The Division Xbox One GamesCom Demo "Jaw Dropping, Solid Gameplay, Went From Dashboard To In-Game

The first impression of Tom Clancy's The Division Xbox One GamesCom 2014 behind the closed door demo and insider information on DirectX 12 and more.

[christocolus]

Damn. I can't wait. This is one game I'm really excited about.

[GameNameFame]

Misterxmedia story. Lol

[BiggerBoss]

Wow I didn't even notice he was the source lol. There goes any legitimacy to this story

Edit: referring to the directx part of the article. The statements about the division are actually from a legitimate source (justin robey)

[iamnsuperman]

That is a terrible source. He has possibly the worst track record out there. The author might as well say anonymous source. Other than that part the rest of the article is interesting

Edit: What website thinks using him as a source is a good idea. What Justin said is good but half the story is based on a terrible source

[whateva]

Source: MisterxMedia LOL. who would approve this?

[creatchee]

Ehhhhh.... MisterX... The source might as well be Mel Gibson in the film Conspiracy Theory.

[Kayant]

Lmaoooo talk about picking bread crumbs.... To source mistermediax and write a serious piece about it is damn shameful and poor journalism.

How do you source someone that has not been right once will any of the so called "insider" info.

No doubt the division will look great because it's next-gen only and is not coming out for a good while. Would be great to have impressions from non-MS employees but no doubt the game will look amazing on any system when it's out.

[DoubleM70]

Yeah but the first guy confirmed it.

Justin Robey, Senior Producer on Sunset Overdrive, Ryse: Son of Rome and Scalebound. He said it was Jaw dropping.

[Ezz2013]

i pretty much lost it when i see Misterxmedia as the source

this guy think his left hand is his right leg

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Great, this story would of been fine if MistermediaX name didn't pop up anywhere near it.

Either way I believe Justin Robey considering he was actually present at the demo showing.

[Hardcore_gamerxbox]

If it was from ahsan Rasheed that bloody heart doctor if it was about ps4 it would have been true am I right ?

[mikeslemonade]

"Steam and environments were unreal. Gameplay also looked to be solid. Sold!"

I know I will buy the game. I bought Watchdogs afterall..

Still doesn't mean the game will meet expectations. Anything Ubisoft puts out is suspect. They're just known for putting out above-average to good games.

[ziggurcat]

holy crap, there's no way that this article should have been approved if misterx was the "source", then...

[BG11579]

Have any of MisterXmedia ever turned out correct?
I know this is an Rumor Piece, but common...
How was this approved? No really how????

[fr0sty]

We've all seen the game, and it looks amazing. Easily one of the best looking games coming to any system. As such, a demo on X1 should also look amazing, even if not running at the same resolution and framerate as PS4 or PC.

Just because a system may have to scale things back to run an amazing looking game, it isn't always going to be enough of a scaleback to keep it from looking amazing.

We all know Blu-Ray HD, or even broadcast HD, is far better than Netflix, between 2-5 times the bitrate of netflix video, however that hasn't stopped netflix from selling enough subscriptions to make cable and satellite providers wet their pants and begin throttling their bandwidth until netflix agreed to pay their ransom.

[mark3214uk]

dont hold your breath it was probably running on pc not xbox one

[sonarus]

Even more likely than running on pc, ms pr stunts

[700p]

This is definitely some great news!

[fr0sty]

Just pray your username doesn't end up having anything to do with it...

[Evilsnuggle]

This is great new that my most wanted game The Division looks great on x1 . This means it will look even better on PS4 . Because the vast majority of mutil platform games perform better on PS4 . Be it resolution , higherer frames , more stability frame rates , better AA , or better lightening and shadows .

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" Doesnt surprise me,The Division is being built on xbox one first..Only if they use the dedicated servers instead of gimping it to P2P.."

Why would any develop use weaker hardware x1 as a lead platform . The developer announced back in may 2014 . Thats PS4 was the lead platform for the Division .

PS4 lead platform for Tom Clancy's: The Division, "Most powerful hardware, Snowdrop Engine works better": Dev

In a recent inteview to GameReactor Eu, Massive Entertainment denied the rumor and said Playstation 4 is the more powerful hardware and is easier to work for.

"That's not correct. PlayStation 4 is the more powerful hardware and we feel it is easier to develop for. Snowdrop works better on PS4 and even if Microsoft do want us to shift lead platform that's not something that has happened." said Massive Entertainment.

The delusion of some fanboys

I know fanboys will down play 50% more GPU cores and 30% real world preformace benchmarked PS4 GPU vs x1 GPU digital foundry . Thats not take in account the PS4 advantage in GDRR5 unified memory architecture vs slower DDR3 and more complex small 32 mb architecture . Also PS4 huge advantage in ACEs vs x1 . PS4 8 ACEs vs 2 ACEs 400% advantage PS4 .

