The Division Open Beta Arrives Later This Month

<p>Ubisoft&&num;8217&semi;s <em>The Division <&sol;em>has already gone through a fairly successful closed beta&comma; but now the game will undergo some more public testing via an open beta&comma; which was announced by Ubisoft today&period; Beginning on February 18th for Xbox One players and February 19th for PS4 and PC users&comma; the beta will run until February 21st&period; Since it is a short time for the beta and probably not a small download&comma; pre-loading begins for all players on February 16th&period; The open beta will feature new content not previously available in the closed beta&comma; for those who have already explored the extent of the content available in that version&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Division <&sol;em>launches on March 8th&comma; 2016&comma; but players who participate in the open beta can get a hands-on look at story missions that will be available in the full release&comma; as well as the unique PvP that takes place in The Dark Zone&period; As a special bonus&comma; those who play in the beta will also receive a special in-game reward for the full game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The open beta was rumored to be happening previously <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;the-division-open-beta-coming-this-month-report&sol;1100-6434375&sol;">because of a leaked screenshot<&sol;a> that cited February 16th-21st as the open beta dates&period; Though slightly off on the dates&comma; the rumor appears to have held some water&period; The purpose of the open beta is to further stress the game&&num;8217&semi;s systems and see what works and doesn&&num;8217&semi;t in a public setting&period; MAny of the PC cheating issues from the closed beta have been rectified and further fixes are being done&period; The plan is for any big problems that occur in public testing to be remedied by the time <em>The Division <&sol;em>comes out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Division <&sol;em>will be released on PS4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and PC&comma; on March 8th&comma; 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;tomclancy-thedivision&period;ubi&period;com&sol;game&sol;en-US&sol;news&sol;152-237962-16&sol;announcing-the-division-open-beta">Ubisoft Press Release<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;