A Second Look at 'The Division' Still Shows Promise

Audiences at last year’s E3 conference got the first eye-catching glimpse of Tom Clancy’s The Division. It had all the trappings of a solid shooter: a post-apocalyptic setting, mobs of scary bad guys and an interesting multiplayer experience

This year, Ubisoft offered a closer look at what turns out to be a unique open-world RPGThe Division wasn’t available yet for hands-on access, but the company did show us some real-time gameplay to give a better sense of how much strategy and personalization will be a part of this game

The story premise is more horror than anything else. A mysterious virus is unleashed upon New York City on Black Friday, and the holiday cheer quickly takes a turn for the worse. As pandemic sets in and the urban infrastructure fails, residents descend into chaos and some well-armed and anarchic factions form. The agents of the titular Division need to work alone and together to bring order and save the city Read more...