‘Creating and enriching the IP’
As it turns out,Tom Clancy’s The Divisionwon’t be entirely the brain-child of Massive Entertainment. For a few months now, UK-based developer Ubisoft Reflections has been contributing to the open-world shooter, as reported byDevelop.
Ubisoft Reflections is perhaps most well-known for the 2011’s surprisingly goodDriver: San Francisco. The studio has also helped on several other Ubisoft titles such asFar Cry 3,Just Dance, andWatch Dogs. Reflections has assigned approximately 200 employees toThe Division‘s cause.
Pauline Jacquey, the developer’s managing director, explained that “The root of the IP, the initial creative initiative, is absolutely and fully Massive’s. The whole scope of the game is not fully locked, and we’re participating in creating and enriching the IP.” She went on to elaborate on Reflections’ role by stating “We’re working on all of the game’s systems: main characters, enemies, RPG pillars, building Manhattan, online components, and so on.”
One thing that Jacquey stressed was that this co-development process did not arise as a result of troubles on Massive’s end, like it may indicate with other publishers. Rather, Ubisoft has a tendency to eventually delegate work to several of its studios for many of its big-budget titles.
