Why Ubisoft believes it’s time for triple-A free-to-play games on mobile
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Ubisoft revealed last week that it is making Tom Clancy’s The Division: Resurgence, a new free-to-play, third-person shooter RPG mobile game from the Tom Clancy’s The Division franchise. And today it is showing off some of the gameplay for the title.
The game will be available for iOS and Android devices on the App Store and Google Play. And it means that one more triple-A game company believes that it’s worth a lot of investment — in this case, a couple of years of development — to take a triple-A game brand to mobile.
It’s consistent with other similar moves in the game industry. Electronic Arts launched a mobile version of Apex Legends, and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Mobile had more than 500 million downloads. Blizzard also launched Diablo Immortal on mobile and PC.
Ubisoft is packing a lot of triple-A features into the game, as it is showing off some gameplay today that looks lot like the action in the original title. Players will see a new and independent story set in a “vast open world” where they will be free to roam around a detailed urban environment with high-end graphics, the company said. The game is playable solo or co-op with a variety of player-versus-environment (PvE) activities, from story missions to world activities. This title builds on all of the original game modes, while bringing new gear and weapons to try out.
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