Ubisoft has announced the cancelation of its free-to-play multiplayer survival-action shooter, The Division Heartland. The team responsible for it, Red Storm Entertainment, will now work on XDefiant and Rainbow Six.
As Ubisoft publically stated:
“After careful consideration, we have made the tough call to halt development on Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, effective immediately. Our priority now is to support the talented team members at our Red Storm Entertainment studio, who will be transitioning to new projects within our company, including XDefiant and Rainbow Six.”
Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland was a free-to-play multiplayer survival-action shooter set in a fictional rural community in Middle America. In this game, you’d play as a trained Division agent from across the nation and answer the distress call to uncover the ever-evolving mysteries of a rural community in mid-crisis.
To be honest, I’m not surprised by its cancelation. To put it simply, this was a game that nobody asked for. The Division fans are more interested in a new entry in the series than a F2P spin-off.
Not only that, but it appeared to be in development hell. Ubisoft shared the game’s first gameplay trailer in September 2022. That trailer looked rough, and it certainly did not catch the attention of most gamers. Since then, Ubi hadn’t revealed anything at all about it. So, the writing was on the wall.
Speaking of Ubisoft games, the French company will soon launch XDefiant. XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter. The game promises to combine intense gunplay with personalized loadouts and specialized factions, as teams of gunfighters – called Defiants – battle for domination.
Players will be able to personalize their Defiant to match their playstyle. Players can choose their faction, traits, abilities, and ultras. Additionally, they can select from an arsenal of primary and secondary weapons, attachments, and a device to complete their loadout. Furthermore, they can tweak their loadout on the fly to adapt to an ever-changing battlefield.
And that is that. The Division Heartland is no more and XDefiant may also flop. This is another F2P game that didn’t really impress me. So, I won’t be surprised if it shares the same fate with Hyper Scape (remember that?).
Stay tuned for more!
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