Ubisoft has announced The Division 2: Survivors, a new survival extraction mode in early development, promising to revive the franchise’s most requested feature with a fresh twist. The reveal dropped during Gamescom 2025 and came with concept art, a teaser logo, and a whole lot of community-focused energy—but no gameplay footage or specific launch window just yet.
Creative director Magnus Jansén, one of the original minds behind The Division, returns to lead the project. Ubisoft says the mode is designed from the ground up to be collaborative—with fans shaping its direction in real time. “The Division 2: Survivors is as much your baby as it is ours,” said executive producer Julian Gerighty, emphasizing the studio’s push for transparency and early player feedback.
While specific gameplay mechanics remain under wraps, Survivors is positioned as a standalone extraction survival experience built within The Division 2. That implies scavenging for resources, managing cold exposure, and extracting from high-threat zones, mechanics that should be familiar to veterans of the franchise’s original 2016 Survival DLC. It’s unclear if the new mode will be PvPvE like its predecessor, but Jansén hinted at more “emergent” player interactions and replayability.
This announcement is part of a larger Division roadmap that includes The Division Resurgence, the upcoming free-to-play RPG shooter for mobile, which is entering closed testing this September. Ubisoft’s strategy appears to center on expanding The Division into a multi-platform ecosystem, anchored by community-driven development and nostalgia-infused innovation. You can sign up for the playtest here.
No release date has been confirmed for The Division 2: Survivors, though several outlets speculate a 2026 launch. Ubisoft’s official materials, however, only list it as “TBA.” For now, fans eager to return to the storm-ridden streets and scavenged survival will have to wait—and watch—while this baby finds its footing.
