A Week After Saying The Division 3 Was 'Shaping Up to Be a Monster,' Franchise Boss Julian Gerighty Leaves Ubisoft for Battlefield Developer DICE

Julian Gerighty, brag of The Division franchise astatine Ubisoft, has near the institution to articulation Battlefield developer DICE.

Gerighty confirmed his departure successful a societal media station conscionable a week aft appearing connected a video crippled showcase livestream to beforehand The Division 3.

Speaking during the New Game+ Showcase 2026 earlier this month, Gerighty said: “So, The Division 3 is successful production, right? This is not a secret. It's been announced. It's shaping up to beryllium a monster. I can't truly accidental thing much than that. But this is, wrong these walls successful Massive, we are moving highly hard connected thing that I deliberation volition beryllium arsenic large an interaction arsenic Division 1 was.”

He past went connected to enthuse astir different The Division projects successful the works astatine Massive Entertainment, which helium has present near for chap Swedish workplace DICE.

“It's clip for maine to bent up my spell container (keeping the watch) arsenic I spell connected different expansive adventure,” Gerighty said. “The Division aboriginal burns bright, and I can't hold for you to observe what the teams person been moving on. Long unrecorded The Division and Godspeed!”

Julian Gerighty reveals The Division 2 during the Ubisoft E3 league connected June 11, 2018. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images.

Two months ago, Massive Entertainment introduced what it called a "voluntary vocation modulation program," (the workplace asked its unit to unpaid to beryllium laid off) arsenic portion of a determination to absorption connected The Division franchise and its Snowdrop crippled engine. It came arsenic portion of important restructuring astatine Ubisoft that has seen aggregate workplace closures and rounds of layoffs. Massive Entertainment's Star Wars Outlaws, released successful 2024, was a large income disappointment for Ubisoft, contempt important improvement and selling costs. Julian Gerighty was Outlaws' co-director.

Then, earlier this week, Ubisoft announced that it expected 55 jobs to beryllium impacted by layoffs astatine Massive and chap Swedish outfit Ubisoft Stockholm due to the fact that its voluntary redundancy strategy did not execute arsenic galore leavers arsenic indispensable for Ubisoft's plans to trim headcount. Ubisoft announced The Division 3 implicit 2 years ago, and it has yet to amusement disconnected the game.

In a societal media post, Massive Entertainment told The Division fans not to interest astir Gerighty's departure, saying the teams who built The Division with him remain.

Once an Agent, ever an Agent. We’re thankful for everything you gave this universe. You’ll ever beryllium portion of it. Good luck astatine @EA_DICE, @jgerighty 🧡 pic.twitter.com/QlzuV4XtVV

As for Battlefield, EA precocious delayed Battlefield 6 Season 2 to tackle instrumentality feedback.

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images.

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