It wouldn't be E3 without the Division, now would it? Though it's a mild shame that this is the project's third appearance at the LA convention, The Division looks better than ever and continues to wow audiences the same way it did back when it was first revealed all those years ago, continuing the greatly appreciated resurgence in Tom Clancy titles at the Ubisoft offices. Ubisoft chose to demo a new aspect of the TPS MMO this time around, electing to show the 'Dark Zone' - an area of Manhattan engulfed in an electronic blackout that holds greater loot at the expense of tougher enemy AI and even more desperate human players to contend with. The reveal went to great lengths to show off the ethics and morality of the world of The Division, and is maybe warning would be explorers that alliances can be destroyed just as quickly as they were made - all for a taste of that sweet, sweet loot at the end of a well fought extraction. Not only that, but the title now has a solid release date of March 8th 2016, proving that good things do come to those who wait after all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFfxzBQKFnY
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
