The Division – fighting for scraps in the ruins of Tom Clancy’s universe
Hysteria, disease and player trading – another look at Ubisoft’s always-online adventure.
For all the backlash against Microsoft’s now-repealed online requirement for Xbox One, the games industry remains sold on online games, with broadband-dependent titles among the biggest on show at this year’s E3.
The Division – a show-stealing surprise from Ubisoft – is one of them, an online role-playing game in which you play a member of the titular group, a Spec Ops force battling for control of a pandemic-stricken New York. As we revealed a few months back, the basics look a bit like Clancy stablemate Splinter Cell, but this is a shared world, seeming full of human opponents, and the main story is shaped by the encounters you have with other players.