During E3 2013 , the game was officially announced , with a trailer explaining the results of Operation Dark Winter and the purpose of Directive 51 . During the Expo , Ubisoft announced a companion app that allows players to play the game on tablets . Players are able to join in the game as a drone to offer tactical support for players playing on PC and consoles . On 20 August 2013 , Ubisoft announced that the game would be released for PC on Microsoft Windows as a result of the " vocal and passionate PC community . " On 7 February 2014 , Ubisoft announced that Ubisoft Reflections was co-developing the game and was responsible for developing the map-design , character-design and the online components of the game . Red Storm Entertainment , a subsidiary of Ubisoft that was co-founded by Tom Clancy , was also working on the weapon-design of the game . Ubisoft Annecy was also announced to be one of the co-developers of the game on 8 May 2015
Operation Dark Winter
Operation Dark Winter
Tom Clancy's The Division