The Division is rapidly approaching its second anniversary—March 8 is the big day—which isn't bad going for a game we said was doomed to a slow death, but has recently mounted a stirring fightback that made it worth playing again. To celebrate the game's continued existence Ubisoft will hold four Global Events over the course of the month. These introduce modifiers to the game that "spice up your traditional gameplay experience," and offer players rewards including Tokens that can be spent on in-game items and opportunities to pick up coveted Classified Gear.
The first event, Outbreak, is live now and runs until March 5, with modifiers that affect all enemies, including "Contagious," which drains player health when enemies are too close. After that comes Assault, from March 8-12, followed by Strike on March 15-19, and finally Ambush, which will run from March 22-26.
Ubisoft will also be dealing out Twitch Drops—in-game items that are randomly awarded to viewers—during livestreams, which will apparently be plentiful throughout the month, and there will be timed rewards for viewers as well: Three Cypher Keys for watching 30 minutes, the Asher vanity outfit for 60 minutes of viewing, three more Cypher Keys at 90 minutes, and five Cypher Key fragments for each 30 minutes watched after that, up to a total of six hours.
It's not cumulative viewing, so you can come and go as you please over the course of the month, but you will need to link your Ubisoft account to your Twitch account, which you can take care of here.
Naturally, there is also a huge infographic.
