Have hackers and cheats ruined The Division on PC?

Ubisoft's New York-based strategy shooter is the company's most successful ever release - but players say the experience is being ruined by cheats

In financial terms, Tom Clancy's The Division is a hugely successful video game. Released in March by French publisher Ubisoft, this New York-set third-person shooter quickly became the best selling new franchise of all time, generating more than $330m in sales in its first five days. But, just over a month after release, the best selling game in Ubisoft's 30-year history looks to be heading for catastrophe.

The Division has a cheating problem. Not just one, either, but a critical mass of glitches, exploits, and hacks that - in the eyes of the playerbase at least - threaten the game's immediate and long-term future on the PC. Players stack items for unintended bonuses, farm missions in seconds, and - worst of all - using third-party hacks to cheat in player vs player (PvP) competition.