The Division 2 Will Not Receive Cross-Play, Cross-Progression, or Survival Mode

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Massive Entertainment's Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will see a slew of new content and quality of life updates, but the studio shared some unfortunate news regarding next-gen upgrades and future content.

While further development for The Division 2 originally concluded with the season 4 storyline, Massive is now on track to continue supporting the game with new content. However, the studio currently has no plans to give the game a next-gen upgrade, cross-progression, or add a survival game mode.

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When asked about where The Division 2 series is headed or what to expect, Massive creative director Yannick Banchereau took to Twitter to dispel any myths. The Division 2 is playable on next-gen platforms, but Banchereau clarified that the studio has no plans to give the game a next-gen visual upgrade. Furthermore, when discussing how The Division 2 handles character saves, Banchereau explains that their databases cannot be transferred over between platforms and doing so is «a huge amount of work.» Players also have been wanting an answer on whether a Survival mode will appear in the game, and Banchereau claimed that "[he] will consider bringing back Survival the day [he's] 100% confident [they] can deliver something better than the original."

In 2016, Massive released the Survival game mode for The Division where players brace the harsh weather conditions, collect loot, and extract from the city before a virus kills the players. Players loved this mode for its tense survival action with a looter-shooter twist. The next-gen versions of The Division 2, while upgraded to run at 60 FPS, did not see an upgrade to its graphical fidelity, so it looks the same as its last-gen