Tom Clancy's 'The Division' news: Record-breaking sales and gameplay reviews

Tom Clancy's "The Division" was recently released last March 8, garnering positive reviews from various publications.

Ubisoft confirmed "The Division's" open beta with the following dates: Feb. 9 for Xbox One, Feb. 18 for PC and Feb. 19 for Playstation 4. The open beta was scheduled to commence on Feb. 22 for all platforms. As reported by VG24/7, over 6.4 million players took part in the open beta across all platforms. Ubisoft confimed that no microtransactions can be expected at launch.

After trying "The Division," Tamworth Herald UK described it as "a game you can get lost in for hours and it will feel like a few minutes, but it's an enjoyable experience and it's easy to see why the game has had such a successful launch." Gamespot gave "The Division" an 8 out of 10, commenting, "Still, no matter how frustrated I grew with the game's semi-indestructible enemies or its repetitive leveling structure, I absolutely could not stop playing. The world was too engrossing, the loot was too enticing, and the campaign was too gripping for me to simply walk away. I stopped caring about the game's flaws after the first few hours and proceeded to lose myself in obsessive stat optimization and cooperative gun battles. The problems (and frustration) never disappeared, but I was more than happy to play through the pain."

Set in the city of New York, Tom Clancy's "The Division" is a game about a virus pandemic which has spread all throughout the city. One Black Friday, a vicious smallpox infected the whole city's population via dollar bills. As a result, a small minority of people are left to fight for their survival. Since The Division is an RPG, the player can roam a ruined city of New York while checking the map for scattered points of interest. As the player accomplishes the missions, experience is gained to move forward to the next level.

The Division's launch made it the biggest video game launch in UK for the first quarter, breaking the record of Sony's Gran Turismo 4. The game was also breaking records in Japan as its top selling game with 80,000 units sold on its first week, as reported by The Market for Computer and Video Games.