A Division 2 PC open beta Gold Edition bug is frustrating some players. Those who pre-ordered this edition of the game can’t download the beta, despite having played the private one in February. Find out what The Division 2 PC open beta Gold Edition bug fix is with our handy guide.
The Division 2 PC open beta Gold Edition bug
The Division 2 PC open beta Gold Edition bug is only affecting those who have pre-purchased this edition for PC. Players who nabbed a copy of the gold version were given access to the private and open betas as part of their reward for sticking with Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment for this series’ latest installment.
Or they would do if they could download it. Forum users, such as WalkofShame, have taken to the internet to seek help with this error. Players received message errors after they were asked to connect their Epic Games account to the Uplay one, in order to download the open beta.
Despite uninstalling and reinstalling each program, players were then confronted with an “activation code required” message. Without one of these, players couldn’t download the beta and, to make matters worse, they had not been sent one by Ubisoft.
The Division 2 PC open beta Gold Edition bug fix
Thankfully, there’s a very logical solution to The Division 2 PC open beta Gold Edition bug. People who took part in the private beta only need to download a patch — albeit a 45GB one — in order to access the open beta. We covered how to download this four-day long beta in a separate guide, which you can view here.
Our guide covers how to download the open beta via the Uplay and Epic Games stores. Regardless of which of these two platforms you are playing on, that guide should hold the answer to accessing it.