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Wednesday24th Apr 2024
Rumour Watch Dogs Is Dead, and Legion Reportedly Killed It
Taken out back
Questions were no doubt asked about the future of Watch Dogs when the latest game in the series, Watch Dogs Legion, underperformed both critically and commercially (even though its initial sales numbers might have hinted otherwise). The PS5 and PS4 open world title, which first launched in 2020, saw a lot of improvement through...
Saturday22nd Jan 2022
News Ubisoft Pulls the Plug on Watch Dogs Legion PS5, PS4 Updates
Bollocks
Ubisoft’s post-release support for many of its games is spectacular, but the French publisher has pulled the plug on Watch Dogs Legion. While it has delivered all of the add-ons and extras it promised prior to release, we do get the sense that if the title had performed better, it may have committed more support to the release. As it is,...
Tuesday24th Aug 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion Unleashes Hidden Blade with Assassin's Creed Update on PS5, PS4
Legion of boom
Whatever your thoughts on Watch Dogs Legion at launch, you’ve got to give publisher Ubisoft credit for sticking with the London sandbox. A huge new update available today adds the first major Assassin’s Creed crossover content to the series, with free missions and quests for everyone to enjoy – including one starring newcomer...
Wednesday18th Aug 2021
News Assassin's Creed Crosses Streams with Watch Dogs Legion on PS5, PS4 Next Week
Darcy deploys as a new operative
Watch Dogs Legion will add its previously announced Assassin’s Creed crossover content on 24th September, with new operative Darcy deploying on the streets of London next week. The character is included as part of the open worlder’s Season Pass, and comes equipped with a hidden blade and hooded robe. As with all...
Saturday12th Jun 2021
News Aiden Pearce and His Iconic Cap Descend on London in Watch Dogs Legion DLC
Due out on 6th July
Here’s your first look at Watch Dogs Legion expansion Bloodline, which sees Aiden Pearce arrive in London for a big job. You’ll be tasked with breaking into a shady tech corporation, where you’ll need to steal a device that provides control over an army of weaponised robots. It’s set before the events of the main game...
Tuesday1st Jun 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion Is Now Playable at 60fps on PS5
And the undead are coming to London
Watch Dogs Legion is now playable at 60 frames-per-second on PlayStation 5, as Ubisoft’s promised performance update has rolled out on next-gen consoles. You will sacrifice the release’s gorgeous raytracing effects if you select it, but obviously gain silky-smooth performance. It’s a trade-off, as always,...
Friday21st May 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion Adding PS5 Performance Mode on 1st June
And other surprises incoming
Watch Dogs Legion’s previously promised 60 frames-per-second update for PlayStation 5 will begin rolling out on 1st June. This is all part of the release’s revised roadmap, which will also see the addition of pensioner Helen as a new playable operative and cross-gen multiplayer between PS5 and PS4. Ubisoft’s also...
Tuesday4th May 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion Adds New Character, Missions, and Operatives
DJs, First Responders, and mind control
Watch Dogs Legion has added a ton of new content today – a lot of which is free for everyone! As part of a new update on PlayStation 5 and PS4, you’ll be able to recruit two new types of operative to your team: a DJ and First Responder. Both have unique abilities associated with their jobs, so the First...
Friday2nd Apr 2021
News PS5 Open World Watch Dogs Legion Will Run at 60 Frames-Per-Second in the Future
Refresh
Watch Dogs Legion is getting a 60 frames-per-second update on PlayStation 5, a Ubisoft representative has confirmed in a Reddit question-and-answer. While there’s currently no window attached to this performance upgrade, a spokesperson said that the feature is in development now, and “we’ll announce the exact release dates with our...
Tuesday23rd Mar 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion Will Be Free-to-Play This Weekend on PS5, PS4
Viva La London
Unlike in real-life under current coronavirus lockdown restrictions, London will be free to explore in Watch Dogs Legion this weekend, as Ubisoft launches a trial scheduled to run from 25th March to 29th March. As part of the promotional period you’ll be able to explore half of the city’s boroughs, progress the story “up to the...
