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What changed and when, in date order, with a link to Ubisoft's own notes for each entry.
September 24, 2026: Echoes date, Survivors tests
- Echoes of Central Park gets its release date, November 3, at a dedicated showcase: Upper West Side and Central Park, three companions, a new endgame loop where you start as the hunted, six skill variants, the Ratel exotic and a new gear set. Pre-orders include the NY Purifier Mask.
- The Division 2: Survivors opens sign-ups for its upcoming tests.
- Red Moon Rising starts in the PvE Dark Zone (runs to November 3), with Twitch drops from September 24 to October 6.
September 22, 2026: TU Y8S3.1
- New event: Red Moon Rising (Sep 24 – Nov 3), with the Vertigo and Sarru exotics and the Recruiter's mask.
- Scheduled events: Dark Zone Surge (Sep 22–29), Rage Harvest and Deadeye Overdrive (Sep 29 – Oct 6), Countdown Surge (Oct 6–13).
- PvP balance for Prototype augments, gear and brand set bonuses, talents, exotics and skills.
- Modular Plates reworked into strong shield regeneration; Signed, Shield, Delivered now refills your magazine when activated.
- Zodiac Legacy Climax Mission: fixed starting Munitions and Canisters, and more drops during the mission.
- Ember Engine's talent no longer triggers through Pulse in PvP. Prima Donna and Steel & Sons ACR reconfiguration blueprints added to Inaya (with a known duplication issue).
- The Retaliation Project Chain returns for a week from Sep 24 with hourly unlocks.
- Fixes include self-destroyed skills triggering kill talents, a Prima Donna instant-revive exploit in PvP, Adrenaline Rush, Bloodsucker and Clutch misbehaving in PvP, hit registration against moving enemies at high latency, and Xbox players failing to join friends.
August 27, 2026: Red Horizon
- Year 8 Season 3 goes live: the Cleaners and the 95 Company in D.C., the Under Pressure modifier, and the District Mall Inferno Classified Assignment.
- The Blackout Dark Zone joins the rotation, and the Toxic Dark Zone becomes permanent.
- New: the Fafnir exotic shotgun, Iron Will exotic chest, Ember Engine gear set and six named items. Determined nerfed; Steel & Sons ACR buffed.
- Red-core gear sets rebalanced; brand set bonuses reorganized.
- PvP stats shown in the inventory, and PvP settings added to the Shooting Range.
August 26–27, 2026: Gamescom
- Crossplay confirmed for November.
- Echoes of Central Park named as the next expansion.
- Season 4 teased: the Black Tusk return, a Prototype Gear rework, and Escalation changes.
- Survivors shown in more detail (snow, temperature, night, randomized loot and extraction). Year 9 confirmed.
August 11, 2026: Broken Rain
- The Broken Rain Incursion launches (Steel Creek Dam, four players, level 40, matchmaking).
- A Broken Rain event pass ran until August 25, with JTF outfits, Outfit Tokens and three complete loadouts on the free track. The loadouts are listed on the builds page.
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