Big games, big marketing campaigns. The Division is Ubisoft’s current 2016 summer/winter tent-pole game, a fresh franchise that isn’t buried under the weight of convoluted storylines or unnecessary attack-pants DLC. Naturally, they’re banking big on their latest game, and kicking the marketing into overdrive.
Part of that brand awareness includes the launch of a new live-action prequel mini-series that sets the stage for The Division and how New York became a buggered and virulent cesspool. And became slightly worse after a terrorist attack. It’s something that Ubisoft has done before, as Assassin’s Creed 2 had a rather fantastic prequel web-series centered around the exploits of Giovanni Auditore, father of fan-favourite hooded stabber Ezio Auditore.
To make that launch that little bit more special, Ubisoft is giving away some in-game gear to whoever watches the mini-series. Or you could just read further. If you enter AgentOrigins at this link when The Division launches, you’ll unlock the following four unique gear-sets:
- Paramedic
- Firefighter
- Police
- Hunter
Some of the folks over on Reddit say that they’ve been able to access the content already from that link, so results may vary based on location. I’m also now planning to name my character in The Division “Agent Oranges”. If you do feel like watching some The Division inspired videos, here’s the links:
- Conspiracies by RocketJump
- Pursuit by Devin Supertramp
- Escape by Ubisoft US
- Ashes by CorridorDigital
Each set of gear is inspired by the mini-series, so there is a tangible link between the stuff. The Division is out on March 8 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. If you feel like adopting a try before you buy approach, a closed beta kicks off on January 29, provided that you can download all 26 gigglebytes of it before the weekend is over.
Last Updated: January 20, 2016
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:02
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Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:10
There is no better way to describe it than with this gif XD
ElimiNathan
January 20, 2016 at 15:11
Gameplay vids were enough to get me to be the fish
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:14
People said the same about Titanfall.
In the end it’s pretty much an MMO set in the overused NYC, which just isn’t for me either way.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:19
Yeah.The NYC thing is… Is… Yawn…
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:20
If this was in JHB/CPT, I would not even go outside… in a game
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:20
At least it would be believable
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:21
The Division: Hillbrow
Everything moertoe there
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:22
The Division: Benoni
Koes ….
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:23
The Division: Western Cape lol
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:24
Everyone will get sick on a Friday, because the only day these people pay is “maybe Friday”
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 15:24
That’s silly. This is an FPS/RPG hybrid, not some nature walking simulator.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:25
I was being politically clever!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 15:25
So you were lying?
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:26
Ask not what I may or may not have been doing but what YOU could be doing!
Hammersteyn
January 20, 2016 at 15:24
The Division: George………look tumbleweeds
HvR
January 20, 2016 at 17:32
Hammersteyn
January 21, 2016 at 07:39
Fun day, we all drove passed it and took pictures because for once something happened
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:24
I think the Western Cape version would probably not even come with guns. Just beer and wine to fend bergies off (or bribe) with.
HvR
January 20, 2016 at 16:52
Bah talk for yourself
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:23
The Division Cape Town…the Hipster virus
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:26
Emopster JJ
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:29
I’m not a hipster.
But don’t ask Trevor to confirm, he’s been choosing your side lately.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:31
Trev is a sycophant, don’t worry about him. Or was that psychopath?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:35
Why not both?
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 15:37
Because I’m reasonably sure being loved to death isn’t meant to be taken literally.
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:31
Worse, you are a emopster
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 15:38
There’s only one side – mine. And you weren’t on it yesterday!
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:39
Damn.
Just when I thought the odds were changing.
Sageville
January 20, 2016 at 15:23
At least you would know you’re in trouble when you hear “Wat kyk jy?” over your shoulder….
Sageville
January 20, 2016 at 15:22
*Dies from fridge falling from windows…. “Environmental Damage”
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:23
Puts on mask for “air pollution”
Hammersteyn
January 20, 2016 at 15:23
LOL
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:23
hahaha
BacchusZA
January 20, 2016 at 17:04
Would you actually be able to tell if there’d been a zombie virus outbreak in Hillbrow?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:21
I already don’t want to go there. ;P
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:25
Nope, I avoid going to Cape town like the plague. Will only go for rAge to meet up with LG peeps for a beer in March
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:26
Where do you stay then?
