Ubisoft’s New Game The Division Heartland Has Been Canceled

Ubisoft announced a brand new Division game exactly three years ago in May 2021. Full name Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland This production was a completely free PvE, PvP action/survival shooter game set in a small town in the USA.

Normally the production Years 2021 or 2022 It was expected to be released in . However, this did not happen and we haven’t seen much development about the game for years. Now, an announcement has come that will upset those who were waiting. Ubisoft, The Division announced it was canceling Heartland.

Canceled to reduce expenses and focus on larger opportunities

The cancellation decision came in the statement that Ubisoft shared its earnings for the first quarter of the year today. The company stated that the game developed by Red Storm Entertainment, of which Tom Clancy is among the founders, was pulled.

of the game, reduce expenses and turning resources into “bigger opportunities” It was reported that it was canceled for These deals include other Tom Clancy games, Rainbow Six series and upcoming live-service FPS production XDefiant There are games like. This isn’t the only move the company has made to cut costs. The gaming giant adds that it has laid off more than 1,700 employees in the last 18 months.

There are also changes in Ubisoft’s overall strategy. In addition to XDefiant and Rianbow Six, the company will focus on two core productions for now. These are the first open-world Star Wars games Star Wars Outlaws and the new Assassin’s Creed game set in Japan Assassin’s Creed Shadows. We saw the first trailer from the new AC game yesterday. Apart from these, we may see new games from the Fac Cry and Ghost Recon series in the future. However, there is no longer much hope for games that the company does not see as “opportunities”, such as The Division Heartland.