It’s now official! We will get another chance to play Tom Clancy’s The Division in form of an open beta, starting February 18th on Xbox One first, followed by PC and PS4 on the 19th. Estimated end date: February 21st.
Compared to the closed beta, the open beta additionally includes a new playable story mission as well as a new unlockable exclusive reward (alpha/closed beta rewards) which you will get at game launch on March 8th, 2016.
Furthermore you should not delete the existing client if you haven’t done so yet as the open beta will be rolled out in form of an update. Otherwise you will have to download the whole client again.
Short Facts
- No key required
- 48 hours preload
- No NDA (more information down below)
- No character carry-over from alpha or closed beta
- Characters will be wiped and not be carried over to the final version.
- Exclusive Reward for participating in the open beta. (alpha/closed beta rewards)
- Start times:
- Thursday: Xbox One: 10 AM CET | 4 AM EST | 1 AM PST
- Friday: PC, PS4: 1 PM CET | 7 AM EST | 4 AM PST
No NDA
There is no NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) for the open beta. This means that you can
- freely talk about it
- make screenshots
- and record/stream gameplay.
Bug Reporting
As we have already mentioned last time, please also keep in mind that these test phases take place for good reasons before the game goes Gold. It’s not a classic gameplay demo you will play and so will probably stumble upon the one or other bug, which is good if you do so, in case you report them! Such tests help the developers a lot in terms of
- bug fixing, which you could and definitely should report, if you find some
- constructive feedback evaluation (positive and negative) you can give
- balancing improvements
- performance and stability improvements
All beta testers are invited to share their experience and feedback in the official feedback forums. If you have further questions have a look at the official FAQ (and here).