I can't wait for The Division and the Wicther 3 .

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[Hardcore_gamerxbox]

Woow some body is good at copy and paste

[GearSkiN]

Oh god another PlayStation guy... Smh.

[christocolus]

@evilsnuggle&the gang

You just had to go offtopic didn't you? This is an article about the xbox version of the division, what does ACEs,Gddr5, SpUs and GPu have to do with it? You just had to drag in the ps4 into this. If you wanna brag about 400000% raw power advantage why not go do it in a ps4 article,where you will be applauded for your efforts. This is an xbox article doubt any one cares about all that. You guys are amazing.

[lunatic0001]

If Xbox 1 is weak why also use another weak system like the ps4 as the lead platform when we all know it will run and look better on pc

[Blaze929]

Ubilying too much so I can't trust anything until we see actual footage. Not after Watch Dogs and definitely not after what they've been doing to Tom Clancy games lately

[BX81]

After seeing the xb1 version of the witcher I have high hopes for this game.

[mcarsehat]

So, because it's an Xbox related source, he's untrustworthy.

None of these douchebag insiders are trustworthy, yet they still appear in the news as being reliable.

Just ignore them, but you can't if it involves a precious playstation.

How do you think i feel? I have to get this so called "news" for both next gen consoles.

[Majin-vegeta]

An insider source from "misterxmedia"

Hate to break it to you but MisterX has no indsiders. He is the insider who makes up all this BS.

http://misterxmedia.livejou...

[Neonridr]

what about Justin Robey though. Is he not to be trusted?

[Raiz]

he is a producer of ryse son of rome, sunset overdrive and scalebound

[TFJWM]

The only thing that Justin Robey said was that the Division looked great and it was running on Xbox1. All the rest was from MisterX "insider" "forza_maniac" which even if true which I doubt. He would be talking about PC CPU and GPU since they said in other articles they haven't even started on console versions. I'm sure MisterX will somehow spin it to be talking about the Xbox1 thou

[Ezz2013]

@neonridr
Better Question :

*Harvery Dent, Can He Be Trusted?*

[Kemo_Spear]

Not if he is using MisterXmedia.

[Raiz]

he shared some images from his meeting with developers..... but still reported as RUMOR...

[TFJWM]

So his proof that they really said this to him is some pictures of people eating lunch and a sweatshirt that says "DEVTEA" on the arm and AC(symbol) Unite on the back?

Yes that totally changes his statements from RUMOR to truth....

[christocolus]

Regarding the article two sources were actually provided, Justin Robey and a mr X insider. I don't know about the other guy but Justin Robey isn't an insider. I actually follow him on tweeter. he has worked on a few xbox one exclusive games and some more in development.

[Majin-vegeta]

I have no problem with Robey.I;'m more questioning mister x so called "insider".

[Volkama]

Working on games isn't enough to qualify someone as an insider? What, do we only take in-game characters as reliable sources now?

Hmmm now that you mention it I would quite like to know what the Master Chief thinks of all this.

[Death]

In game characters are the ultimate insiders. I just returned from Disney and Universal so that one made me laugh.

I have a 5 year old little girl who was very excited to meet the Disney princesses. When we arrived and she met the first one she looked her straight in the eye and said "you're not a real princess, you are just a girl in a costume that looks like a princess." It really set the tone for the week.

Thanks for the chuckle, it made my day.

[Lennoxb63]

WTF is Tweeter? lol

[christocolus]

@volkama

What are you talking about? He isn't cboat or tidux he doesn't have to use a fake name or hide his identity cos he isn't some low level developer or friend of a developer(who was fortunate enough to get some inside knowledge on the project). The difference here is that he actually works with microsoft. He is a producer at MS&is currently working on some upcoming xbox exclusives. I just felt his position at MS would probably enable him easy acess to some of these games in the first place..

I don't know, maybe I'm getting the definition of an insider all wrong.

@Lennox

Twitter.."Lmao. mixed it all up while typin on my phone. Lol.

[Volkama]

Yes you are getting the definition wrong. Insider doesn't mean secret identity or dodgy rumour mo get. it's just someone on the inside of the organisation or entity that has the secrets.

The producer of the games definitely qualifies as an insider.

I was just having some fun with what you said. Nothing personal.

[Go_Go_Se7en_30]

@Christo...you're 1 of the few posters around here whose comments I normally read & agree with because you post with a different understanding or logic than the majority. Despite what the article says, Forza_Maniac is just a passionate gamer who happened to live/work in the area where Gamescom was held. He was seeking knowledge and was able to get some answers from these dev teams he came across. Being labeled an "insider" automatically put a negative connotation on the subject matter, but the picks and tweets all speak for themselves. Credible devs giving credible answers contrary to media fud. Ppl will downplay/disagree and thats fine. You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make them drink ;)

[hello12]

Majin@ I agree misterx shouldn't be a source for anything, but you have to look at the tweets.

