The Division 2’s long-awaited major new content update – which includes a game mode said to be entirely new to the franchise – will now launch in February next year. Ubisoft had previously said it would arrive “late 2021 at the earliest”.
New content for The Division 2 was officially announced back in March, following Ubisoft’s decision to continue supporting the online shooter despite initial plans to make December 2020’s Update 12 its last. Since then, updates have largely been limited to re-runs of previous seasons while developer Ubisoft Massive works on delivering the next major release.
Announcing the studio’s newly revised development timeline on its website, Ubisoft explained it had opted to shift the launch of The Division 2’s next major content update – which will include “significant endgame changes and features” alongside the new game mode – to next February in order to ensure it is delivered “on par with our vision”.
“Earlier this year, we shared our commitment to continue to support The Division 2,” the publisher wrote. “Since then, we made various iterations on the plans and actively challenged ourselves not to compromise on quality and ambitions for this new content.”