Eschewing the Season Pass model of the first game, The Division 2 is set to receive free content updates for the foreseeable future. In a new update outlining Year One, we get a glimpse at new locations surrounding Washington D.C., a new 8-player raid, and a lot more. Like a lot.

With The Division 2 already launching with an extensive focus on endgame content Ubisoft has clearly taken feedback from the first game to heart to provide a more detailed and rich experience this time around. Check it out.

Following Tom Clancy’s The Division 2’s endgame-first philosophy, players can look forward to a full year of free post-launch content that includes Episodes, free major content updates with additional narratives and missions, new PvP and PvE modes, and new specializations. Each specialization brings a new signature weapon and skill tree to unlock and master as players take on new high-level challenges. Players can expect the following content:

• Tidal Basin, releasing shortly after launch, will reveal a new challenging stronghold held by the Black Tusks.
  
• Operation Dark Hours, also releasing soon after launch, will be the first 8-player raid in the history of The Division.
  
• Episode 1, D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions, releasing in Summer 2019, will take players to the surrounding areas of Washington to fight for the liberation of the city in two additional main missions, a new game mode to investigate the fate of a lost convoy, encountering unexpected threats along the way.
  
• Episode 2: Pentagon: The Last Castle, releasing in Autumn 2019, will have additional main missions, with players storming the Pentagon and unveil the secrets that hide beneath one of America’s most iconic locations
  
• Episode 3, releasing in Winter 2019 will close the first chapter of The Division 2 story and pave the way for more content to come.

For even more content, a Year 1 Pass will also offer early access to all of the above including the new Specializations. Which we're assuming will need to be unlocked for regular players. Plus new activities and cosmetics too.


Although further details on each of the new Episodes and modes will properly explain how it will all work, we're hoping that The Division 2 received an update similar to the first game's Underground expansion which offered randomised dungeons set in subway systems that offered high-level rewards. It's a mode that could do with a major update, offering more tile-sets, boss types, and challenges.

If you're keen on the game don't forget that starting tomorrow the OPen Beta begins on all platforms (PC, Xbox One, PS4).