Ubisoft has just announced that The Division has been given a PlayStation 5 version, allowing the game to run at 60 frames per second. Before this point, The Division ran at just 30 FPS on PlayStation 5, with some players claiming that input and lag and other technical issues also plagued the game on current-gen hardware.
Released all the way back in March 2016, The Division is almost a decade old, but its well-realized setting and responsive shooter gameplay still have fans coming back all these years later. In The Division, players assume the role of a Special Agent of the Strategic Homeland Division, tasked with ridding a snow-covered open-world Manhattan of the gangs that now inhabit it following a viral pandemic. While The Division's story mode is serviceable, it's the game's Dark Zone PvPvE mode that's remembered most fondly, essentially offering an extraction shooter experience before games like Arc Raiders and even Escape from Tarkov.
The Division series has come a long way since its 2016 debut. Along with a fully-fledged sequel in 2018, The Division has received a total of six novel adaptations, two comic tie-ins, and is set to receive a mobile spinoff in the form of The Division Resurgence. The Division even had a live-action adaptation in the works at Netflix, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain set to star and produce, but the COVID pandemic is said to have put the movie on indefinite hiatus, according to comments from producer Kelly McCormick in December 2022.
The Division Is Available Now on PlayStation 5 With a 60 FPS Update
As of December 17, 2025, those looking to jump back into the first Division game can do so on PlayStation 5 without worrying about any technical shortcomings. Announced via an X post, Ubisoft has just delivered an update that makes The Division run at a smooth 60 frames per second on PS5, and the update seems to be free to anyone who already owns a physical or digital PS4 copy of The Division.
Ubisoft gave no official reason why it's decided to update a game that's nearly a decade old, but the publisher/developer has been known to deliver similar 60 FPS updates to its older titles over the last few years. The Division 2, for instance, received a 60 FPS update for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 back in February 2021, two years after it launched.
Every Ubisoft Game That's Received a 60 FPS Update So Far
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint (November 2020)
- For Honor (December 2020)
- Rainbow Six Siege (December 2020)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (August 2021)
- Assassin's Creed Origins (May 2022)
- The Crew 2 (July 2022)
- Far Cry 5 (March 2023)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate (November 2024)
- Far Cry New Dawn (February 2025)
- Far Cry 4 (April 2025)
- The Division (December 2025)
The Division is the third Ubisoft game to receive a 60 FPS update this year, with Far Cry New Dawn and Far Cry 4 being the other two. While Far Cry New Dawn is now six years old, Far Cry 4 is even older than The Division, with it originally launching for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One back in November 2014, well over a decade ago.
While all of these games deserved their 60 FPS updates, there are still a handful of beloved Ubisoft titles that could do with a current-gen upgrade as well. Far Cry 3, for instance, is still widely considered to be one of the best Ubisoft games ever made but even its remastered PS4 version is locked at 30 FPS on PlayStation 5. The same is true for a handful of Assassin's Creed entries, such as Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection and the often-overlooked Assassin's Creed Rogue.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 79 /100 Critics Rec: 75%
- Released
- March 8, 2016
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Game Experience May Change During Online Play, Intense Violence, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Massive Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Ubisoft
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, Open-World
