Dark Zone, improving the rewards that you accrue for going Rogue and more – though a last minute change has seen...
Guide The Division PS4 - Skills, Talents, Stats, and Perks Explained
Understand the shooter's many systems
Getting to grips with The Division takes more mental fortitude than a medical professional performing brain surgery. For all of the advantages so very obviously present in Ubisoft's post-pandemic role-playing release, the early hours of the game can be mind numbing, as developer Massive unloads intel like it's...
Hands On The Division's a Clinical But Compelling PS4 Shooter
Empire elated?
Hit making is really, really hard. Pop stars like Katy Perry and Justin Bieber may very well have raw talent, but it's down to their respective record labels to extract that in order to turn them into superstars. And it takes a team of incredibly intelligent people – writers, stylists, producers, engineers, choreographers,...
News The Division Is Ubisoft's Fastest Selling Game of All Time
Snow joke
Ubisoft's been obsessed with The Division's record breaking success ever since its announcement, but this is the accolade it's been waiting for: the post-pandemic shooter is officially the French firm's fastest selling game of all time. According to the organisation, the title sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any other in the...
News Ubisoft Told a Porky, You Can't Improve The Division's Frame Rate on PS4
Oh, Ubisoft
You see, Ubisoft, it's daft statements like this that come back to bite you when they turn out to be wrong. Last month, a representative of the company stated that console players would be able to improve the game's frame rate by tweaking the title's graphical settings in the option menu. "I don't know of another game that does that off...
News The Division Launches with an Easy Way to Grief New Players
Thankfully, there's a workaround
It certainly didn't take long for players to find a way to grief each other in Tom Clancy's The Division. As reported by Eurogamer, you're put in a small room near the start of the game following a cutscene with a main character. When the cinematic is over, another Agent can stand in the room's doorway and block your...
Live Watch As We Go Hands On with The Division on PS4
Made it to Manhattan
The Division is out now on the PlayStation 4 – well, in Europe at least. To celebrate that fact, we're putting the game through its paces live on our YouTube channel now. If you're not able to watch right now, then you'll find an archive of the stream embedded for posterity above.
News Not All of The Division's Expansions Will Arrive Late on PS4
In fact, only two will
Those of you that were paying attention may remember that we reported all of The Division's DLC would arrive late on the PlayStation 4 due to a marketing arrangement with Microsoft – but that's not actually the case. Ubisoft's currently got three paid expansions planned for the post-pandemic shooter, though only two of them...
Competition Win The Division Merch from Numskull Designs
<3 NY
You may think that you're ready to brave the Dark Zone, but we beg to differ. To celebrate the release of Tom Clancy's The Division this week, we've teamed up with Numskull Designs to giveaway a couple of pieces of officially licensed merchandise to two lucky winners. Up for grabs include a licensed Toxic City tee in the size of your choosing...
News The Division's Servers Are Up Earlier than Expected
Good news if you've snagged an early copy
Ubisoft stated last week that Tom Clancy's The Division's servers would go live later today, but it looks like they're already up and running if various reports around the 'net are to be believed. Some early players claim that they've been enjoying the release since this morning, while others are busy...
News The Division's PS4 Trophies Touch Down in Manhattan
New York, New York
The Division may be out next week, but considering Ubisoft's decision to delay review codes until launch day, no one's really got hands-on time with the final version yet. Fortunately, the New York-based shooter's Trophies have emerged online, giving us a little something to talk about prior to launch. In truth, this looks like a...
News You Won't Be Reading Any The Division Reviews on Launch Day
Shot down
Some people won't be happy about this, but we're not really sure how else it could work. In a public post on its official blog, Ubisoft has outlined what we can all expect from Tom Clancy's The Division on launch day. The gist of it is that you won't be reading any reviews before the game releases on the 8th March. The main reason for...
News The Division's Launch Trailer Is Just as Predictable as You'd Expect
Best game ever, says website
We all love a good rant here at Push Square, and this editor's gone off on one after watching the latest trailer for Tom Clancy's The Division. Is it a bad video? Not particularly, but it's just so bloody predictable. Website quotes saying that it's the best thing since sliced bread: check. Grizzled military type...
February2016
News Ubisoft Really Is Desperate to Break Records with The Division
Like, really desperate
Is this really necessary? Tom Clancy's The Division is riding high on pre-order charts, has a ton of marketing muscle behind it, and is clearly going to be a very popular game, so we're not sure why publisher Ubisoft is desperate for it to break records. Alas, it's had its PR team blast out some big news today: the game's beta...
