Massive Entertainment, the development studio behind the upcoming Tom Clancy's The Division, is very pleased with how Ubisoft has handled the development of Watch Dogs.
Instead of rushing the game to meet its fall 2013 release date, Ubi delayed the release of Watch Dogs to be sure the team had enough time to polish the experience. "It’s tremendously important for us as a developer studio, to know that the owner and the publisher are ready to take that hit," Massive Entertainment managing director David Polfeldt told Examiner.
"I think their shares fell 25% on the day it was announced it was being delayed. It takes so much courage to live through that day and still think that was a good decision," he added. "So for us in the development [side of things], that’s an important message that ultimately the management will back up the goals that we have, which is the game has to be great."
Watch Dogs launches on May 27th and The Division is set for release later this year, but considering Ubisoft's apparent willingness to delay a major title if it isn't ready, I suspect it won't arrive until 2015. Recent reports certainly suggest as much.
Read our preview of The Division right here.
