Ubisoft wants to keep The Division 2’s servers full with a constant supply of fresh content that won’t take a whole year to get right. They’re planning to throw a few spanners into the game from as early as next week, when the first major update rolls out and ups the difficulty ante as the focus shifts towards the endgame space.

As a first step towards a future of more live service content, The Division 2 already feels amazingly complete. It works from day one, its various systems are staggeringly deep and its combat is in a class of its own. Everything else that’s still to come over the next couple of years? That’s a satisfying cherry on top of an already massive sundae of excellence.

Every now and then, there’s a little coded language that pops up in The Division 2, a barrier to play that must mean something. Something to do with trotting foxes and Zulu time, I’m certain. Many agents died to uncover the origins of these error codes, partly because I’m a terrible logistics support person who kept sending IT soldiers into dens of action that they were woefully unprepared for.

My favourite part of The Division 2 so far? Washington DC. Sandbox games aren’t going anywhere for the foreseeable future, but there’s something special about a game that absolutely nails its environment. Having a metropolis filled with character, beauty and a sense of isolation that highlights its design is something special, an idea which The Division 2 simply excels at.

The Division 2 is aiming to be the perfect sequel: Bigger, better and bolder. It’s as pretty as can be, its unique blend of cover-based RPG shooting has been polished to a mirror shine and Ubisoft has some big plans for life after launch with a comprehensive series of endgame activities. Want in on this but lack the funds to join the fight to take back America? Thanks to Megarom Interactive, we’ve got you covered fam.

The Division 2 is aiming to be the perfect sequel: Bigger, better and bolder. It’s as pretty as can be, its unique blend of cover-based RPG shooting has been polished to a mirror shine and Ubisoft has some big plans for life after launch with a comprehensive series of endgame activities. Want in on this but lack the funds to join the fight to take back America? Thanks to Megarom Interactive, we’ve got you covered fam.

The Division 2 is going to be taking up a lot of real estate on your platform of choice. While the 48 to 52 gigglebytes that the game reserves on your Xbox One and PC may be chunky, it’s not unusualy by today’s 4K standards. On PlayStation 4, it’s a completely different story as you’ll need to shell out a whopping 92 gigabytes of space, even if you’re installing from a disc.

For The Division 2, Ubisoft’s development team Massive is shifting states and taking its new American civil war to the political heart of that nation: Washington DC. There’s something infinitely more interesting about exploring the capitol, from its many landmarks to its more open design that makes for a fresher map.