In what might be the most lackadaisical way to announce a sequel to a widely beloved game, Ubisoft confirmed plans to develop The Division 3 as an aside in a news post about The Division Brand’s new Executive Producer. This news comes just ahead of the launch of The Division 2’s Year 5 Season 2 update.
Julian Gerighty, the former Creative Director of The Division 1 and 2, is currently the Creative Director of Star Wars Outlaws. In the news posted directly on Ubisoft’s website, the company confirmed that Gerighty will be returning to the franchise as Executive Producer of The Division Brand. He will also be “setting his sights on Tom Clancy’s The Division 3,” according to the same post.
Here’s the pertinent information directly from the page:
After joining the team at Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio and shipping the original in 2016, he moved to Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 as Creative Director, where he and his team crafted a new adventure in the summertime streets of Washington, D.C. Now, he’s setting his sights on Tom Clancy’s The Division 3, as well as the plethora of other projects set in The Division universe, including the mobile game Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence, and the survival-action shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland.
A core focus of Gerighty’s is to build a team for Tom Clancy’s The Division 3, which will be led by Massive Entertainment, while making sure Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 remains well supported. Outside of that, his attention will be on a solidification of brand identity.
“We may have over 40 million players, but The Division is still in its early years as a franchise. There are so many incredible stories to tell, places to explore and people to protect. “
A key throughline, Gerighty stresses, is that every single expression of The Division needs to be of the highest quality. “I think that we delivered that with Tom Clancy’s The Division’s cutting-edge visuals, incredible gameplay, and promise to the player that they can’t get this experience anywhere else, and then again with Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. It’s about refinement, it’s about pushing the quality bar consistently forward.”
The post calls out The Division Resurgence and The Division Heartland by name, meaning that these games aren’t what they’re referring to when they say The Division 3. It’s mind-boggling that Ubisoft would unveil such a big game for themselves in such a casual way. Regardless, the announcement is sure to thrill franchise afficionados.
The Division 2 recently surpassed 20 million players, so there’s clearly still plenty of love for the post-apocalyptic shooter RPG. We’ll make sure to let you know everything we can about The Division 3 as soon as we get more information.
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Source: Ubisoft