What you need to know about Watch Dogs 2, including release date, trailer, and latest news.
Watch Dogs 2 Trailers
Watch Dogs 2 will feature co-op and competitive multiplayer. Team up to complete co-op missions with a friend or fight off rival hackers trying to invade your game. Check out the new trailer:
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E3 2016 gifted us with an extended look at Watch Dogs 2 in action via an in-game sequence that shows off the game's new style as well as an involved infiltration mission. If you want to see how far along the game truly is, you've got to watch this demo:
Ubisoft has unveiled the first look at Watch Dogs 2 today with a collection of cinematic and gameplay trailers. The opening cinematic trailer focuses on the new San Francisco location and features everyday citizens using technology on the streets, as well as the seedy underground of hackers who manipulate these devices to do their own bidding. The trailer also highlights some iconic locations in San Francisco, such as the Golden Gate Bridge submerged in Bay Area fog. The team calls it the “wild west of technology,” and promises exciting hacking scenarios where the big tech companies of Silicon Valley are located. The ctOS system which powered all of Chicago in the first game makes a return in Watch Dogs 2 to fuel the new city.
The new protagonist in Watch Dogs 2 is named Marcus Holloway, a young hacker accused of a crime he didn’t commit, which in turn forced him to go against the system. Marcus differs from Aiden Pierce in that Marcus is a lot better at parkour, and also has a unique arsenal of weapons and gadgets courtesy of a 3D printer, such as the RC Jumper and a tiny drone called the Quad Copter. You can also play through the game in a completely nonlethal manner using a taser if you wish.
There will also be a lot more depth to hacking in Watch Dogs 2, with players now being able to remotely hack vehicles for the first time in the series. As such, every character and vehicle in the game is completely hackable. For instance, Marcus can create a distraction by targeting a person’s phone and making it go off. Later on, a mass hacking ability will allow players to hack a large group of people simultaneously. There will also be an online cooperative component that Ubisoft plans to discuss in more detail over the coming months.
Here's the first cinematic trailer for Watch Dogs 2:
There's also trailer for Marcus. Check it out below:
You can also watch the full premiere announcement below:
Watch Dogs 2 Release Date
Watch Dogs 2will be released on November 15, 2016. The news came via an online advertisement that accidentally went live on IGN ahead of schedule this morning. The artwork in the marketing material also confirms that Watch Dogs 2is set in San Francisco and will feature a new protagonist.
The original Watch Dogswas released in May 2014, and featured a futuristic version of Chicago in which hackers could remotely take control of everything in the city’s infrastructure, from security cameras to underground steam pipes.
Joe Jasko is a staff writer.