Tuesday16th Mar 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion PS5, PS4 Update Will Add Crossplay
DedSec on the case
Tourists returning to Watch Dogs Legion’s futuristic reimagining of London have been disappointed to learn that the title’s new online mode lacks crossplay – and even cross-generational play. This means, if you’re playing on the PlayStation 5, then you can’t even partner up with players on the PS4 – let alone Xbox...
Tuesday9th Mar 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion Taps Title Update as London Is Connected on PS5, PS4
High 5G
A new title update has released for Watch Dogs Legion, preparing the open worlder for its anticipated online update. The patch weighs in at 10GB on the PlayStation 4 and 2.3GB on the PS5 – that’s some impressive compression on the next-gen console, by the way – and bundles in a bunch of bug fixes to boot. The online experien
Monday22nd Feb 2021
News Watch Dogs Legion's Free Online Update Makes a Connection to PS5, PS4 from 9th March
Not-so DedSec
Watch Dogs Legion will finally take London online from 9th March, as Ubisoft has confirmed that the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 open worlder’s free update is almost upon us. As part of a title update, you’ll be able to free-roam with up to three friends, “and explore London, encounter city events, complete challenges, and...
Saturday13th Feb 2021
News Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Free Outfits in Watch Dogs Legion on PS5, PS4
Xie xie
Looking for a reason to return to London in Watch Dogs Legion? Well, while you wait for the upcoming online update, you may want to claim this free Lunar New Year content for your operatives. Available from the in-game Ubisoft Connect client until 25th February, the pack includes some swish new Year of the Ox-themed threads and a pretty...
Wednesday25th Nov 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Delays Online Mode to Early 2021
To focus on single player fixes
Ubisoft has delayed the online mode planned for Watch Dogs Legion to early 2021 so that it can "focus on fixing issues with single player". The multiplayer offering, which plans to offer four-player co-op and the classic Invasion mode from the first game, was planned to arrive next week. There's no word on whether...
Monday26th Oct 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Trophy List May Award Your Final PS4 Platinum
Long live the queen
Despite the PlayStation 5 being just around the corner, there are still a couple more heavy-hitters to release that you may be playing natively on PlayStation 4. Watch Dogs Legion, out this Thursday, is one of them and its Trophy list appears to indicate a Platinum Trophy that's fairly easy to unlock. Could this be the final list...
Friday23rd Oct 2020
News Grime Superstar Stormzy's New Music Video Set Inside Watch Dogs: Legion
When it rains it pours
London-based grime superstar Stormzy’s new song Rainfall will headline Watch Dogs: Legion’s soundtrack, and here’s the music video set inside the game’s futuristic London. The Vossi Bop artist – who’s also featured on the soundtrack for NBA 2K21, FIFA 21, and EA Sports UFC 4 this year al
Monday19th Oct 2020
News This Is How Watch Dogs: Legion Is Handling Microtransactions
Operatives, in-game currency, and more
Like the vast majority of Ubisoft games, Watch Dogs: Legion will have a premium in-game store where you’ll be able to exchange real money for additional content. Writing on the game’s official website, the French publisher has outlined how this will all work, introducing a currency called WD Credit, which...
Wednesday7th Oct 2020
News London's Burning in Watch Dogs Legion Story Trailer
'Ey up
Watch Dogs Legion allows you to play as Roger Moore-style 007 superspy and grandma with a walking frame, so its plot was always going to err on the corny side. This new story trailer confirms as much, as you’ll be up against nefarious security groups and virtual vigilantes. Watch Dogs 2 hit a nice balance with its plot, so we’re hoping...
Tuesday6th Oct 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Adds Mammoth Online Multiplayer Modes Post-Launch
And an Assassin's Creed crossover with its Season Pass
Watch Dogs Legion will launch first on the PlayStation 4 later this month, and then it’ll be available as a free PS4-to-PS5 upgrade on Sony’s next-gen console a little later in the year. But the Ubisoft open world’s roadmap doesn’t end there, as the French firm has pulled back the...
