With just a few days to go until the Survival DLC goes live for The Division, we’re getting a bit more information about what the game is going to be getting, as well as when. Not only will The Division on PS4 be getting the DLC, but the game will be getting PS4 Pro support at the same time.

Survival was launched for the Xbox One and PC version last month but because of console exclusivity, it hasn’t landed on the PS4 yet. When Sony’s console does indeed finally get the new content, the game will apparently look a bit better on the PS4 Pro as well.

When it comes to the final piece of DLC for the game, The Last Stand, the exclusivity deal won’t apply. That means the content will be landing on the PS4, the PC and the Xbox One at the same time sometime in 2017.

Tom Clancy’s The Division will receive its second paid expansion tomorrow with Survival. This is a separate mode which converts the map into a PvE (or PvP) survival game where players must survive a brutal storm, fight off hunger and find medicine to halt infection. Check out the launch trailer below.

Starting with a basic pistol, players will have to find or craft new equipment, search for food and water and try to warm themselves in the storm. There are up to 23 other players in the same map so resources aren’t exactly plentiful and as you inch closer to the centre of the map to extract, enemies will increase in difficulty.

There’s also a new enemy faction called the Hunters who prowl the Dark Zone. PvP is also an option for Survival and you can fight or cooperate with other agents at any time (with a bonus score multiplier added).

Update 1.5 will also be out tomorrow to add a new World Tier, Named Gear Pieces, three new Named Weapons and 12 new weapon types. Survival is out on November 22nd for Xbox One and PC first with PS4 receiving it on December 20th.

After maintenance on the public test server for The Division, Ubisoft Massive has released patch notes on some of the changes made to the test build of the game.

Survival, for instance, has had enemy health buffed. Level 28 NPCs now have 25 percent more health, level 29 NPCs have 16 percent more and level 30 NPCs have 8 percent more health. In terms of damage, level 28 NPCs now deal 12.5 percent more damage, level 29 NPCs deal 8 percent more and level 30 enemies deal 4 percent more damage.

The Dark Zone has also been adjusted slightly in terms of crafting material drops. Material drop rates have been reduced and crafting High-End weapons now requires Division Tech. Weapon mods that increase magazine size has also been reduced in order to balance players against the Hunters.

Other gameplay changes include the weekly assignment reward’s 30 Phoenix Credits being moved to the weekly assignment’s cache and adding an extra High-End mod to the cache’s reward. Check out the patch notes for more information.

The Public Test Server for Tom Clancy’s The Division underwent maintenance today, starting from 1 AM PST, for two hours. That means it’s recently wrapped up and changes announced during yesterday’s State of the Game are now in effect.

Along with bug fixes and balance changes, the Survival DLC will be not playable for a few days, thus allowing players to focus on the free content coming with update 1.5. This includes further experimentation with enemy armour damage, trying out the new World Tier 5 and having a decent fresh start, etc. There won’t be another World Tier or Gear Score upgrade until new content is available.

Meanwhile, Massive hasn’t confirmed whether a PTS wipe will take place in the following weeks but it’s certainly a possibility. At this rate, it seems likely that Survival and update 1.5 will be out in December. What are your thoughts on the PTS so far? Let us know in the comments below.

Tom Clancy’s The Division is currently running a public test server (PTS) for its next big update 1.5 and its second expansion “Survival“. The expansion is interesting because it takes the open world of the Manhattan and turns it into a huge survival-oriented simulation. Check out the reveal trailer below.

Survival starts players out with a basic pistol and they must fight to acquire better gear and weapons, medicine to stave off the virus, heat to prevent freezing and other supplies like food to prevent starvation. NPCs roam the map and increase in strength as you near the centre. Your objective is to extract and make it out alive but you’ll also have to be wary of the newest faction, the Hunters.

If you own the Season Pass, then you can try out Survival on the PTS for PC now. A release date for all platforms hasn’t been announced but Xbox One and PC players will receive it 30 days before PS4. What are your thoughts on the expansion? Let us know below.

Tom Clancy’s The Division has seen its share of issues, ranging from the glitches to an unsatisfying single-player experience and shallow end-game. Massive is aware of this and has revealed more information on update 1.4 which will make sweeping changes to the overall experience.

In a new blog post, Massive said that update 1.4 will focus on balancing Gear Sets and weapons, providing a solo player experience, balancing the Dark Zone and PvP, focusing on time to kill and enemy difficulty, providing more relevant loot drops to the player, resolving currently known issues and providing Quality of Life changes (like removing the slow walk from the BoO to the Terminal and allowing weapon skins to not take up inventory space).

Update 1.4 will be out in October (with a special State of the Game presenting more information on September 13th) and it’s different from the upcoming Survival DLC with Massive focusing more on improving the overall experience rather than adding more new content. As a result, the Last Stand DLC has been delayed from Holiday 2016 to early 2017. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming changes with The Division in the meantime.