The Division Heartland: 4 modes, cross-play… new details on the free-to-play TPS | Xbox One

In May 2021, we learned of The Division: Heartland, a free-to-play game from The Division license currently in development at Red Storm. Originally planned for the end of last year, the game was postponed to a later date and has been very discreet since. While he revealed several details about the title last February, Tom Henderson is back today with new information about Ubisoft’s TPS.

2 new game modes on the program?

It’s through tryhardguides that the insider teaches us a little more about The Division: Heartland. During its first reports, it indicated that the title would have two game modes. The first, dubbed Excursion, is a PvE mode in which players must explore the map in search of loot to extract.

He explained at the time that this mode would serve as a tutorial for the “Storm” mode, which mixes PvE and PvP for an experience using the codes of battle royale.

Today he mentions that sources have since provided other key details about the game and that there are now 4 modes planned. In addition to “Storm” and “Excursion”, it details the new “Nightfall” and “Hunt” modes.

Nightfall Mode Details

Nightfall is described as a PvE mode in which the objective is also to collect loot, but players must also complete several objectives like deploying beacons, tracking down targets, or collecting data. Unlike the Storm mode, the extraction is not done via a helicopter, but via accesses at the edge of the map.

Additionally, it states that loot cannot be extracted after dark and players must survive until the next day against AI enemies called “Vultures”.

Hunt mode details

Regarding this 4th and final mode, the insider explains that he has little information to give, but that sources suggest that it would be a more PvP-based mode “without having to do against AI.

Cross-play and imminent release?

In addition to the information concerning the 2 new modes mentioned above, we learn that the title would be cross-play compatible and that it would have benefited from an overhaul of its inventory and its equipment system in order to make them more familiar to players. from The Division.

Tom Henderson finally indicates that he was able to see several images of the game and that the latter seems almost finished to him. Still according to him, the title should be revealed soon and we will therefore see if his information is confirmed.

If you like the franchise, remember that a film with Jack Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain is in preparation at Netflix and that a mobile game should also see the light of day. The latest news is that The Division: Heartland is coming to Xbox One, PS4, and PC as well as Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and Google Stadia.