Lots of news today from Ubisoft.
With Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ next update available right now, we wanted to take a moment to detail what awaits you in this last major content drop. We’ll take a look at the new narrative content wrapping up Naoe and Yasuke’s story, which also connects Shadows to Edward Kenway’s adventures in the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced; share some details on the brand-new challenge feature called Domains; and look back on the year since launch with Associate Game Director Simon.
Read more about Assassin’s Creed Shadows final up date here.
The Division 2 Year 8 Season 2, Into the Dark, is here, and it’s bringing thrilling new challenges to the agents in D.C. Hyenas are running rampant in the streets, armed with a new, more powerful Spice, and reports of missing agents are on the rise. They store the spice in Sample Cannisters throughout the city’s Dark Zones, so it’s time for Division Agents to step up and shine a light on the darkest places in D.C.
Dark Zones
This season is all about D.C.’s Dark Zones, and Into the Dark features a weekly Dark Zone rotation. There will be three unique rulesets that rotate every week, and are designed to immerse players in the story, as well as provide a unique experience, making sure there’s something for every player. The rulesets are:
- Toxic Dark Zone: A PvE experience tailored for players that enjoy PvE content, players cannot go Rogue and engage in PvP combat. The goal is simple: shut down the spice production and collect the new chemicals in Sample Cannisters, which powers the season’s modifier. The map on which this ruleset is active will also rotate, keeping the experience fresh.
- Balanced Dark Zone: This fully normalized PvP experience is tailored for players who don’t normally play the current Dark Zone system, this ruleset removes SHD and Expertise levels from stats calculators, creating a more even playing field.
- Classic PvP Dark Zone: Coming later this season, this experience is tailored for experienced Dark Zone players, power is uncapped in this rotation, encouraging players to bring their strongest builds.
PvP Balancing Overhaul
Into the Dark also kicks off a major PvP balancing overhaul campaign, marking a fundamental shift in how power is distributed in PvP modes. A longtime community request, the first update focuses on:
- Addressing Talents that have too much impact on PvP meta
- Reducing some of the biggest power spikes
- Giving more builds a chance to compete in Conflict and Dark Zone
- Investing resources to ensure fair play, with anti-cheat updates arriving throughout the season
- This is just the first PvP balancing update of many, as it lays the foundation for future updates.
Modifiers
- A new season means new Modifiers, which can buff your gameplay – and that of your enemies – in exciting ways. Into the Dark’s Modifiers include:
- 1 Global Modifier – tasks players with recovering Sample Cannisters from Dark Zones
- 3 Active Modifiers – provide powerful buffs to healing, weapon swap speed, and skill efficiency. Automatically consumes Sample Cannisters if you have enough in your inventory to trigger Surged Active Modifier, a more powerful version of the buff.
- 9 Passive Modifiers – passive buffs that can reduce Surge costs, improve resistance to Toxicity and Status Effects in the Dark Zone, and more
- 3 Hostile Modifiers – countermeasures against the rising powers of the Division, these strengthen enemies, boost nearby faction members, and rapidly increase Toxicity levels in the PvE Dark Zone, making every encounter more dangerous.
Check out the full breakdown of Into the Dark’s modifiers here.
Later This Season: New Incursion
During this new Incursion, a dam and hydroelectric power plant are under threat from the Rikers who currently occupy the area. Agents need to take out the Rikers to complete this incursion and earn exclusive rewards.
Classified Assignments
There are two new Classified Assignments with this season.
- Conspiracy Zone Hideout – June 16 – track down an unknown piece of Division tech that is repeatedly pinging the SHD network
- McMillan Reservoir Assault – available later this season – when an injured Division Agent is injured in a turf war between the True Sons and Hyenas, it’s up to you to come to his aid
New Gear and Season Pass
This season includes exciting new gear to collect as you play through your missions. This includes:
- Ortiz Reficere Gear Set – boosts hazard protection while healing allies
- Edelweiss GPs Brand Set – boosts ally weapon and skill damage by healing them
- Nurse’s Kneepads Exotic Kneepads – grant hazard protection to you and nearby allies
- Caduceus Exotic AR – offers critical hit repairs
- Head Scratcher Weapon Talent
Get the full breakdown of new gear stats here.
The Into the Dark Season Pass is available for 1,000 Premium Credits. With it, you can unlock exclusive premium rewards, such as:
- 2 Prestige Arm Patches
- Hyena Turret Skill VFX
- 1 extra copy of Caduceus Exotic Weapon
- SHD Approved Weapon Skin
- 10 Gear Dyes
- 10 Universal Weapon Skins
- 400 Premium Credits
Twitch Drops
There will be several opportunities over the course of Into the Dark to collect exciting cosmetic Twitch Drops, starting with the Season Launch Hyena-themed drops from June 16-23.
Play The Division 2 Into the Dark today on PlayStation, Xbox, or PC via the Ubisoft Store, Steam, and the Epic Games Store.
Be First to Comment