The exact release date will be announced on Monday, December 4th which is the same day that patch notes will be published.
The developer recently announced on its State of the Game live stream that update 1.8 will be releasing next week.
Ubisoft Massive is currently gearing up for update 1.8 aka Resistance which has been in testing for several months now.
Much as people would like you to think the game is dead, Tom Clancy’s The Division still has a fairly strong following almost two years after release.