The open beta for The Division is now live for Xbox One players and will be live for Playstation 4 and PC players tomorrow February 19th. As this is an open beta, all that is required to play is to download the beta client from your respective online stores. Pre-load is available for the Friday players so you can begin playing right away when it goes live! PS4 and PC players can access the beta beginning tomorrow at 12pm GMT / 1pm CET / 4am PST / 7am EST. The beta will run for all platforms until Sunday the 21st.

There are some differences from the past month’s closed beta, notably the following updates included in the latest patch notes:

New Mission Available to play, Subway Morgue:

• Encounter a new faction: The Cleaners
• Explore a Mass Grave while trying to restore power to the city.
• Rescue the missing Engineer, Paul Rhodes

Unlock an additional Wing in the Base of Operations:

• The first upgrade to the Tech Wing is now available
• A new skill can now be unlocked: The deployable Turret:

Numerous Dark Zone updates and improvements:

• New High End weapons available in the Dark Zone: the Liberator and Pakhan
• Refresh rate on Dark Zone chests has been greatly reduced
• Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been significantly increased in number
• Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been buffed slightly
• The Manhunt Timer now pauses instead of refreshing while in combat as a level 5 Rogue Agent
• The Reward for surviving as a Rogue Agent has been increased to 1.5x the kill bounty
• The Health Bar for Agents in the Dark Zone now only turns red when they actually become Rogue
• A new warning icon has been added to indicate an Agent who has shot another player but has not done enough damage to go Rogue
• Dark Zone experience leveling curve has been adjusted slightly
• Disabled the option to transfer Dark Zone brackets as a Rogue (This prevents players using Bracket Transfer as a means to escape after becoming Rogue)
• Removed some ropes that allowed players to reach areas that gave them an unfair advantage

Other changes

• New Ubisoft Club Action available for participating in the Open Beta unlocking an exclusive reward in-game
• New and improved Tutorial Video
• Tutorial video is now available to view from the Character Select Screen
• Fixed two bugs that allowed players to become invisible to other players
• Fixed an exploit with Ballistic Shield Skill that allowed players to become invincible
• Cheat Detection and Prevention additions and updates
• Fixed mismatch of stats that occurred occasionally between Vendor Inventory and Player Inventory when item purchased
• Adjusted player movement speed while running with a grenade in hand
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused other player’s name and health bar to not be visible in the Dark Zone
• Fixed some Weapon Mods that resulted in incorrect stat values when equipped
• Fixed some weapons that didn’t appear as Contaminated when obtained in the Dark Zone
• Fixed a bug with the Reward Claims Vendor that caused stacks of consumables to be decreased under specific circumstances
• Fixed a bug with stats display not updating when browsing Vendor Inventories
• Fixed a bug that caused continuous vibration under very specific conditions
• Fixed a very rare bug that prevented players from being able to fire or switch their weapons
• Added mission Dialogue lines in Missing Persons: Heather Lau Side Mission
• Several environment fixes to prevent falling through world issues in specific places
• Multiple stability fixes (23 unique crashes fixed)
• Server optimizations and improvements (players will receive less connection errors now)
• Multiple localization fixes and improvements
• Fixed a bug where the screen would turn red after using a healing kit or respawning in certain conditions
• Additional polish & bug fixes too numerous to mention!

Can’t wait to try out the new turret and check out the more heavily populated Dark Zone and the early word on the new mission is that it’s quite impressive. In addition to this, developer Ubisoft Massive will be featuring daily in-game activities that will earn the players some unique rewards upon completion, so be sure to keep an eye out for them.

This is quite the deep game, with a lot to account for, so check out the following pages on The Division Wiki to help you get started:

• FAQ: Start here for answers to some of the bigger concept questions and what you need to get started in reclaiming Manhattan
• Stats: Understand how your gear can affect your primary Stats and how you can spec out a role as efficiently as possible!
• Skills: These are essential to preparing against every possible scenario
• Equipment: This game is all about shooting and looting and the gear you can grab is diverse. Take a look at what you can look for and learn about their Attributes and Weapon Talents
• Dark Zones: This is the true crucible for agents, and it has laws all to its own. Learn what you need to survive in the wild where everyone is a potential friend or foe.

We’re going to be reassembling our 4 Horsemen fireteam from the closed beta and will be streaming the beta on our YouTube Channel, beginning on Friday night 6PM PST. Take a look at one of our archived vids from the closed beta event:

The Division is due to drop for PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 8th. Keep with us for more updates as we get closer to launch!

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