{"id":838486,"date":"2025-12-12T10:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:21:59","slug":"ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft&#8217;s free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland cancelled three years after being announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nUbisoft has cancelled its upcoming free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland, as it moves to refocus its resources on &#8220;bigger opportunities&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Division Heartland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-announces-the-division-free-to-play-spin-off-heartland\">was announced for PC and consoles<\/a> back in May 2021, when it was original set to launch within a vague &#8220;2021-22&#8221; release window. Since then, it&#8217;s resurfaced intermittently, and an open beta last summer &#8211; followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-heartland-has-been-rated-in-taiwan-hinting-that-a-release-could-be-imminent\">Taiwanese ratings board sighting<\/a> &#8211; seemed to suggest a launch was finally drawing near.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, three years after Heartland&#8217;s unveiling, Ubisoft has now officially called time on the still-unreleased project. &#8220;After careful consideration, we have made the tough call to halt development on Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division Heartland, effective immediately,&#8221; the publisher wrote in a statement announcing the news (thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ubisoft-cancels-the-division-heartland\">IGN<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft has cancelled its upcoming free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland, as it moves to refocus its resources on &#8220;bigger opportunities&#8221;. The Division Heartland was announced for PC and consoles back in May 2021, when it was original set to launch within a vague &#8220;2021-22&#8221; release window. Since then, it&#8217;s resurfaced intermittently, and an open beta last summer &#8211; followed by a Taiwanese ratings board sighting &#8211; seemed to suggest a launch was finally drawing near. However, three years after Heartland&#8217;s unveiling, Ubisoft has now officially called time on the still-unreleased project. &#8220;After careful consideration, we have made the tough call to halt development on Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division Heartland, effective immediately,&#8221; the publisher wrote in a statement announcing the news (thanks IGN). 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