for division day ubisoft has revealed new details on the entire the division franchise including the future of the division 2 mobile spinoff the division resurgence and middleamericas the division heartlandthe division 2 is entering its fifth year but ubisoft shows little sign of slowing down season 1 which arrives in june comes with a new roguelite game mode descent existing inside a simulation its a mode that can be played solo or in coop and is all about finetuning your build to complete each runthrough the rest of the year ubisoft will be working on a rework of the games castle area with new activities taking place around that in season 3 well be heading back to new york for christmas while season 4 will introduce new story dlc around that therell also be new cosmetics including a sam fisher outfit available as part of ubisofts ongoing attempts to keep splinter cells chambling corpse alive until the splinter cell remake and leon kennedys raccoon city pd gear for a resident evil crossoverwhile the division 2 is still trucking its far from the only thing the division franchise has going for it these days during the division day stream ubisoft also showed off the division resurgence which it claims will be a fullfledged division experience complete with a campaign that will bridge the gap between the two mainline games it looks pretty ropey from the brief snippet of gameplay shown off but if youre interested in checking it out you can register for a test phase via the games official websiteubisoft wrapped up with what was clearly intended to be the main event of its broadcast the division heartland a freetoplay survival spin on the division heartland explores what an apocalypse scenario looks like outside of a major city by heading to the midwest the survival ideas look like they have some merit youll be contending with pockets of contagion in a way that should work to deter some players and reward those who are less riskaverse while also working to avoid dehydration which slows you down if you cant find enough fresh water but my bigger concern is heartlands pvevp formatyoull be dealing with the divisions traditional ai foes but as heartlands daynight cycle rolls around youll also be fighting off real human players heartland looks like it blurs the lines between the traditional areas of the mainline games and their dark zones where you fight actual players its an interesting adaptation and its clear that ubisoft is trying to position heartland as something of a bridge for the franchise theres no word on the division 3 but heartland is freetoplay and its team describe it as a living game intended to develop with its audience ill be interested to see if that works but im not holding my breath games that blend player and ai combat in this way tend to struggle to find an audience scavengers shut down without even leaving early access