As we anticipate the arrival of The Division in less than a week, Ubisoft have revealed important information about the games pre-load and server start times.

Online servers will become active as of 00:01 AM Australian Eastern Daylight Time on March 8th. This means players in the US can start playing online as of March 7th at 5AM PST/8AM EST whilst gamers in the UK will be able to join in as of 1PM GMT on the same day.

As for pre-loading, Xbox One players can download their pre-order of The Division as of March 2nd. PC players on Steam and UPlay can start downloading as of March 3rd with PS4 users having to wait till 12:01 AM local time on March 6th.

Ubisoft also revealed recently that The Division will have a limited edition console as a reward to winning a give away. The game is looking to be a success, trumping many other games of recent times with a beta turn out of over 6 million players.

What are your thoughts on The Division? Looking forward to pre-loading your game ahead of time? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.