The Division’s Survival DLC might just be the thing to bring you back

The Division has taken its share of criticism since launching back in March. In response, Ubisoft has made a conscious effort to improve the game by delaying the game's upcoming DLC packs, Survival and Last Stand so that they can work on improving the core gameplay. After releasing Patch 1.4 to clean up a ton of lingering technical issues, the developers have decided that now is the time to showcase what is next for The Division.

With that said, the game's Survival DLC is about as aptly named as you can get. During a livestream on the official The Division Twitch channel, Ubisoft showcased brand new DayZ/H1Z1-inspired PVP and PVE modes, where players enter an arena and start with nothing but a pistol and low-level gear. As the match progresses, players must pick up food and supplies to survive and craft new and better equipment while making their way to the center of Manhattan to retrieve some medicine. On top of that, you have to keep your character from freezing to death in the face of a harsh blizzard bearing down on New York City.

The Survival mode is available now in beta to players on PC who purchased the game's Season Pass at any point before last Thursday, November 3rd. You can only try it out on the game's testing server on Uplay but will come to Steam and Xbox One via Patch 1.5 sometime soon. PS4 players will have to wait about a month for the Survival DLC due to a timed exclusivity deal for Xbox One.

Source: [Kotaku]