Ubisoft announced the dates of the next live test forTom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence, revealing that the invitations to the limited closed beta will start reaching select smartphone and tablet owners on December 8. This news arrives mere months after theRainbow Six Mobilebetasignaled the start of Ubisoft’s major mobile push that’s expected to continue throughout 2023.
Ubisoft revealedThe Division Resurgencein July 2022 as a tactical multiplayer shooter exclusive to mobile devices. The upcoming game borrows a lot of elements from the mainline series, including an over-the-shoulder camera, open-world exploration, and ARPG-like gear progression. Apart from platform availability, the main difference betweenThe Division Resurgenceand the previous games in the franchise is that this mobile spinoff will be a free-to-play experience. Ubisoft already held several smaller alpha tests in the run-up to the newly announced beta.
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The December 8 live test ofThe Division Resurgencewill be the game’s largest one to date. It will encompass a variety of Android devices and run until December 22. That said, not all smartphones and tablets that the developers are planning to support at launch will be included in the December beta. The easiest way for fans to tell whether their devices are part of the planned testing is to check whether they can find and pre-register for the game via the Google Play Store. Even if they manage to do so, that doesn’t guarantee they’ll receive an invitation to participate in this particular beta, Ubisoft warned, hinting that the game’s eventual release will be preceded by more live tests.
Closed beta progress inThe DivisionResurgencewill not carry over to the finished game, according to the official support page dedicated to the test. On the bright side, Ubisoft isn’t placing any limitations on content creators, saying that they are free to record and share as much gameplay footage as they want.
The story ofThe Division Resurgencewill be independent of the previous two entries, though it might share some locations with the 2016The Division, given how both titles take place in New York City. Ubisoft previously promised the mobile spinoff will introduce new factions, gear, and enemies, on top of bringing back some highly popular features from the original games, including the deadly PvP environment ofTheDivision’sDark Zone.
The Division Resurgenceis just one of severalUbisoft games that are coming to mobile platformsin the near future. The company’s other mobile projects includeRainbow Six MobileandAssassin’s Creed: Codename Jade, as well as anotherAssassin’s Creedtitle that’s set to debut as a Netflix game exclusive at some point next year.
Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgenceis set to release on Android and iOS devices in 2023.