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:26
Somerset West
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:27
I’m actually going to be in Somerset West on Friday. I’ve always liked it there.
Though I’m not going there for the best reason on Friday :/
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:28
I am going to Langebaan on Friday 😛 but one day I will find you at a morning market with wine xD
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:29
Sounds good.
I am always ready for wine.
HvR
January 20, 2016 at 16:53
*whine
There fixed it
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 21, 2016 at 06:55
XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 17:28
That West Coast road is one of the most boring drives in existence.
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 18:07
Not gonna argue there xD
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:30
A second bachelors?!
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:33
I said NOT the best reason. Surely you would’ve been invited if it were a bachelors not being the best. ;P
Actually my wife is going in for surgery. We’ve just had the greatest end2015/ start2016 so far.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:42
Hope all goes well boet!
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:42
Thanks man. She’s been in and out since the 23rd of December. Hopefully after the op all is better.
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:42
ALL TEH AWESOME VIBES AND THOUGHTS AND ALLES goes from us to you guys!
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:33
That explains the pink then
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:35
Yup, it’s so hot. I am sunburned pink all the time xD
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:26
I love Cape Town. The fact that rAge is at Grand West though is just idiotic.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:29
Agreed. That is really fucking stupid. I hate GW.
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:31
I have never been there, I would have thought it was going to be at the Waterfront Expo center
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:33
It should be at the CTICC, like the EGE last year was. Much bigger and easy to get to. If you are not driving it’s hard as fuck to get to Grand West.
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:34
F$#%ing is not that hard
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:35
What do you mean “not driving”? you take a bus or something 🙂
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:37
Trevor is painfully slow with a saddle on.
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:37
xD
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:38
Bwahahahaha
10 points to house Emopster
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:38
Wooo! :/
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:42
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 17:27
If that were true, and I’m not confirming anything, that’s what the spurs are for.
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 21, 2016 at 06:55
LOL
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:44
Darryn gets from A to B by riding the back of a hamster. How do you think he’ll get to a place so far outside of Cape Town’s CBD?! I feel sorry for people visiting, as the transport to GW is shit. I can see I’ll be picking up those who don’t hire cars.
Gareth Runnalls
January 20, 2016 at 15:50
There were some really specific reasons that Grand West was chosen. I know thats vague, but its the truth. Also, the CT rAge will actually have alcohol 🙂
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:51
You have my attention.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:54
Great. So we’re going to mix people who are going to get dressed up as Commands/Deadpool/CoD who have fake guns, with alcohol and set that in a Casino that has been hit by a few robberies. I see nothing going wrong!
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:55
They do know there are some places around here that have banned hats and sunglasses right? ;D
Guns and money is going to go down so well
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:57
I am just thinking. The last time I was there for EFC we had to go through a metal detector. … All that cosplay, bwahahahaha
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:56
I vote we ALL go with toy guns, just to see what happens
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:57
I’ll, um. Film it?
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:58
I will be cosplaying a gun free civilian
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 16:00
Or a British policeman. Same thing. ;P
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 16:03
hahaha
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 16:00
If they allow it.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 16:01
Actually. I think you are right. I am sure I saw a ‘no photography’ in the casino.
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 16:03
Should be an interesting Rage
HvR
January 20, 2016 at 17:36
Luckily that is only for the gambling area
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 16:15
It’s the Great North, Rince – not the Wild West.
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:34
“Let’s host something where people will dress up in masks and with make-up, carrying fake weapons around with them….AT A CASINO! Surely that makes PERFECT sense.”
Damn idiots.
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:35
Best time for a heist I say!!!
