The Division Heartland has been canceled as Ubisoft moves to focus resources on “bigger opportunities”
Resources will go to games like XDefiant and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
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Ubisoft has canceled its free-to-play survival shooterTom Clancy’sThe Division Heartland,three years after it’s reveal.
The announcement comes from Ubisoft’s2023-2024 earnings reporton May 15, where the publisher said it has “redeployed resources to bigger opportunities such asXDefiantandRainbow Six.”
In a more detailed statement toIGN, Ubisoft said, “After careful consideration, we have made the tough call to halt development onTom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, effective immediately.”
“Our priority now is to support the talented team members at our Red Storm Entertainment studio, who will be transitioning to new projects within our company, includingXDefiantandRainbow Six.”
This follows a string of game cancellations by the company within the last couple of years, including theImmortals Fenyx Risingsequel,Splinter Cell VR for Meta VR headsets, along withthree unannounced games.
The Division Heartlandwas first revealed in 2021 and was given an estimated 2021-2022 release window. Development updates have been quiet over the past few years and it wasn’t until last year that we even had an officialcinematic trailer.
Players were also able to access the game’s Closed Beta test for a period of time in June 2023 and the game even received arating in Taiwanlater on, which suggested an official release date announcement would arrive within the year.
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The game was set to be a free-to-play, PvEvP-focused, survival-action shooter and a spin-off to the publisher’s successfulTom Clancy’s The Divisionseries.Heartlandwould have released onPlayStation 5,PlayStation 4,Xbox One,Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
In September, Ubisoft announced thatThe Division 3is in the worksvia a press release, although news on the project has been quiet since. The publisher is also gearing up to launchStar Wars Outlawsin August and has just revealed the next major entry in itsAssassin’s Creedseries,Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which will finally take players to Japan.
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