A Week After Saying The Division 3 Was ‘Shaping As much as Be a Monster,’ Franchise Boss Julian Gerighty Leaves Ubisoft for Battlefield Developer DICE

Julian Gerighty, boss of The Division franchise at Ubisoft, has left the corporate to hitch Battlefield developer DICE.

Gerighty confirmed his departure in a social media submit only a week after showing on a online game showcase livestream to advertise The Division 3.

Talking throughout the New Recreation+ Showcase 2026 earlier this month, Gerighty mentioned: “So, The Division 3 is in manufacturing, proper? This isn’t a secret. It has been introduced. It is shaping as much as be a monster. I am unable to actually say something greater than that. However that is, inside these partitions in Large, we’re working extraordinarily arduous on one thing that I feel will likely be as massive an influence as Division 1 was.”

He then went on to enthuse about different The Division initiatives within the works at Large Leisure, which he has now left for fellow Swedish studio DICE.

“It is time for me to hold up my go bag (holding the watch) as I am going on one other grand journey,” Gerighty mentioned. “The Division future burns vivid, and I am unable to wait so that you can uncover what the groups have been engaged on. Lengthy reside The Division and Godspeed!”

Two months in the past, Large Leisure launched what it known as a “voluntary profession transition program,” (the studio requested its workers to volunteer to be laid off) as a part of a transfer to concentrate on The Division franchise and its Snowdrop sport engine. It got here as a part of vital restructuring at Ubisoft that has seen a number of studio closures and rounds of layoffs. Large Leisure’s Star Wars Outlaws, launched in 2024, was a giant gross sales disappointment for Ubisoft, regardless of vital improvement and advertising and marketing prices. Julian Gerighty was Outlaws’ co-director.

Then, earlier this week, Ubisoft introduced that it anticipated 55 jobs to be impacted by layoffs at Large and fellow Swedish outfit Ubisoft Stockholm as a result of its voluntary redundancy scheme didn’t obtain as many leavers as mandatory for Ubisoft’s plans to scale back headcount. Ubisoft introduced The Division 3 over two years in the past, and it has but to point out off the sport.

In a social media submit, Large Leisure instructed The Division followers to not fear about Gerighty’s departure, saying the groups who constructed The Division with him stay.

As soon as an Agent, all the time an Agent. We’re grateful for all the pieces you gave this universe. You’ll all the time be a part of it. Good luck at @EA_DICE, @jgerighty 🧡 pic.twitter.com/QlzuV4XtVV

— Large Leisure – A Ubisoft Studio 🎮 (@UbiMassive) January 16, 2026

As for Battlefield, EA just lately delayed Battlefield 6 Season 2 to deal with fan suggestions.

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