Ubisoft is celebrating the sixth anniversary of its shared-world shooter The Division 2. To take action, the corporate has launched a video that includes varied builders of The Division 2, together with inventive director Yannick Banchereau, artwork producer Palle Hoffstein, and product supervisor Daria Ilyina.
“Six years in the past, The Division 2 launched, inviting gamers right into a meticulously crafted imaginative and prescient of post-pandemic Washington, D.C.,” mentioned Banchereau. “At this time, we have fun the unimaginable journey, honoring the neighborhood, the sport’s progress, and the folks shaping its evolution.”
Kicking issues off, gamers will be capable of get in on the sixth anniversary celebration by way of a particular celebratory backpack. Dubbed the Anniversary Backpack, the merchandise contains a distinctive dynamic show that exhibits off the participant’s SHD degree.
“From the 2019 launch to the current Yr 6 Season 3: Burden of Reality, we’ve come a good distance,” mentioned Hoffstein. “84 Title Updates, together with 13 Seasons, sport modes like The Summit, Countdown, Descent, and the Paradise Misplaced Incursion, in addition to greater than 200 gear items have saved the sport thriving for each veterans and newcomers.”
There can even be a Twitch drop occasion, the place gamers watching partnered Twitch streamers taking part in The Division 2 will be capable of get their palms on particular rewards. The drops are divided into two units unfold out over every week. Step one will reward gamers with two Named Merchandise Caches for expecting half-hour, a Celebration Arm Patch for expecting an hour, an Unique Cache for two hours, and the Celebration weapon pores and skin for 3 hours.
The second week of Twitch drops will once more kick issues off with two Named Merchandise Caches for half-hour, an Anniversary Arm Patch for an hour, an Unique Cache for two hours, and the Anniversary weapon pores and skin for 3 hours. The Twitch Drops will be earned proper now, till March 17.
“And we wouldn’t be hear with out all of you Brokers,” mentioned Ilyina. “Thanks to your continued assist, suggestions, ardour, creativity, and never-yielding curiosity within the sport.”
The Division 2 additionally has currently-ongoing occasions to have fun the anniversary. Issues are being kicked off with an Exp Bonus occasion; till March 18, gamers will be capable of earn 5 instances greater than the traditional quantity of exp as they play the sport. Varied actions can even have their very own associated Exp occasion, together with Darkish Zone.
April can even see a brand new occasion, kicking issues off with a model new April Fools’ occasion. Later within the month, The Division 2 can even get an occasion to have fun Spring, that includes a novel reward within the type of the Rabbit Season Outfit.
The studio has additionally introduced a brand new podcast collection. Dubbed the Tenacity podcast, it would characteristic PhD Geographer, city explorer and survivalism motion specialist Bradley Garrett. The podcast will showcase real-world applied sciences and ideas that assist folks to adapt to “shifting circumstances.” It was impressed by the concept of the civilians of The Division making an attempt to adapt and survive the video games’ gruelling occasions.
To cap off the video, the builders additionally revealed a small video for upcoming The Division 2 DLC Battle for Brooklyn. The video showcased offers us a glimpse at a few of the new enemies gamers will be capable of tackle in Battle for Brooklyn, full with close-quarters fight eventualities. Whereas no particulars are given, keen-eyed gamers can even discover new weapons being utilized by the brokers.