In financial terms, Tom Clancy’s The Division is a hugely successful video game. Released in March by French publisher Ubisoft, this New York-set third-person shooter quickly became the best selling new franchise of all time, generating more than $330m in sales in its first five days. But, just over a month after release, the best selling game in Ubisoft’s 30-year history looks to be heading for catastrophe.
The Division has a cheating problem. Not just one, either, but a critical mass of glitches, exploits, and hacks that – in the eyes of the playerbase at least – threaten the game’s immediate and long-term future on the PC. Players stack items for unintended bonuses, farm missions in seconds, and – worst of all – using third-party hacks to cheat in player vs player (PvP) competition.
Glenn Young bought The Division and the “season pass” (a pre-purchase of future downloadable content) for £70. “About three weeks ago, the glitches and exploits started to become much more noticeable,” he says. “In particular there was a non-player character (NPC) called Bullet King just outside one of the safehouses [a place players can respawn]. People figured out that if they killed him and not his lackeys, they could loot him, then die and respawn and repeatedly do it again.” For the full article click here
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