The Division, Ubisoft’s shared World MMO-esque shooter is finally live and playable (depending on where in the world you are, of course). Or at least, it should be live and playable – only its servers are buckling under the weight if the thousands of people trying to liberate a broken New York.
Many are reporting being unable to connect to the game’s servers – which spit out error messages using the NATO phonetic alphabet. The most common error at the moment seems to suggest Mike is involved – and it’s spawned a sub-reddit of people hurling expletives in Mike’s general direction.
Ubisoft is of course aware of the server outage.
“We’re currently aware of an issue impacting our games and services and we’re actively investigating to deploy a solution as quickly as possible,” Says Ubisoft. “Thanks for your patience and understanding.
We will update you here with more information as it becomes available.”
We’re itching to shoot things in a freshly apocalyptic New York – but we’re not restricted access by the servers. Instead, like many of you, we’ve got that “work” thing to get through first.
The game went through a few betas that worked pretty well, so it’s odd that Ubisoft’s servers aren’t able to keep up. We’ll keep you updated with any developments.
Last Updated: March 8, 2016
Pariah
March 8, 2016 at 08:34
This is true immersion people. New York is so broken, you can’t even log on to help fix it.
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 08:36
And while everyone is playing casual survival I am sitting waiting for the Escape from Tarkov Beta to drop.
Jan Prins
March 8, 2016 at 08:52
And whilst everyone is playing survival games, I am doing life! 😛
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:01
10 out of 10 doctors agree that life eventually leads to death. So play games instead. 😛
WitWolfy
March 8, 2016 at 15:09
Who did you kill?
HairyEwok
March 8, 2016 at 08:54
Now that’s a game I’m willing to buy, the Russians seem to know what they’re doing with Tarkov.
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:00
Indeed. We have a rather large group of people already waiting for this. Sign up for the Beta ASAP!
Spathi
March 8, 2016 at 09:04
I also signed up! Game is looking awesome so far!
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:05
I think I may just have to leave this here for the uninformed.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:33
Permadeath, yoh
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:35
Just the way I like it.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:36
Hehe, I’m sold
HvR
March 8, 2016 at 09:59
Best scope gun play I’ve seen yet in a game.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:00
Aye, I’m supportive of this!
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 10:03
Then sign up for the beta dammit!
HvR
March 8, 2016 at 10:04
Need new gaming rig dammit.
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 10:09
Then stop buying stuff like the HTC Vive dammit!
HvR
March 8, 2016 at 10:11
But then how I’m going to induce vomiting after reading EA, Ubisoft or M$ press releases.
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 10:17
Well you should still have a gag reflex ….. I hope. 😛
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
March 8, 2016 at 12:12
Sweet mother of….. 😮
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 13:28
Sweet mother Russia!
Fixed it. 🙂
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 13:31
LOOOL
Lardus-For the Emperor!
March 8, 2016 at 08:40
Aw man, can nobody get the launch of an online-only game right? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:02
CCCP. Eve online has hardly ever fallen over at the launch of each expansion. It has however fallen over once or twice when players decide to wreck a few hundred thousand ships in one single area.
Francois Knoetze
March 8, 2016 at 08:40
Well that just burst my “I CANT WAIT TO PLAY THIS AFTER WORK!?” bubble…
Gavin Mannion
March 8, 2016 at 08:40
I had an hour of game time earlier today… so far the game is feeling amazing.. they better have it sorted by tonight. Else I’m going to write a strongly worded letter to the times
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:07
Ubisoft thrives on strongly worded letters. That is why apparently BG&E2 will be a Nintendo NX launch title and exclusive. Ubisoft did this so they can gain immense power from all the letters and petitions coming their way.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:18
Can you even write any other type of letteR?
Umar
March 8, 2016 at 08:44
Eh, I’m FOMO’n SO hard. Really enjoyed the beta so much, I’m dying to dive into the story.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 08:49
lol. Ubi game servers ALWAYS crash on release. It’s why I never ever ever ever preordered any Ubi games even when I did still preorder.
