beta impressions
The Dark Zone: How It Delivers A Tense & Compelling Multiplayer Experience
The Dark Zone, or DZ, is the PvP section of The Division, the Open World Online Role Playing Game by Ubisoft. Yes, it’s claiming to be all of that. Some creative chap at Ubisoft must have gone like- So what’s popular these days? Well Open World sure is. Players can’t get enough of collecting shit thrown all across the map. Who cares about quality when they’re overburdened with quantity. And then there’s the Role Playing part. That genre’s been stealing GOTYs for years now, no way we wouldn’t get one if we added the RPG tag to our game. And finally online. I mean seriously, if it’s not online then it obviously not next gen. Pft. And then there’s the game part. Which tells us that it’s a game. Anyways, the Dark Zone. I played it qui...
The Division Beta Breaks Records With 6.4 Million Players
Ubisoft announced that 6.4 million players participated in the Beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division, making it the biggest beta ever for a new IP on current generation platforms. The Division launches for PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One and Windows PC on March 8th. On average, players spent 4 hours and 52 minutes as an activated sleeper agent, journeying through The Division’s pandemic-stricken New York City. More than one third of that time was spent in The Division’s unique and challenging player-versus-player (PVP) environment, the Dark Zone, with more than 2.5 million players going rogue. The Beta was an opportunity for Ubisoft to test its online infrastructure as well as changes and updates made to the game. It also served as a chance for millions of players to...