One Tweet is from https://twitter.com/Robeyon... So you can't dismiss that one easy.

The directx12 quote is not as easy to confirm. Who is the Star Citizen developer who talked about directx12? We don't have a name so its just hearsay.

[MCTJim]

I agree!!

[BallsEye]

Oh yea, he probably forged that picture with the devs as well! THE CONSPIRACY!

[qwerty676]

true lol.

[aceitman]

yeah its because of mister x that everyone was hyped up about a secret chip in x1. I thought stuff from him was banned.

[mrpsychoticstalker]

This game is awesome

[jay2]

Ohhhhhhhhh!

[corroios]

Diretx12, Next-Gen GPUs/CPUs, Just a BIG LOL, this was already explained...

[Volkama]

Yes, it has been discussed before. Does that mean nobody else must speak of it?

This is (apparently) a Star Citizen dev discussing DirectX 12 on PC hardware. Someone that could offer some real insight.

[SaveFerris]

For Next-Gen GPUs/CPUs which means it is not going to have as big an impact on current gen GPUs/CPUs?

[Wikkid666]

First, thing is the comment has nothing to do with consoles. Just stating that it stream lines the processing of the CPU/GPU so it fully utilizes them. Most APIs currently don't.

[LordMaim]

The statement coming from a Star Citizen developer should tell you right away that they weren't talking about consoles.

[Sgt_Throatpunch]

How the hell does a story with miserxmedia as the source get hot?

[AutoCad]

Doesnt surprise me,The Division is being built on xbox one first..Only if they use the dedicated servers instead of gimping it to P2P..

[Kayant]

Lead platform has never been confirmed there's nothing pointing towards XB1 being the lead platform for development. Also how do u know its not using dedicated servers, the online setup has not been revealed yet.

[AutoCad]

Just an assumption as every multiplatform game is P2P instead of using MS own Azure Servers...But i understand why they dont use them,it will create a huge difference between PS4 and XBOX one.

[MonkeyOne]

Was it running on a PC or an Xbox One though?

We've seen this before.

I don't trust ANYTHING they show at these shows

[CRASHBASHUK]

well you are right it might of been running of a pc http://www.slashgear.com/xb...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Regardless of the source of this story I am very excited for this game.

[Torgul]

The guy from misterxmedia site is not an insider And if you go have a look he is just a gamer that was at work when he met the devs. This is just a gamer who wanted to share some good news he got from the devs. Misterxmedia has nothing to do with him.

[Flamingweazel]

Phil spencer has already said dx 12 wont help x1 much, such a dumb article. Dx 12 is more for pc's wont help x1's weak GPu at all.

[qwerty676]

itll help a lil bit

[MorePowerOfGreen]

NO... PS4 fans said that it won't help much. Phil said it won't be a "massive change" Selectively comprehending the meaning of the word MASSIVE won't change the fact DX12 will help XB1 big time.

Phil basically said don't expect the equivalent of a new console hardware with DX12.

"mas·sive adjective \ˈma-siv\

: very large and heavy

: large in amount or degree

: very severe"

PS fan logic suggest that something is either MASSIVE or Very small when talking about XB1/DX12 lol

Only a fool or an idiot would think something not being massive means very little or next to nothing.

With MSFT funding the development and co-publishing Rise Of The Tomb Raider expect that game along with Halo 5 to use all of MSFT's latest tech as well.

Other rumblings of the press that seen the game behind closed doors are saying it's impressive running on XB1.

XB1 version Gamescom pic vs E3

Some improvements to lighting, textures, clarity, shading, Anti-Aliasing
http://imgur.com/jVSnfzV
http://www.reddit.com/r/the...

[ziggurcat]

"With MSFT funding the development and co-publishing Rise Of The Tomb Raider..."

no. paying for timed exclusivity =/= funding the development of the game. it never has, and it never will.

[MysticStrummer]

So it won't help to a large degree but it will help big time?

Ok then.

[stuna1]

That's some mas-sive spin = heavy spin you've got going on there.

[tlougotg]

Dont take this article seriously at all. Prepare for the eventual disappointment when you realize this was a bunch of hyperbole.

[VP37]

I'm certain I'll get plenty of disagrees, but here goes. The one guy they quote in the article is a Dev, so I'd say you can take his word for it.

They other guy is a gamer who appears to be a waiter working at a restaurant or food court (notice the apron he's wearing), either near the GamesCom venue or at the facility itself. He also has a photo of himself with the Devs.

