Looking for a Watch Dogs: Legion release date? The idea that we’d be getting a Watch Dogs 3 seemed unlikely after the series’s lukewarm debut with sourpuss protagonist Aiden Pearce. However, a change of protagonist in Marcus Holloway appears to have turned the fate of the series.
Set in a dystopian version of London, Watch Dogs: Legion switches up the open-world game formula by having virtually every NPC as the protagonist. Instead of focusing on a single protagonist on a quest to clear DedSec’s name, everyone in London is on the same mission to stop the military from turning the city into a surveillance state. Here’s everything we know about Watch Dogs: Legion, including its release date, setting, and more.
Watch Dogs: Legion release date
The Watch Dogs: Legion release date was Thursday, October 29, 2020 on PC, Xbox One X, PlayStation 4, and Google Stadia. The game launched a few weeks later on November 10 for the Xbox Series S and X, and two days later on the PlayStation 5.
Watch Dogs: Legion setting
After two games set in Chicago and San Francisco, respectively, Ubisoft has decided to take Watch Dogs: Legion to The Big Smoke. London makes perfect sense as a setting for Watch Dogs: Legion as it’s the most surveilled city in the world. It’s also dense, diverse, and packed with hackable landmarks – imagine speeding up the London Eye or hosting a DedSec takeover of all the digital billboards in Piccadilly Circus. Ubisoft has also tackled a London setting before, albeit in the Victorian era, in the form of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, making it ripe territory for an easter egg of two.
Watch Dogs: Legion trailers
Ubisoft revealed that Michael ‘Stormzy’ Owuo Jr would be part of the game in the form of a special mission at launch. Stormzy’s track, Rainfall, takes place in Watch Dog: Legion’s version of London as Big Michael himself takes a virtual trip around the greatest city on the planet.
We’ve also had the chance to see an eight-minute-long gameplay overview that focuses on everything Watch Dogs: Legion has to offer. Learn about how London became a surveillance state, find out how to recruit NPCs to join your cause, and learn about the ways you can tear down the establishment in the overview trailer.
Watch Dogs: Legion gameplay
Recruiting playable characters in Watch Dogs: Legion is as simple as approaching them in the street and asking if they want to join your cause. Recruiting specific workers gives you access to special abilities, for example, a construction worker can use a flying drone to get around, along with a nail gun to fire at enemies from a distance. Your abilities are entirely dependent on who you decide to recruit, so keep an eye out on the street for anyone who might suit your playstyle.
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