It appears that Tom Clancy’s The Division won’t be bringing their friends into the game via mobile and tablets after all. Massive Entertainment (aka Ubisoft Massive) confirmed to IGN today that the tablet app has been cancelled.

The Division is an open-world RPG shooter with player-vs-player elements set in a post-apocalypse world where virus has all but wiped out mankind. The gameplay has been revealed to revolve around exploring locations in deserted New York City, retrieving weapons and armor, and getting out safely.

During E3 2013 a few upcoming games were announced that would combine console and PC gameplay with companion apps on mobile devices, enabling a secondary game experience for players not currently at a console. Most of these apps provided more information to the player. Such as becoming a minimap, or alternate gameplay mode, in the Battlefield 4 Commander app, which was also pulled from mobile. Tom Clancy’s The Division caught SiliconANGLE’s attention in 2013 for the innovative idea on combining play experience.

A representative said that the mobile companion app had been pulled because it “created an imbalance” that affected gameplay negatively.

In the 2013 E3 demo, the companion app was presented as a way for players with a tablet to join their team by controlling a remote drone. The drone could then assist the players—by scouting out the enemy or offering armor buffs—or harass the enemy by marking targets so that the console players could see them through walls (as long as the drone could see them.)

The Division is set to launch on March 8, 2016 and will have an exclusive beta launch on Xbox One in December this year.

Image credit: Ubisoft, Tom Clancy’s The Division (video game)