Thursday10th Sep 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Adds the Iconic Aiden Pearce, Stormzy
Wait, what?
We can't say we ever thought we would write a headline including the names Aiden Pearce and Stormzy, but it's 2020 and quite literally anything can happen. Yes, the UK superstar and the iconic protagonist we all know and love named Aiden Pearce will both feature in Watch Dogs Legion when it hits PlayStation 4 at the end of next month...
Thursday23rd Jul 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Reveals Its Recruitable Resistance
A-Team
We already know Watch Dogs Legion’s unique selling point, but just in case you’ve been living under a lockdown rock, here’s a reminder: you can recruit anyone to your team. This trailer doubles down on that message, and while there’s very little new on display – well, it looks like good ol’ goofy fun, doesn’t it? It’s due out...
Monday13th Jul 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Season Pass Includes Free Copy of the First Game
The Complete Edition
After bundling Assassin's Creed III Remastered with the season pass for Assassin's Creed Odyssey and doing the same thing with a free version of Far Cry 3: Classic Edition when you bought Far Cry 5, Ubisoft is set to continue this initiative with Watch Dogs Legion. If you buy the game's season pass, which comes
Gallery Watch Dogs Legion Screenshots Bring Mayhem to London
Careful now
Watch Dogs Legion will be one of the PlayStation 4's very last big titles and it looks like the console will be going out in style. Also confirmed for PlayStation 5, with a free upgrade available for anyone who purchases the current-gen version, the Ubisoft game is looking really quite good in this latest batch of screenshots. You'll get...
Sunday12th Jul 2020
News Watch Dogs Legion Hacks London This October on PS4, Free Upgrade to PS5 Version
Plus lengthy gameplay overview
Watch Dogs Legion will be coming to PlayStation 4 on 29th October 2020. The Ubisoft Forward livestream failed to mention the next-gen PlayStation 5 version, but we do know that it will be available for free should you purchase the PS4 edition. You'll also gain access to some free enhancements following that upgrade...
Wednesday22nd Apr 2020
Rumour Watch Dogs Legion Will Be a PS5 Launch Game
Set to "debut" with next-gen consoles
Watch Dogs Legion was originally scheduled to release on the 6th March 2020. Kind of weird to think about, isn't it? But even before this whole coronavirus thing began, Ubisoft delayed Legion and a number of other titles that it still has in the works, including Gods & Monsters and Rainbow Six: Quarantine...
Thursday30th Jan 2020
Random BBC Holds Interview on Watch Dogs Legion Within the Game Itself
Virtually real
Here's something you don't see every day. Marc Cieslak, reporter for BBC Click, has conducted an interview about Watch Dogs Legion from within the game's virtual London. The journalist paid a visit to Ubisoft in order to speak with creative director Clint Hocking, but in a brilliant twist, the pair carried out the interview inside...
Thursday24th Oct 2019
News Ubisoft Delays a Trio of Its Biggest Titles Past April 2020
Launching in the next fiscal year
What's going on all of a sudden? The Last of Us: Part II has been delayed to 29th May 2020, but Ubisoft has gone and one upped that unfortunate announcement by pushing back all three of its biggest titles hitting next year. Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, and Rainbow Six: Quarantine have all been delayed to...
Wednesday26th Jun 2019
News Watch Dogs Legion Continues to Sound Crazy, the Story Script Has 20 Different Versions
Cor blimey
Watch Dogs Legion has sounded ambitious from the word go, and the more we hear about it, the crazier and crazier it sounds. As you may already know, the game lets you play as loads of different characters, all of them randomly generated to some degree. Each and every character comes with their own strengths, weaknesses, name, and...
Wednesday12th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Watch Dogs Legion Won't Feature Any Dogs Because Then You'd Have to Play as Them
A real shame
Watch Dogs Legion's 'play as anyone' mechanic is certainly an ambitious one, but it turns out the feature only goes so far. The buck stops with our canine friends, who won't be playable in the game. Speaking with IGN's Brian Altano, creative director Clint Hocking said: "There are no dogs in the game because if you’re gonna play as...