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:44
BWAHAHAH! Shame, Darryn will get his full cavity search, so someone will score…
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:46
With the new and improved Batman suit in his suitcase, gonna be a good story to tell 😛
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:21
Yea man. Watch Dogs at least had a different city, so they have that one thing going for them 😉
But I’m so tired of NYC in every single damn game with a real-life city. Another thing that made Sleeping Dogs so awesome.
ElimiNathan
January 20, 2016 at 16:03
I leave for 45 min and this is what happens to my thread
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 16:04
It go’s on and on for a little bit 😛
ElimiNathan
January 20, 2016 at 16:08
Just a bit, like a gathering of woman skinnering
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:05
Is the steam version pre download for the Beta available yet?
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:10
You probably mean Steam+Uplay version.
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:11
That damn U Play xD
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:11
Freaking parasite….says the man who might use it tonight to play The Crew.
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:12
Hahaha, sometimes we soil our hands for the better good 😛
BacchusZA
January 20, 2016 at 17:06
Nope, not yet. Or not on my client at least.
Sageville
January 20, 2016 at 15:13
I give these alternate costumes a 10/10 on the “Boring AF” scale.
I hope there’s something more interesting than this “Civil Servant” pack…
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:17
Yea, I want an all out pink kit character.
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:17
WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND PINK?
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:18
Pink is love, pink is life!
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:18
I like looking at pink though, wearing it….not so much
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:19
Just call it “apricot” 😛
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:20
Appelkooskleurige kleur kombinasie
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 15:20
lol – over Xmas I was rumbling around in a bright pink Rhino P and using Hate with the candy cane skin. Like a boss!
Sageville
January 20, 2016 at 15:21
COD BL3 has spoiled me…
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:21
Awww yisss!
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:20
There’s ‘Monday trash pick up’ DLC coming with ‘Just graduated with a BA in poetry’ gown! Woot!
Ottokie
January 20, 2016 at 15:15
When you click the link it loads in the page that says enter this at the top but then auto loads back to the Home page… ubisoft being ubisoft 😛
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:17
Be glad it didn’t ask you to log in, give a blood sample and then crash on you anyway…it being Ubi and all.
The Grand Admiral Chief Prime
January 20, 2016 at 15:17
Paramedic
Also known as a gynea…
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 15:19
gyneabotonist?
gyneatrocious?
gynea-gynoo?
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:18
I like the character diversity here.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 15:22
I agree. Clean-shaven white men are clearly underrepresented.
RinceThis
January 20, 2016 at 15:28
Exactly my point. I am tired of this ‘reverse racism’. I need to put a banner up somewhere about that now!
Jan Prins
January 20, 2016 at 16:00
#BeardsMustFall!
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 16:01
You go too far 😛
Jan Prins
January 20, 2016 at 16:06
Story of my life.
Captain JJ 'saurus
January 20, 2016 at 16:29
XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 17:24
The razors of justice will not be denied!
Jan Prins
January 20, 2016 at 15:57
Paramedic with a machine gun…
“Oh! You said STITCH him up. Not SHOOT him up? Silly me.”
BacchusZA
January 20, 2016 at 17:07
What do you call a paramedic with an assault rifle?
Self employed……..
HvR
January 20, 2016 at 16:57
MMMMmm, The Division + couple of DLC packs + 5 friends = a jolly fabulous time
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2016 at 17:23
It’s fun to play with Uplay, It’s fun to play with Up….Error: Unable to connect to server.
noah
January 20, 2016 at 23:38
Guys beta keys are less then a dollar : https://www.g2a.com/r/the_division_beta-key
HairyEwok
January 21, 2016 at 08:46
I would love to try before I buy, the only problem is that you A) either have already bought the game or B) hope Ubi picks your email as a participant for the beta, and we all know B is a conspiracy.
VampyreSquirrel
January 21, 2016 at 12:09
Or C… hope there are beta key give aways and you actually win one.
HairyEwok
January 21, 2016 at 12:16
Considering were talking about Ubi here I’d say the odds of you actually getting a key from a give away is next to rather buying the game.