The release schedule of the much-awaited game from Ubisoft, "Tom Clancy's The Division," was again pushed back. The company announced the delay in a recent financial earnings call. The title has been listed under games that will come out early next year, based on the company's target time frame.
According to the document, the open-world exploration role-playing title will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2015's financial year. This means that instead of the late 2015 release, the title is now scheduled to be unveiled in the early months of next year. The Q4 of a financial year ranges from January to March.
According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, the decision to push back the date is to make sure that the company will be able to provide a game that would live up to its hype.
"It is never an easy decision to move launch dates, but we are committed to make decisions that will benefit the players," said Guillemot. "As I said in my introduction, this is our most important driver as it has always benefitted the company in the long run."
"The Division," a title that runs under the Tom Clancy brand, deals with a secret unit known as the Strategic Homeland Division based in New York. The main protagonist is listed as a covert agent of The Division, and the job is to stop the spread of a viral threat. The group is under the direct order of the President of the United States to combat the outbreak and prevent mass chaos.
"Tom Clancy's The Division" was first announced at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo, with an original scheduled release in 2014. However, on May 15, 2014, Ubisoft and its partners announced that the title will be delayed to 2015. The recent notice that the title will be launched in 2016 is the second setback for the game.
