Not too long ago, Ubisoft canceled its upcoming free-to-play shooter, The Division Heartland, stating that it “redeployed assets” to different video games like XDefiant and Rainbow Six Siege. Now, a developer who says he labored on an early model of Heartland says that it began off as a “low-risk” battle royale mode for The Division 2.
Stage designer Ryan Smith mentioned on X/Twitter that he was a part of a small group that began work on the challenge that will change into Heartland in 2019. Smith–who is now a lead degree designer on Overwatch 2–indicated that it began off as a battle royale mode for the already-successful The Division 2. Nevertheless, regardless of a “fairly clear plan,” Ubisoft and developer Crimson Storm apparently determined to make the mode its personal sport in some unspecified time in the future. A number of giant shooter franchises had been engaged on their very own battle royale spin-offs on the time, corresponding to Name of Obligation: Warzone, which first launched in March 2020.
Ubisoft has canceled quite a few high-profile initiatives prior to now 12 months, reportedly together with Immortals Fenyx Rising 2, in addition to a number of unannounced video games. Heartland’s canning got here as a shock to some gamers, significantly because the sport had gone by a minimum of one closed beta and was rated by the Taiwan sport score board. As a part of the announcement, Ubisoft indicated that The Division 3 is full steam forward, and we hope that it might make an look at Ubisoft Ahead in June.