14 DAY TRIAL // Video game developer and publisher Ubisoft is ready to deliver a new specially designed television spot for its upcoming The Division, which will air over the coming weeks under the name Yesterday, created to explain the core premise of the title and to show off the very accurate recreation of New York that the title will feature.
The two minutes of footage explain that gamers will have to step in to take charge of a very complicated situation after the city is affected by a disease that leads to extensive breakdown when it comes to political control.
The Division has a deep backstory, and as gamers progress through the title, they will be able to learn more information about the way order has dissolved and will also try to find out who is behind the disaster and what the reasons for their actions are.
Ubisoft is also saying that gamers will be able to use eye tracking for the game if they are using either the SteelSeries Sentry Eye Tracker or Tobii’s EyeX.
The two devices will allow them to see through the mini-map of The Division when they are not looking directly at it, and they also gain the power of simply looking at an enemy to target him with a marker, which makes it easy to then take him out.
It's unclear whether the eye-tracking feature can be tested during the coming open beta period for the title, which is set to start on February 18 and will give gamers access to one more mission as well as to a range of tweaks linked to the Dark Zones.
The Division will satisfy both solo and social gamers
The closed beta event has shown that players who are lone wolves can play the combination between shooter and RPG and see how its story missions play out, but Ubisoft insists that those who are willing to engage with others will be more effective and have more fun.
Players can experience The Division as a Player versus Environment title, preventing groups from controlling New York and trying to find out who caused the disaster that affected the city.
The title also features a Dark Zone that caters to Player versus Player expectations, with gamers able to get access to better loot as long as they are ready to deal with potential treachery on the part of other groups.
This side of the shooter has already been tweaked extensively based on the feedback that fans have already offered and might get more changes before the full version of The Division goes live.
The developers have announced that they will not introduce any kind of microtransactions for their title, but there are plans to introduce downloadable content packs, which might expand the map of New York covered by the experience while introducing more end-game activities.
The Division will be offered on the PC, the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PlayStation 4 from Sony, although cross-platform play will not be included, and will be live all over the world on March 8.
