The new update for Division 2 unintentionally commemorates the Ukraine war

While Russia’s ongoing and horrific invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have taken over and occupied various nuclear power plants located in the country. In an unfortunate but likely unintentional timing, Ubisoft has revealed that the new mode is coming to Loot Shooter The department 2‘s upcoming Year 4 update is about the takeover of a nuclear power plant by enemy forces.

Your first question about all of this might be, hey wait…isn’t The department 2 like, uh, dead? 2019 The department 2 has been in a strange place for over a year. The game never ended after that either it seemed to unwind. Instead, Ubisoft delayed updates and new content while promising they had plans and would do so eventually add more to the game… someday

! In the meantime, department 2 has functioned as a weird zombified version of a live service game, repeating old seasons and events, boring many in the community.

So it might seem strange that Ubisoft isn’t shouting from the rooftops about this new and long-awaited mode department 2 To update. Even when it started Release of update detailsUbisoft seemed keen on how it framed things, Mentioned in a March 30 community update that it would not be giving details “in light of current world events” at this time. Yesterday, Ubisoft finally revealed specific details for the Year 4 update, stating that it will introduce a new mode, Countdown. In Countdown, eight players work together to take back control of a nuclear power plant by completing objectives and killing enemies in a limited time. But if you haven’t heard about it despite this more specific announcement, it’s probably because the mode is a bit too close to reality at the moment.

Less than 48 Hours ago, Russian forces eventually exited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

after the February 24 invasion. And in the meantime two other nuclear power plants

have been seized by Russian forces since the beginning of the invasion, including the Zaporizhia power plant. As an intense fight contiIn parts of Ukraine, Russia continues to bomb and destroy civilian buildings. Last week, A large computer museum in Ukraine was destroyed, and also left its owner homeless. While all of this is happening the death toll continues to rise and Millions of people have fled of the country, leading to a growing refugee crisis.

All of this means that after delays and long periods of radio silence, Ubisoft hasn’t made a big deal out of its attempts at revival department 2as you might expect, although the public test server on PC is letting fans jump in and try out the new mode.

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“The new mode called Countdown is in The department 2 has been in development since early 2021,” Ubisoft said igamesnews in a statement earlier today. “Similar to the base game, the mode is a fiction and does not correspond to the current events of today.”

Ubisoft has always fought trying to market department 2 as a serious game about war and power while trying to (paradoxically) stay it mostly separate from politics. The non-political angle is presented to the public, despite the fact that the game itself is set in the US capital of Washington, DC and features an all-powerful secret police force using military-grade hardware to protect national interests and assets.

While the new update is currently playable on the department 2 Test server for select players, Ubisoft has not yet announced a release date for when the update will go live for all players on both console and PC.