{"id":3545,"date":"2026-04-02T04:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wiki-living.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/we-know-exactly-where-were-going-and-what-we-want-to-do-the-division-3-executive-producer-suggests-fans-should-not-worry-about-the-departure-of-the-games-executive-producer-assuring-tha\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:01:34","slug":"we-know-exactly-where-were-going-and-what-we-want-to-do-the-division-3-executive-producer-suggests-fans-should-not-worry-about-the-departure-of-the-games-executive-producer-assuring-tha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiki-living.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/we-know-exactly-where-were-going-and-what-we-want-to-do-the-division-3-executive-producer-suggests-fans-should-not-worry-about-the-departure-of-the-games-executive-producer-assuring-tha\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We know exactly where we&#8217;re going and what we want to do&#8217; \u2014 The Division 3 executive producer suggests fans should not worry about the departure of the game&#8217;s executive producer, assuring that its road is &#8216;planned and secured for the long term&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr id=\"elk-516de55e-b3a7-4238-98c2-c06e73805814\"\/>\n<ul id=\"elk-355e44d2-7468-4184-bfe1-df706c900aab\">\n<li><em><strong>Section 3<\/strong><\/em><strong>Executive producer, Fredrik Br\u00f6njemark, suggests that fans should not worry about the recent departure of the game&#8217;s executive producer, Julian Gerighty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The developer ensures that the game path is already planned<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Section 2<\/strong><\/em><strong>    The artistic director, Yannick Banchereau, also revealed that the team considered playing for free but decided against it.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"elk-647c347b-f4c0-4ce3-8a86-3d4c8561069c\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-ce4739e1-f5ac-4df6-bdd4-aaefeca25dc6\">Ubisoft confirmed that <em>Section 3<\/em>The roadmap is fully planned, suggesting that fans don&#8217;t have to worry about the game&#8217;s development following the studio&#8217;s recent changes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the game&#8217;s executive producer, Julian Gerighty, left Massive Entertainment to join EA and work on <em>The battlefield<\/em> franchise, with Ubisoft saying at the time that game development would not be affected.<\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-ce4739e1-f5ac-4df6-bdd4-aaefeca25dc6-2\">&#8220;Although we will miss him, his strength will continue in Massive, and we will continue to bring the world he was a part of creating to our players for years to come,&#8221; Ubisoft said. &#8220;Our groups that built this world with Julian are still there, they continue with determination, and unwavering commitment to the future of the nation. <em>Section 2<\/em>, <em>Section 2: Survivors<\/em>, <em>Phase Resumption<\/em>again <em>Section 3<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">The article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><\/p>\n<p>            You might like it<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Now, in an interview with Games Industry.biz, executive producer Fredrik Br\u00f6njemark has also stepped in to ease fans&#8217; worries, confirming that the game&#8217;s roadmap is already fully mapped out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working and executing on a roadmap that has been planned and secured for a long time,&#8221; said Br\u00f6njemark.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Julian&#8217;s departure is not a distraction. We are happy for him and obviously sad to see him go. He was a friend. But until now <em>Section 3<\/em> we are moving, we have our future and our road already secured, and we know exactly where we are going and what we want to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Section 2<\/em> the artistic director, Yannick Banchereau, also touched on the future of the series and believes &#8220;doubtfully&#8221; that it will continue for another decade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-KDXx7rnnJbzKEDpHWrUZXA\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-KDXx7rnnJbzKEDpHWrUZXA slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for top news, reviews, opinions, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all about having happy players and a thriving community,&#8221; Banchereau said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the ultimate goal. If we have that, we&#8217;ll eventually be able to grow our player base and have a strong and thriving community if <em>Section 3<\/em> it releases and continues to grow from there. That is exactly what we see before us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we have them <em>To rise again<\/em>which will be a big part of that, we&#8217;re inviting a new audience and franchise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The creative director also revealed that the team thought about acting <em>Section 2<\/em> free-to-play, but &#8220;never made sense&#8221;, explaining that &#8220;it was very clear that the model we have now works very well with the current game&#8221;.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><\/p>\n<p>            What you can read next<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The transition to a free-to-play model will also require Ubisoft to make major changes to the game, but Banchereau explained that the team &#8220;protects our players&#8217; information and how we make money, how we do business&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are honest about how this works and at the end of the day, for our game to continue to grow we need to bring in money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But we always want to make sure we do that in a way that&#8217;s respectful of our players. Free play isn&#8217;t going to break that, but you&#8217;re going to need to adapt and make changes. So far, we haven&#8217;t seen the need to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Section 3<\/em> it was announced back in 2023, but still has no release date. 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