News Download The Division's PS4 Open Beta Right Now
Mankind divided
You won't be able to play The Division's open beta until tomorrow on the PlayStation 4 – once again, Microsoft has secured 24 hours of exclusivity – but you can start downloading it from the PlayStation Store right now if you wish. This online stress test is available to everyone with a PlayStation Plus subscription, so you don't...
News You'll Be Waiting for The Division's DLC on PS4
Consoles divided
A bit of regurgitated news regarding The Division is doing the rounds today, and because we're sitting twiddling our thumbs waiting to clock off and play Street Fighter V, we figured that we'd share it. Basically, it's been re-confirmed that DLC for Ubisoft Massive's loot-'n'-shooter will arrive 30 days late on the PlayStation 4...
Rumour The Division Open Beta Infects PS4 Later This Month
Accidentally leaked by Xbox Italy
Tom Clancy's The Division has had a closed beta that's been running since Friday – check out our first impressions piece for our thoughts on it – but if you weren't able to get in, no need to worry. Our friends over at Eurogamer discovered a blunder on the Xbox Italy Facebo
January2016
First Impressions The Division Shows Promise on PS4, But There Are Worries
Our thoughts after five hours with the beta
Every time that we have something good to say about Tom Clancy's The Division, there's a 'but' at the end of the statement. Maybe we're just miserable gits, or perhaps we're just wary of Ubisoft's ability to con us into thinking something's really good when deep down, it's actually pretty unremarkable...
News You Can Play The Division's Beta on PS4 Right Now
Like, now
The long-awaited beta for Tom Clancy's The Division is live on the PlayStation 4 right now, in case you were, y'know, not sure. We've got our roving reporter Robert Ramsey working through it now in order to bring you a few first impressions. Here's what he just said on Google Chat: Robert Ramsey (16:22): Just found a dog doing a...
News Pre-Ordering The Division on PSN No Longer Gets You Access to the PS4 Beta
FYI
A couple of days ago, some cheeky PlayStation 4 users discovered that they could gain access to the beta for Tom Clancy's The Division without spending a penny. They accomplished this by pre-ordering the game through the PlayStation Store, downloading the beta, and then cancelling the pre-order. Since the title isn't yet released, no funds would...
Guide When Does The Division Beta Begin on PS4?
How can you get access? How big is the file?
Ubisoft, you sly dogs. At first we thought that all of the snow in New York City was a freak natural occurrence, but now we've realised that it was just viral marketing for Tom Clancy's The Division, which is set to receive its inaugural public beta this week. Of course, you may be wondering how to get...
News You Can Download The Division's PS4 Beta Now
It's a big one
If you've been looking forward to digging into the upcoming beta for The Division on PlayStation 4, we'd advise redeeming your code as soon as you possibly can. Why? Well, mainly, it's because it doesn't care much for your spare hard drive space: all in all, the beta will set you back around 28GB. Oof. As you've probably guessed, the...
News You Won't Be Able to Trade Equipment with Friends in The Division at Launch
Mine, mine, mine
We remember when people were mad about the fact that you couldn't trade weapons and armour with your friends in Destiny, but really, that particular feature would have put a bullet in the game's lasting power. With that in mind, and with all of the recent comparisons between Bungie's sci-fi adventure and Tom Clancy's The Division,...
News A Portion of The Division's Open World Has Been Cut from the Finished Game
Bye-bye Brooklyn
When Tom Clancy's The Division was initially revealed, we were thrown into a snowy recreation of Brooklyn - one of New York's most famous boroughs. However, according to a statement from creative director Magnus Jansen, published by Examiner, Brooklyn won't feature in the finished game - at least, not at launch. "For Tom Clancy's...
News Ubisoft: The Division Is a Great Single Player Game, Period
Let's hope so
Always a hot topic these days, many gamers get ruffled when they hear that the latest blockbuster won't have a traditional single player mode. Indeed, before Destiny launched, we remember seeing people go crazy over the fact that they'd need to form teams in order to see out the title's toughest content, but hey, some of us just like...
News How Do You Think The Division Looks in 14 Minutes of Brand New Gameplay?
Ubisoft's open world shooter blows up
Ubisoft's began the marketing blitz for Tom Clancy's The Division - its upcoming open world shooter that's apparently peppered with role-playing game elements. When the title was originally shown years back at the end of one of the French company's E3 press conferences, no one was quite sure what to make of it,...
