![]() We don't mind delays, no matter how excited we are for a game. After all, the next installment, the free-to-play Heartland, has already been quietly delayed potentially into 2023 without much communication beyond sneaking into an earnings report. While one arm of Ubisoft is off pushing NFTs into its player's faces, elsewhere they're being ignored altogether. But equally, if you make promises and then just seemingly ignore them, that's not a good look. A polished, well-executed game always trumps one rushed out to meet deadlines (never forget Cyberpunk 2077). Nothing to show off the new content, but perhaps more so, not a word to the community to say that it has been further delayed. January is in the rearview mirror and not a single word. Source: UbisoftEven the next game in The Division series was stealthily delayed without much communication to the players. You can probably see where this is heading. We can't wait to tell you more about the whole content of this update! To make sure we are building the best experience, we will also organize a dedicated PTS period on PC to collect your feedback and help us put the finishing touches before the release." "Last but not least, the reveal of the new Season and its associated content, including the new game mode, will happen in January 2022. Additionally, there would be monthly community updates, but the last of those was in November (opens in new tab). That content got delayed into 2022, which while disappointing, was totally understandable given the world is still dealing with a pandemic and new ways of working.īut when the delay was announced we were told that a reveal would be happening in January (opens in new tab), ahead of a PTS for PC players to try out the new mode and a launch in February. In 2021, Ubisoft, or rather the developer team at Massive, promised new content for The Division 2, including a brand new, never before seen game mode. "But I never expected it to be this fucked.Lots of folks still play the existing content regularly. "I knew it was fucked when they didn’t immediately roll back and extend the season," said player HotSpicedChai. ![]() Until then, the agents of the Division face a problem too insurmountable for even them. It promises another update later today and, when the issue is fixed (fingers crossed!), some form of in-game compensation. "We have made good progress over the last 96 hours and have been able to restore critical aspects of the system and will share the timeline for resolution when available." "We are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible," said Massive. Unfortunately this means current issues such as a crash bug when returning to the DC location remain a problem, with some players permanently locked out of returning to the game's central location until a fix is applied. Over on the subreddit the community has taken the news with a dose of black humour, as well as some gratitude that at least Massive is being transparent about what's going on and what to expect. To be clear, the Division 2 is still up-and-running, for now at least. "I think the industry as a whole still has a lot to learn about operating these living code bases & it sounds like The Division 2 team has just had to learn one lesson the hard way, I hope they get it sorted with minimal disruption & hopefully it's seen as an opportunity to grow the knowledge base of the team and not a stick to beat the team with." This could be down to underestimating the knowledge, skills and above all experience needed to maintain a live code base, because Massive's main focus is arguably elsewhere on upcoming Division titles. Something very unusual has happened and it sounds like they are much less prepared than they needed to be." Rebuilding a build system from scratch is something you schedule and plan around, you maintain the existing one and switch over seamlessly. "A hardware failure should be anticipated with a recovery plan ready to go. ![]() The surprising thing, from our insider's perspective, is that either there wasn't a failsafe in place, or the failsafe has failed. ![]() From what they have said though, it doesn't sound like that is the case, it sounds like they're saying they've had to rebuild the build system from scratch." One problem could be hardware failure, "which isn't a major issue.
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