Now being that he frequents the Mr.X site, you can make whatever judgement you like, and you can take his comments with some salt, but in the one photo, the dude looks pretty cozy in the middle of those Devs, so one can imagine he may have been able to ask a question or two.

Now to the inevitable..."But, but, Phil Spencer said..."

Is it possible that Phil is playing his cards close to his chest? Is it possible that maybe Phil wanted to tone down the DX12 hype just a tad, because gamers act like children? Is it possible that Phil doesn't want to broadcast to the world what they're working on until it's ready?

OK People...I've got my fireman's outfit on...FLAME-ON.

[Izzy408]

The speed in which fanboys are trying to spin this in a negative way is astounding.

[Ch1d0r1]

Most AAA games look great at the conferences (console games running from a PC), but when they are released they never look the same.

[esemce]

If MS demos a game it would probably be running on a high end PC not the poxy Xbone.

[jon3sy9]

Did you even read the article? what a tool haha

[cyclindk]

I don't want to be a naysayer (and this has nothing to do with Xbox) I just wonder HOW. Is it just some incredible engine they are using, or is there another reason? What's the native resolution, framerate, is the stability and fidelity due to a tremendous lack in dynamic elements to the game?

Hopefully it turns out to be a good as it looks, I just look at games like The Witcher 3 coming, and with all they seem to be doing and how good it looks, they admitted that resolution may likely take a hit on consoles and in my opinion it might be a somewhat "choppy" experience from what I've seen so far (on console anyway).

But I hold out hope for both of the games to be great fun and great to look at.

[OUROSMAG]

I hope it's true cause if it's draw dropping on the xbox one, it'll look just as good if not slighty better on the PS4..

They both pale in comparison to the PC, but All my friends are buying this on PS4..

Can't wait for this game.

[mokkeyrg2]

nice to hear cant wait for this game!!!!!!!

[pingthing]

Yeah. You hope he's wrong. But consider this, even a broken clock is right two times a day. Time will tell, looks like a cracking game on Xbox. Deal with it.

[SwiftArsonist]

now my questions is. why is it so hard to believe the division will look good on xbox one? did u guys even saw the last 2 shows? forza horizon 2 looks insane, quantum break, i mean u need to stop pretending that the x1 is like a snes, developers learn tricks, game engines get updates, dev kits get updated constantly, this gives them the tools to optimize their xbox one versions. stop the bs already.

[peshkavusCA]

Ps4 cults hates everything Microsoft so yeah..

[Tedakin]

This is BS. The game is going to look like NES Commando on Xbone.

[marcofdeath]

MisterxMedia is not the "source". It's from a reader like me who is looking for the truth!
Not the BS passed from site to site (NG4, NEO GAF) that tells you what you wont to hear. "ESRAM is a bottleneck", classic case of that. The GPU inside PS4 is not NEXT GEN and you guys don't like to hear that...But XB1 is a 7770 GPU love to hear that... Also wrong....

This is a place where you go to talk about XB1, (PS4 lies) hardware "theories", if "proved" wrong, then move on to the next,and as time goes on it's looking like this blog is getting closer to the truth and that threatens PS4 fanboys, that's why they are quick to point out what was said is wrong.

Down playing what was said at GDC is not looking for the truth, especially when the guy who said it is standing in a picture with the developers.

Oh, is this the "secret sauce"?
http://www.altera.com/techn...
I don't see PS4 here the super fast GDDR5 that's not even in one AMD SOC or APU now or the future.

you PS4 fans can't talk about a "information source" you don't even trust your own source from the maker of the console..... PAGE13 PS4 bandwidth is 135GB/s......
http://develop.scee.net/fil...
Give me a break.....

176GB/s my A$$!

http://wccftech.com/sony-ps...

[Torgul]

Agree, I don t know how far from the truth the mrx diggers are but I found their digging very interesting. I am not talking about mrx insider, this is another story IMO. Will see. Dx12 And the cloud still to exist and will bring more possibilities to dev. As well I remember that dl said that there were 50 special micro processor (something like that) And I am sure that no dev have used it until today.

[shaenoide]

can't wait for the downgrade.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

HEy guys isN't it wonderful that the devs are working closely with Microsoft getting the best graphics performance out of the xb1.......awesome stuff.

[Born2Game83]

I love all these behind-closed-doors-BS /s.

[Claudinho69]

It will be half as good by the time it comes out.

[Cerbus]

Microsoft had all demos running off computer and made it look like it was running on Xbox One. The pic shows one that was running in dash board till it crashed.

[HollywoodLA]

Sweet. I'm ALL OVER DAT... as soon as it hits #PS4 lol.

Lol.. I'm almost ashamed at the amount of post I've constructed, taking shot, after shot, after obvious shot at xbox one.

Seriously though.. multiplat wonderness? ...Come on.

#tehPowerOfTehCloudsz