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The Division Delayed, Now Slated for Early 2016 Release

Tom Clancy's The Division gets pushed out of 2015.

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Ubisoft's ambitious open-world game The Division has been delayed and is now expected out early next year, the publisher revealed today.

As part of today's financial results announcement for the year ending March 31, Ubisoft offered a new release window for the latest game to bear Tom Clancy's name. An outline of games coming during the company's 2016 fiscal year (which runs April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016) lists The Division as coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC during its fourth fiscal quarter, which translates to January-March of 2016.

The Division was at one point expected out in 2014, something an anonymous development source described as "laughable" at the time. In May, it was delayed until 2015, though we've never gotten a more specific release date than that.

Ubisoft recently revealed that, along with Massive Entertainment, a total of four studios are working on The Division.

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Does anybody know what games are due out this Fall other than COD and Halo.

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@spartanx169x: MGSV: TPP

Muff said.

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@spartanx169x: I think the next Tomb Raider.


That's about it

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Tomb raider is winter I think holiday season is end of fall start of winter usually.

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@BamaGoatt: I am slowly building a buy list of games . So if this is a slow Fall , I’m ok with it. There is at least 5 games I plan on picking up for $25 or less on Black Friday in November.

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Yeah I will be buying a few myself like alien isolation and dying light on pc through steam sales. Just not sure anything this fall excites me right now.

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@northArrow@spartanx169x: Maybe there will be more announcements at E3.

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Game developer and publisher should be force to drop $5 from retail price every time they delay a release date.

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Then every game will be a bugfest should we get $10 off for the bugs?

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@BamaGoatt: yes

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I don't disagree but it won't happen.

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I blame Xbox one for this delay!

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I DON'T CARE!

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@Metalnoid: THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW

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@teaspoon2424@Metalnoid: YOU ARE WELCOME!!

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Why am I not surprised. Not really disappointed either as I have plenty to play to keep me busy into next year not even counting the stuff coming out between now and then.

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Why do they even say it will be released this year. Just say it will be released when its ready... Dont put a fucking year on it cause you cant stick to it anyways.

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With every delay I am getting less and less interested in this.

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Not surprising. Just get it done right guys!

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@tommynj:

Exactly, I would rather have a game delayed, even a couple of times, if it results in a truly more polished game. Especially if its a game I am really looking forward to like this one.

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But it could result in silent hills?

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hey witcher 3 got a 10

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Has there been a game this gen that hasn't been delayed in some way?Developers shouldn't announce games until they are 3 months from actual release.These delays are ridiculous now.

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@deon99: That's just stupid, sorry. Obstacles are always unavoidable, and I-for-one am glad they are delaying it to ensure the best game gets released. Or would you rather every game do a Drive Club and Master Chief Collection?

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@deon99: How about just release the damn thing when its done and have a release anouncement.......nothing could be more simple.

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@blackothh@deon99: that would be to simple.The industry has to be difficulty and full of problems.

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@deon99@blackothh: LOL! full of problems is an understatement!

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Half Life 3 but we will hear about it at E3 so it could be next.

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I know, right? Like releasing a movie trailer and release date of a movie that hasn't even started filming.

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Remember back when release delays were a rarity?

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@macklin_: I remember calling 2014 "The Year of Delays". In another place, I called 2015 "The New 2014". And then even the first half of this year was filled with delays, so I sort of believe this is regrettably now just the new normal.

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Who cares for this game anymore it has fail written all over it.

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Awww.... I'm sorry did my comment hurt your feelings? Hey it'll be OK so are you ready to have those Maxi Pads checkout is at aisle 3 no line no wait.

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Hahahaaa F#ck off like your reply didn't make sense and wasn't pertaining to the game clown.

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@kelseyjb: You sure seem pretty confident about the game failing. What do you base that on?

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Ubisoft track record lately need I say more.

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@kelseyjb: Sadly I can't disagree with you. I'm going to guess and say the story will be very weak and forgettable.

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The story along with a downgrade and a buggy mess. Just because a game gets these delays. Floods of people say this is a great thing or don't rush it guys take all the time you need. Driveclub was delayed and look came out a buggy mess, so delays don't always mean the game will be great. Ubisoft I do not trust them mark my words this game will be a fail I put money on it.

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@kelseyjb: You make valid points. There was a comparison done of this game to Destiny and They are remarkably similar. Just FYI.

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@kelseyjb: It does?

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It's Ubisoft, who didn't know that was going to happen, when's the last time they released a game w/o a delay.

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Four studios....two years of announced development, and nothing to show for it so far. ...shhhh...do you hear that? I think it's the high pitched whistle of another Ubisoft airbomb gliding through the skies.


Can anyone REALLY expect a game developed during the time of Watch Dogs, Unity, and Farcry 4, to be anything BUT another of it's over-promised, under-developed kin?

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@Khasym: far cry 4 was pretty damned good, more than that. Its one of the games where I actually liked the ending. Watch Dogs and Unity were trash, felt more like pre-alphas than actual games (Horray for walking into a building and falling off the map and headless/bodiless people walking around, and random absurb glitches and poor player controls) .

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@zrex2metagor@Khasym: Compare FC4, to FC3. NO ONE was expecting FC3 to blow us away. But with FC4, Ubisoft made all kinds of promises. "Following the success of Far Cry 3, we wanted to take the franchise to the next level and create a game that will surprise players and exceed fans’ expectations,” said Dan Hay, Executive Producer.

Now, 4 was good. It hit the marks for what Farcry has become known for, I won't deny that in the least. But you can't tell me for a second, that you were as invested in Ajay Ghale, as you were in Jason Brody. That Citra and Voss, weren't as entertaining as Pagan and his entire rogues' gallery put together.

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@Khasym: fc4 wasnt terrible, but i agree about watch dogs and unity

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Far Cry 4 was good because it was basically an upgraded version of an already made game (Far Cry 3)

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All my expectations for this game are tempered after Ubisoft's pisspoor last couple years.

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Oh no. My concern is off the chart......ZzzzZzzz........

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1080p and 60fps are pc exclusive features same as antialiasing

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@daz10x: having real life friends is a console exclusive features same as not being sad troll.

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They'll probably come out and say it's delayed so that they can "polish it more", just like Watch Dogs was. Wink wink.

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Everything about this game screams caution.

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