News The Division's PS4 Beta Deploys on 29th January
Black Friday
Xbox One owners will unlock early access to The Division's beta later this month – but fortunately, you'll only have to wait 24 hours if you plan to play the game on your PlayStation 4. After rumours earlier in the week, Ubisoft has confirmed that the online stress test for its squad-based third-person role-playing shooter (!) will b
News You Can Finally Play The Division Thanks to This Month's Beta
But will it be divisive?
One of those games that feels like it's been hanging around the in background for decades, it's finally time for Tom Clancy's The Division to step into the light and show us what it's capable of. Eagle-eyed publication WCCFTech noticed that the Uplay mobile app outs the public beta's launch window - and the good news is that...
June2015
E3 2015 Loss and Treachery Abound In The Division Trailer and Gameplay
Stabbed in the back
Tom Clancy's The Division feels like it has been in development for quite some time, but Ubisoft has revealed it will release March 8, 2016 on the PlayStation 4, and this relieving announcement has brought two trailers in tow. The first shows the scope of the game engine's power in a cinematic nature with narration that...
May2015
News Tom Clancy's The Division Combs Snowy Streets in 2016
Scoped and dropped
It feels like a lifetime ago that we first saw The Division, Ubisoft's open world, online shooter, and role-playing game hybrid. Since then, we've heard bits and pieces about the release, but with the publisher concentrating on other franchises such as Assassin's Creed, any big news has likely been postponed. We could well see...
October2014
Interview Will Tom Clancy's The Division Deliver on the PS4?
Massive expectations
Ubisoft sure knows how to make a splash. Tom Clancy’s The Division, much like Watch Dogs before it, dropped jaws at E3 2013, when it was announced for the PlayStation 4. The game – an open world third-person shooter with strong role-playing influences – not only promised to drag the industry into the next generation with...
June2014
E3 2014 Tom Clancy's The Division Tugs at the Heart Strings in Story Trailer
Hits home
When we saw Tom Clancy's The Division at last year's E3 conference, it taught us to get along with our friends in order to screw others and rob their loot. While the title's massive online multiplayer and spangly companion app are still core to the game, though, so is the story that led humanity to such destruction. The trailer below...
May2014
News PS4 Shooter Tom Clancy's The Division Stockpiled Until 2015
This will prove divisive
Far Cry 4 may be making a somewhat surprise appearance on the PlayStation 4 this November, but Tom Clancy’s The Division has been placed back in the gun cabinet until next year. The open world shooter had been set to deploy this Christmas, but developer Ubisoft Massive has stressed that it will not compromise the action...
April2014
News There's an Entire Team Working on PS4 Shooter The Division's Guns
Secret weapon
Ubisoft is known for its gigantic global development operations, but the recruitment of Red Storm to PlayStation 4 shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division is a little bit ridiculous. According to an official blog post on the French publisher’s website, the legendary Rainbow Six creator has been enlisted to design the ambitious online...
December2013
News Tom Clancy's The Division Hints at What Your PS4 Can Do
Snow way
If the PlayStation 4 has yet to impress you from a visual perspective, then you may want to sit tight until Massive Entertainment’s tactical third-person shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division deploys next year. Developed using a brand new engine named Snowdrop, the upcoming release aims to introduce you to a world built specifically for...
News What Powers a True PS4 Game? Tom Clancy's The Division Will Show You
Clancy clout
We’re currently caught amid that weird period before Christmas where the industry’s trying to tuck into its mince pies, but GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley has other ideas for his VGX Awards event. As such, there’s a ton of 25-second teaser trailers hitting the web right now – including this predominantly pointless clip of...
August2013
News Don't Expect Any PS4 Specific Features in The Division Just Yet
Pure and simple
You won’t be swiping the PlayStation 4 controller’s touchpad to change weapons in Ubisoft Massive’s upcoming The Division – well, not in the current build anyway. Chatting with Official Xbox Magazine – we know – game director Ryan Bernard explained that the Swedish company is focusing its attention on parity between the...
July2013
News Tom Clancy's The Division Video Delves Behind-the-Scenes
The final countdown
Tom Clancy’s The Division was easily one of the hottest games revealed at this year’s E3, and Ubisoft has deployed a brand new video detailing the build-up to the next generation title’s big announcement. In it, an awkwardly dressed Justin Levy talks to a handful of the major players at developer Massive about pre-show...
June2013
E3 2013 What's Tom Clancy's The Division All About?
The game that's on everyone's lips
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past few days, you’ll probably have heard of Tom Clancy’s The Division. The latest title from Swedish outfit Massive Entertainment aims to deliver an online open world RPG set in a dilapidated New York City. The game’s due out next year on the PlayStation 4. The...
