Online games have lately been a dud parade. 'The Division 2' swears it will be the good one.

"Fallout 76" was a buggy, listless wasteland and became an industry laughingstock. "Anthem" barely got off the ground. Recent updates to "Red Dead Online" are causing players to lose faith as they're nickel-and-dimed for dirty clothes and dances. It's a dark coincidence that a video game about abandoned and lost communities could be host to millions of adrift gamers, outraged and disappointed by the recent dud parade of massive, open-world online shooters. In Washington, where the game is set, Ubisoft held a preview event for "The Division 2," the sequel to the company's most successfully launched game ever.