Tom Clancy's The Division 2

[1] The game takes place in Washington, D.C., seven months after the events of its predecessor Tom Clancy's The Division, in which a civil war between survivors and villainous bands of marauders breaks out.[14] Players can liberate enemies' control points and call civilian reinforcements to assist in battle,[6] participate in world events,[15] such as stopping public executions and capturing resource convoys,[16] and searching for collectibles including comms, relics and artifacts, and Echoes.[27] Post-launch updates introduced the Gunner, who can use a portable minigun;[28] the Technician, who is equipped with a missile launcher;[29] and the Firewall class, who wields a flamethrower.The city is now lawless and has been divided into territories by five factions: the White House-based Joint Task Force (JTF) consisting of police, fire and rescue, National Guard, disaster response organizations, and volunteers, attempts to protect civilians and re-establish order; the Civilian Militia, a loose militia that supports the JTF and is based in settlements across the city; the Hyenas, a loose coalition of gangs, criminals and anarchists based in the District Union Arena who take advantage of the chaos for amusement and profit; the Outcasts, fanatical survivors of severe quarantines based on Roosevelt Island who seek revenge on those they deem responsible for their imprisonment and eventual infection; and the True Sons, based in the Capitol—an organized, ruthless group of disgruntled and corrupt JTF, U.S. military, and paramilitary mutineers who believe order can only be restored through brutal authoritarianism.Seven months after the Green Poison outbreak, several Division agents are defending a civilian settlement from a bandit attack when ISAC suddenly shuts down.Ortega and Kelso uncover information about a cure to Green Poison that might be located somewhere in the city, and that President Ellis may have survived the crash but is being held prisoner.Ellis confirms the existence of broad-spectrum antivirals that cure Green Poison and all viral infections but he can only access them with a special briefcase in the Capitol, which is occupied by the True Sons.The Agent, JTF, and the Civilian Militia assault the strongholds of the Hyenas, True Sons, and Outcasts, killing most of their leadership and allowing the recovery of Ellis' briefcase.As the Agent and the Division celebrate their victory, a new faction, the technologically advanced private military company Black Tusk, invades the city.The Agent raids Black Tusk's stronghold at Tidal Basin, retrieving the antivirals and preventing a missile strike on the White House, but Ellis' location remains unknown.The Agent and Kelso travel to New York City to answer a distress call from Faye Lau, leader of local Division operations.The Agent, Kelso, Lau, and JTF leader Roy Benitez regroup at Haven, a civilian settlement run by Paul Rhodes, who reluctantly permits their presence.Because Keener's whereabouts are unknown, the group pursues his four lieutenants, rogue Division agents who act as warlords in Lower Manhattan, operating from The Tombs, Two Bridges, Battery Park, and the New York Stock Exchange, respectively.Keener's signal activates ANNA, an AI analog of ISAC the now-dead warlord Parnell developed to network and coordinate rogue Division agents across the country.The Black Tusk's invasion offered a different set of challenges that the main game, and their AI was designed to be more aggressive and coordinated than other factions.[40] Massive consulted with botanists, first responders, and experts in emergency management,[32] and took inspiration from real-life disasters such as Hurricane Katrina while creating the game's post-apocalyptic world.[43] Main missions in the game are set in iconic locations and at major monuments such as the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.[40] The game's main factions are Hyenas, a gang of “opportunistic raiders"; True Sons, a ruthless paramilitary organization led by former JTF officers; and Outcasts are former prisoners who seek revenge for their mistreatment.[63] Post-launch support was set to end by late 2020 as Massive shifted its attention to Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars Outlaws.Warlords of New York was more successful than the developers had anticipated, prompting Massive and its co-development partner Ubisoft Bucharest to release more seasons and updates for the game.[68] On September 22, 2020, Ubisoft released a new game mode named "The Summit", in which up to four players work as a team and ascend a 100-story skyscraper, combating increasingly difficult enemy forces.[70] In April 2023, the developers introduced the "Descent" mode, which is set in a training simulation; up to four players, either playing solo or together, must complete a series of encounters starting with basic weapons.[72] Ubisoft also released cosmetic items and weapons skins based on other franchises such as Resident Evil and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.[77] Johnny Chiodini from Eurogamer noted the game significantly expands on the foundations that are established in Tom Clancy's The Division, introducing new gadgets, and interesting changes to customization and gears.[78] GameSpot's Edmond Tran said combat in the game is tense and exciting, and the wide range of enemy types forces players to quickly adopt different tactics.[85] The endgame also received positive reviews; Carter praised it for its replayability, noting it reuses locations from the campaign, Black Tusks as an enemy faction is fierce, and it provides ample opportunities to explore builds, promoting players to work cooperatively.[77] Chiodini described Black Tusks as a very aggressive faction and said reaching the endgame section of The Division 2 feels like "a genuine step up, rather than the start of a long and dreary grind".[85] Aaron Riccio from Slant Magazine wrote the game symbolizes the regression of the Tom Clancy's brand, a franchise that once dealt with "complex geopolitical entanglements before turning to a modern-day fetishization of guns and violent, paramilitary engagement".[87] In Japan, approximately 63,817 physical units for PlayStation 4 were sold during its launch week, making Tom Clancy's The Division 2 the best-selling game of any format."[94][95] As of September 2023[update], a sequel titled Tom Clancy's The Division 3 is in development with Julian Gerighty serving as the game's executive producer.