The Division 2: Codename Nightmare canceled, says developer

“Codename Nightmare”, a special gaming event that Ubisoft launched Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 in September it was canceled. In a discussion broadcast live yesterday, a developer at Massive Entertainment hinted that the outages caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic were partly to blame.

“It was a difficult year for everyone; It was also a difficult year for us, and one of the consequences of that is that we had to make changes to our plan, ”explains Yannick Banchereau, associate creative director of the studio, at 1:20 pm in the video above.

Codename Nightmare will now be a dress-up only event, meaning players have a limited time to collect clothes and skins. It will go halfway Division 2

Season 4, or February 2 to be more precise.

“We decided to refocus Codename Nightmare on clothing only,” Banchereau said. “This will be a collection of unique and really eye-catching outfits that you can unlock in Season 4.”

Codename Nightmare was teased during the Ubisoft Forward event in September, at the end of a trailer for “The Summit,” a game mode released on September 22. Massive Entertainment shared a few other details about Codename Nightmare, except that it would be located in the largely unused area of ​​Kenley College. Division 2Washington DC, and it would start this winter.

Banchereau added that the February 2 patch bringing the Codename Nightmare clothing will also unlock the frame rate on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, which means those consoles will be able to deliver 4K resolution at 60 frames per second.

Season 4 of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 kicks off with a title update that launches on December 8 for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. An update from Ubisoft released yesterday says it will feature Faye Lau, a newbie NPC. Division

who went thug last spring New York Warlords Event. The December 8 update will also offer improvements to The Summit, a new set of seasonal gear, and a new ability for the Pulse Tool, which reveals enemy weak spots.