来週は Tom Clancy's The Division - Open Betaだ！

　噂とされていた" Tom Clancy's The Division"のオープンベータ開催が公式に発表された。

Xbox One：2月18日（24時間の先行アクセス）から2月21日
PS4とPC：2月19日から2月21日
新たなストーリーミッションを実装するほか、製品版のローンチ時にアンロックされるインゲームリワードが導入

Dark Zone:

*New High End weapons available in the Dark Zone.
*Refresh rate on Dark Zone chests has been greatly reduced.
*Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been significantly increased in number.
*Non-player enemies in the Dark Zone have been buffed slightly.
*The Manhunt Timer now pauses instead of refreshing while in combat as a level 5 Rogue.
*The Reward for surviving as a Rogue Agent has been increased to 1.5x the kill bounty.
*The Health Bar for Agents in the Dark Zone now only turns red when they actually become Rogue.
*A new warning icon has been added to indicate an Agent who has shot another player but has not done enough damage to go Rogue.
*Dark Zone experience leveling curve has been adjusted slightly.
*Disabled the option to transfer Dark Zone brackets as a Rogue (This prevents players using Bracket Transfer as a means to escape after becoming Rogue).
*Removed some ropes that allowed players to reach areas that gave them an unfair advantage.

Other changes:

*New Ubisoft Club Action available for participating in the Open Beta unlocking an exclusive reward in-game.
*New and improved Tutorial Video.
*Tutorial video is now available to view from the Character Select Screen.
*Fixed two bugs that allowed players to become invisible to other players.
*Fixed an exploit with Ballistic Shield Skill that allowed players to become invincible.
*Cheat Detection and Prevention additions and updates.
*Fixed mismatch of stats that occurred occasionally between Vendor Inventory and Player Inventory when item purchased.
*Adjusted player movement speed while running with a grenade in hand.
*Fixed a bug that sometimes caused other player’s name and health bar to not be visible in the Dark Zone.
*Fixed some Weapon Mods that resulted in incorrect stat values when equipped.
*Fixed some weapons that didn’t appear as Contaminated when obtained in the Dark Zone.
*Fixed a bug with the Reward Claims Vendor that caused stacks of consumables to be decreased under specific circumstances.
*Fixed a bug with stats display not updating when browsing Vendor Inventories.
*Fixed a bug that caused continuous vibration under very specific conditions.
*Fixed a very rare bug that prevented players from being able to fire or switch their weapons
*Added mission Dialogue lines in Missing Persons: Heather Lau Side Mission.
*Several environment fixes to prevent falling through world issues in specific places.
*Multiple stability fixes (23 unique crashes fixed).
*Server optimizations and improvements (players will receive less connection errors now)
*Multiple localization fixes and improvements.
*Additional polish & bug fixes too numerous to mention!

クローズドベータからしばらく経って既に禁断症状が出ている身としてはとても楽しみ。ただし、本格的なチート対策は正式リリース版以降の対応となるようだ。

　オープンベータ開催のアナウンスとともに、ゲーム中の「敵」を紹介するトレーラーも公開された。クローズドベータでは「敵が弱い、敵の攻撃が単調」などの声が挙がっていたが、クローズドベータでは現れなかった敵、"Last man battalion"はかなり厄介そうだなぁ・・・