HairyEwok
March 8, 2016 at 08:58
And Blizzard… Never forget #ExecuteError37
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 09:35
Eh, was never interested in Diablo 3 anyway.
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 08:49
As long as it’s fixed by tonight. I don’t mind. The only thing bothering me is telkom working in my area and stated there might be service interruptions o.O
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:09
Telkom and working in the same sentence. Lol. 😛
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 09:22
I’m already bracing myself for a week or two without internet
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:24
Good, I can do with less pink in my life
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 09:32
Just for that. My Rhino and Loki are going to be Neon Pink with frilly syandana and strange battle poses
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 09:36
#TeamPinkRhino!
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 09:36
#TeamPinkRhino!
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:39
How are you going to manage that with no internet?
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 09:40
https://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/pink-paint.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 09:52
If he can’t, I will.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:59
You’d…..help him…..with……ugh……MIND BLEACH STAT!
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:01
Huehuehue, I will have a talk with Bob. Next time we farm the void it’s a gonna be nice and fabulous
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:07
We did some nice runs last night, he is really quite fond of his BoltorP!
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:10
I noticed all his builds use the Boltor 😛
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:24
Hehehe, I’ve been levelling a metric ton of gear lately (hence my rapid rise in rank)
Got Nekros, NyxP now to level (VoltP maxxed now)
Then about 5 guns and 3 melee
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:35
I just log in to build stuff as well. After this semi hiatus is over and all the other games bore me, I will level at the speed of pink light xD
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:35
I’ll remember to AVOID the invites 😛
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:37
Hahaha suit yourself. I’m just glad my gaming groups Arma addiction is now over. That’s one less game to worry about
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:50
LOL
Look, I don’t mind the pink suits and effects and guns and pew pewyness, I think it distracts the Grineer enough for some lolz
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:54
I’m itching to finish Atlas, I am only missing one part but that mission is soul crushing. The other one is Nezha that I am also missing one part for. And the Sand frame quest is busy building 😛
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:56
I still need to to the Inarus missions, but the new bow is done, and our clan is doing the last bit of research.
I’m building a new AW as well now
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:21
I need one more part for the Elytron. Archwing gear farming is painful.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:21
I got a Nezha part the other day. Yay! Now I just need the other two. Boo!
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 11:22
And then the Nitain rears it’s ugly head
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:24
I’ve got enough of that for the moment.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 11:26
Yeah I’ve been hitting them whenever I can, but not using them, so I’ve got a few saved up
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:34
I don’t play long missions for them.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 11:23
I have one, ONE part
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 11:25
If a sortie 3 mission is a defense mission, I automatically chicken out xD
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 11:26
Lol why is that?
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 11:29
Always have atleast one AFKer and one yolo frame in the group xD
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:36
I love Radiation in missions. Especially Corpus ones, where I’m playing Mag. One badly timed polarise & the whole squad goes down lol. Other day I took out all 3 of them at once, one guy was like “um.. what just happened?”. “My bad.” haha
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 11:37
Hahaha my first time with radiation procs, was with Vamps. Took me a while to figure out what the heck was going on
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:33
I always check to see what the missions are – two long ones, or if one has a crappy restriction, nope. Seeya tomorrow sortie.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 11:21
I got a Nezha part the other day. Yay! Now I just need the other two. Boo!
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 10:12
I should recolour my Ignis flame a lovely shade of pink. It’ll be like killing them with candyfloss.
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:12
Time to rework our Embers xD
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:31
I wanted someone to look after my Kubrow while I’m away, then realised, I can put the critter in stasis.
Wish I could do the same for my IRL critters
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:33
Don’t let someone log in to your account from a different PC that also plays Warframe. They love to swing the ban hammer at this.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:34
Not going to, I’m considering taking it along!
