Oh hey, remember The Division 2? It’s still going, as surprising as that might sound for a 2019 live-service offering from Ubisoft, of all companies. Though it’s past its prime, there is some exciting new content cooking in the background, and its admittedly cool title is Battle for Brooklyn.
Our very first sneak peek at the mysterious Battle for Brooklyn DLC/XPAC for The Division 2 comes about as part of the game’s 6th anniversary celebration video. Much of the video is fluff about Twitch drops, anniversary cosmetics, and other assorted tidbits, which is all well and good when it comes to keeping the game trucking along. The truly exciting bit comes at the end, though, with a few short but interesting snippets of footage from the Battle for Brooklyn‘s all-new playing area, featuring the autumn season.
The Division 2: Battle for Brooklyn is still coming, will be set in Autumn
Seasons have, surprisingly enough, always been kind of crucial for The Division as a franchise. I’d go so far as to say that the original Division‘s winter-time setting wasn’t outright improved upon by the sequel’s summer-time Christmas whiplash, but there’s no denying the fact that it’s all very striking when you look at it. This is only driven home further when you consider Battle for Brooklyn‘s brown falling leaves aesthetic from the teaser. To say nothing of the fancy new industrial setting that’s also been teased. This may or may not also be a repurposing of assets from the canceled The Division: Heartland game, but that’s a non-issue in my book.
It goes without saying that the developers featured in the anniversary video didn’t offer much context as to what Battle for Brooklyn will be about, but we do know that more information will be coming out on April 23rd. On that note, we do know the where and the when of the DLC now, so I’d say that’s more than good enough for such an unexpected reveal.
The Division 2: Battle for Brooklyn is going to either make or break the game, I’d say. As it currently stands, The Division 2 is basically on life-support even though the developer Massive Entertainment has been supporting it with seasonal offerings ever since the Warlords of New York DLC launched back in 2020.
The bit that I truly do not understand, no matter how hard I try, is why Ubisoft didn’t do more with The Division 2 back in the day. Instead of keeping the game barely alive, Massive could’ve done something similar to what Bungie accomplished with Destiny 2. Now, that game has its own fair share of problems, but I’ve always felt that The Division 2 did a bunch of things better than Destiny 2 did. The sense of immersion and exploration, for one, truly clicked for me in both Division games, and I genuinely feel The Division 2 deserved more opportunities to shine. Battle for Brooklyn may well be that, though it’s years past its prime for sure.
In the interim, you may be interested in checking out The Division 2‘s new Burden of Truth season, which launched on February 25. It’s something, at least.
Published: Mar 12, 2025 10:38 am