What happened to The Division Heartland? Ubisoft’s now-canceled Division experience could have been amazing, but The Division Heartland release date will sadly never come. Diverging from the standard gameplay of other Division titles, Heartland would have moved the franchise away from New York City and Washington D.C into a more rural setting within the United States.
If you are wondering how the game would have taken shape, we’ve put together everything you need to know about The Division Heartland below.
What happened to The Division Heartland?
Sadly, The Division Heartland was canceled in May 2024. The decision to ax the game was revealed during an Ubisoft earnings call. In the call, the studio clarified that “after careful consideration, we have made the tough call to halt development on Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, effective immediately. Our priority now is to support the talented team members at our Red Storm Entertainment studio, who will be transitioning to new projects within our company, including XDefiant and Rainbow Six.”
It is a shame, as The Division Heartland could have been something special, but alas, it isn’t meant to be. However, before it was canceled, we did get to learn a fair a bit about the game’s gameplay loop and mechanics.
The Division Heartland gameplay
The Division Heartland would have been a third-person shooter game similar to the previous entries in The Division series. However, it had a focus on PvPvE matches, where you must focus on extracting great loot or risk losing it in the town of Silver Creek, similar to other extraction shooters like Escape from Tarkov.
Within Silver Creek, areas of the map would have been covered in contamination, requiring filters to enter and survive. And in these areas, some exciting gear could be found and kept, so long as you had made it to the extraction zone safely.
The Division Heartland story
The Division Heartland followed your agent character finding the town of Silver Creek in rural America. You would start by rebuilding the Base of Operations for the area alongside Division agent Mackenzie Reed, who has had her team wiped out by their commanding officer, who had become a rogue agent.
Heartland would have been a live service or “living game” as the developers called it, meaning that the story will progress with updates over time. The main focus in Heartland is seeing how the Green Poison, also known as the Dollar Flu, has affected small towns across America as opposed to large metropolitan areas like we’ve seen so far in the series.
So there you have it, that’s all you need to know about The Division Heartland. While it may be dead and gone, there are still other games to check out, so be sure to check out our list of the best multiplayer games available.