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:35
Hahaha, the wife if not gonna be happy 😛
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:36
Luckily I need a lot less sleep than she does. XCOM 2 and Warframe going to the coast!
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:36
What coast are you heading too?
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:37
The one next to the sea, obviously.
Twit
😛
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:38
https://media.giphy.com/media/bDTtPo3HyEluE/giphy.gif
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 10:38
It’s not Xmas, so it can only be Durban.
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:39
Probably, PTA people usually think Umhlanga is the only place next to the ocean 😛
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:49
The only times I deal with DBN:
– When I speak to co-workers from that branch
– When I drive past it VERYFLIPPENFAST to get to another destination
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:48
I’m gonna GITS soon, SOOOON
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 10:49
This time of the year, the weather is perfect at the beach
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 10:50
Agreed
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 8, 2016 at 10:38
lol
HvR
March 8, 2016 at 09:53
He is probably going to head down to Paper Weight and get himself a nice big stack of 2nd hand porn mags.
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 09:33
On a different note. Did your in game settings also reset after the big patch?
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:39
Nope, must be negative towards pinkies
Ottokie vs the forces of Evil
March 8, 2016 at 09:39
Got in game and twitched my mouse slightly and did a 720 in a split second xD
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:51
xD
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:27
This is you then. 🙂
HairyEwok
March 8, 2016 at 08:53
The beta was more like a demo rather than a test.
oVg
March 8, 2016 at 08:55
“That’s the world we live in,” Deal with it 😛
RinceThis
March 8, 2016 at 10:20
And that is why this game doesn’t interest me.
oVg
March 8, 2016 at 10:27
24hour DRM became always on-line, not a single complaint lol
Im sure its a great game for the top-end elitist gamer, who can afford R1100 games with R1000 season passes and 999mb internet lines from NASA.
Yet everybody complains about No Mans Sky selling for $60. LOLOLOL
Nikola
March 8, 2016 at 09:10
This shit better work by the time I get home is all I am saying!!
Ir0nseraph
March 8, 2016 at 09:12
Don’t worry , you will be shot in the back by friends for weeks to come.
Nikola
March 8, 2016 at 09:15
Yeah “friends” that’s why I dont trust you guys so I have aligned myself with some Serbians to have my back if I run into you bunch:)
Ir0nseraph
March 8, 2016 at 09:17
Good cause you need to run 😛
Nikola
March 8, 2016 at 09:19
We shall see who will be doing the running tonight:|
Ir0nseraph
March 8, 2016 at 09:23
XD
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:18
What about the Albanians?
Nikola
March 8, 2016 at 09:19
ahhhh fuck u still around?? hahaha;)
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:24
NevarrrForgetAlbania
Kromas untamed
March 8, 2016 at 09:12
Ubisoft has heard your complaint and will act accordingly.
Commander Admiral Chief
March 8, 2016 at 09:25
Look, I’m only probably going to get an hour or two in tonight, maybe, then only again in a week or so again.
So, maybe I’ll wait until they patch everything
Pieter Kruger
March 8, 2016 at 09:28
They probably took it down to fix the “new” texture glitch(that was patched in the closed beta already….?) ????
eXpZA
March 8, 2016 at 10:27
Fuck me, right?
Ryanza
March 8, 2016 at 11:03
Did any of you expect an always online server based game with DRM to be any different to when SimCity 5 was launched, when Diablo 3 was launched.
When a game is always fucking online, YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS CONNECTING TO SERVERS and if you South African your ass will lag. Some assholes will say they don’t notice any lag but trust me your ass is lagging even if your brain is too stupid to see it.
Don’t Support always online DRM.
Jonah Cash
March 8, 2016 at 14:04
I played this morning, and I am desperate to get back to the game. It is going to be soooo good. Unfortunately my daughter has been submitted to hospital an hour ago and chances aren’t really that good that I will be playing much tonight…