Ubisoft is releasing a new Watch Dogs game but it won’t be on consoles

Watch Dogs: Legion has been revived done a caller interactive experience, though it possibly isn’t the sequel you’re hoping for.

At 1 point, Watch Dogs appeared to beryllium Ubisoft’s adjacent large franchise, joining the likes of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry.

The upwards trajectory of the series, however, suffered a large setback with Watch Dogs: Legion, which reportedly underperformed commercially and whitethorn person enactment immoderate aboriginal games connected ice.

Ubisoft hasn’t abandoned the franchise though, arsenic made wide by a caller interactive audio escapade called Watch Dogs: Truth, which has been released connected Audible.

Serving arsenic a nonstop follow-up to Watch Dogs: Legion, Watch Dogs: Truth picks up successful the aforesaid post-Brexit London mounting and erstwhile again follows hacktivist radical DedSec, on with returning sentient AI Bagley, arsenic they effort to halt the government’s cyber quality force.

While predominantly an audio drama, it features communicative choices astatine the extremity of each occurrence which volition find Dedsec’s adjacent determination successful the story.

The main selling constituent mightiness beryllium the large dependable cast. T’Nia Miller, known for Netflix’s The Haunting Of Bly Manor and The Fall Of The House Of Usher, plays Connie, alongside The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey, Freema Agyeman from Doctor Who, Looking histrion Russell Tovey, and Gary Beadle – who’s possibly champion known arsenic Paul Trueman successful EastEnders.

The full bid spans astir six hours successful full (although this mightiness beryllium connected your choices) and is available now for £19.99, oregon you tin get a 30-day escaped proceedings to Audible and perceive to it each for free.

This isn’t the archetypal clip Ubisoft has teamed up with Audible for a spin-off audio adventure. In 2020, the institution released Assassin’s Creed: Gold starring Riz Ahmed and Buffy’s Anthony Head.

While a due Watch Dogs crippled mightiness beryllium retired of the question for the foreseeable future, Ubisoft is intelligibly hoping to springiness the franchise a 2nd upwind done different media, including a Watch Dogs movie which began production successful the summer.

Directed by Mathieu Turi, the Watch Dogs movie is acceptable to prima Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes) and Sophia Wilde (Talk To Me), but nary merchandise day has been announced.

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