Ubisoft’s planned free-to-play Division game is dead

Simply over three years in the past, introduced a free-to-play entry in its survival-action shooter collection. On the time, it that Heartland would arrive later in 2021 or in 2022, however that by no means occurred. In truth, Heartland is not popping out in any respect.

In its , Ubisoft stated it ended improvement of the sport, which Crimson Storm Leisure, a studio that creator Tom Clancy co-founded, was engaged on. Ubisoft is shifting assets to what it calls “greater alternatives,” together with different features of the in and the collection.

Ubisoft canceled plenty of video games over the past couple of years to attempt to streamline its pipeline and cut back prices. It famous that it had diminished its headcount by greater than 1,700 employees over 18 months to have 19,011 staff on the finish of March.

The corporate additionally supplied an replace on its overarching technique. It plans to give attention to two core pillars: open=world titles (like and ) and ongoing live-service video games (XDefiant and Rainbow Six Siege). That is the place Ubisoft sees room for progress, so count on extra Far Cry and Ghost Recon titles within the coming years.

As for the extra quick future, we’ll discover out the most recent concerning the likes of AC Shadows, Star Wars Outlaws, (which ought to lastly arrive in September), The Division Resurgence and XDefiant at .