- Following Ubisoft's huge restructure, leakers can't decide whether the Watch Dogs franchise is dead or not - 26 January 2026
Watch Dogs had so much promise. The first two entries were fantastic, urban open world games with innovative quests and an anti-establishment message that we see so little of in modern games outside of Final Fantasy 7. Watch Dogs Legion had a clever central gimmick, but being able to play as any NPC hindered its ability to tell interesting stories. Still, that shouldn't be enough to leave the entire franchise for dead. Depending on who you listen to, Ubisoft might have already dug Aiden Pearce's grave, but the leakers can't seem to agree. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Watch Dogs Steam achievements are a good excuse to replay Ubisoft crime game Watch Dogs is getting a movie, and it might actually be good A big new Watch Dogs mod makes Chicago a more dynamic place
- Achievements Unlocked for Watch Dogs - 4 February 2025
Attention Dedsec, We are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Watch Dogs! As a heads up, achievements will be retroactively earned for the accomplishments already completed in your game. For the sync to happen you need to launch the game once, and the previously unlocked Ubisoft Connect achievements will be automatically unlocked on Steam. Keep your eyes peeled, Hackers!
- New Watch Dogs Steam achievements are a good excuse to replay Ubisoft crime game - 4 February 2025
Spiritually, the first Watch Dogs falls somewhere between GTA 5, Cyberpunk 2077, and the earlier Assassin's Creed games. Watch Dogs 2 had the better writing, and a much more sympathetic protagonist in Marcus Holloway. Watch Dogs Legion was bigger, louder. But the 2014 original was the best from a purely pyrotechnical level - great gunfights, great car chases, and a few solid setpiece missions as part of the main campaign. A mix of action, stealth, driving, and hacking, if you haven't played it before, or you've been waiting for a reason to try it again, new Watch Dogs Steam achievements may be the perfect excuse. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Watch Dogs is getting a movie, and it might actually be good A big new Watch Dogs mod makes Chicago a more dynamic place You can get Watch Dogs free - and the promotion works now
- Watch Dogs is getting a movie, and it might actually be good - 8 March 2024
The tides have turned in the cultural consensus on videogame adaptations, thanks to the success of The Last of Us, Sonic movies, and more well-received live-action projects in recent years. This might be good news for Watch Dogs , which is lined up to receive the big-screen treatment. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: A big new Watch Dogs mod makes Chicago a more dynamic place You can get Watch Dogs free - and the promotion works now Watch the worst downgrades in PC gaming history
- Watch Dogs 2 Tumblr – Sitara’s DedSec Hackerspace – Roundup 2 - 22 August 2016
When we last checked Sitara’s Tumblr, she’d been kicking around some new art concepts for the DedSec revolution. This month, she shares more about her background – where she came from, and where she’s going. In case you missed last month’s content, read it here. In her first post, Sitara’s got some thoughts on the melding of marketing and manipulation: I know what marketing is. Everybody’s got something to sell, that’s life. But some of these “tech giants”, these hulking, bloated conglomerates? All they’re selling is a lie, and everybody’s stepping all over each other to buy in. Don’t do it. Open your eyes and you’ll be surprised what you see. Recently I tried my hand at a take on Blume’s bullsh*t. Too on-the-nose? Maybe. If you’ve got something better, give it a try. You can download the Blume logo here and remix it to your little heart’s content. Show me your rebellious side. This nex…
- Watch Dogs 2 Tumblr – Sitara’s DedSec Hackerspace – Roundup 2 - 22 August 2016
When we last checked Sitara’s Tumblr, she’d been kicking around some new art concepts for the DedSec revolution. This month, she shares more about her background – where she came from, and where she’s going. In case you missed last month’s content, read it here. In her first post, Sitara’s got some thoughts on the melding of marketing and manipulation: I know what marketing is. Everybody’s got something to sell, that’s life. But some of these “tech giants”, these hulking, bloated conglomerates? All they’re selling is a lie, and everybody’s stepping all over each other to buy in. Don’t do it. Open your eyes and you’ll be surprised what you see. Recently I tried my hand at a take on Blume’s bullsh*t. Too on-the-nose? Maybe. If you’ve got something better, give it a try. You can download the Blume logo here and remix it to your little heart’s content. Show me your rebellious side. This nex…
- Midweek Madness - Watch_Dogs , up to 70% Off - 7 June 2016
Save up to 70% on Watch_Dogs™ during this week's Midweek Madness*! You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, you'll be able to monitor and hack all who surround you by manipulating everything connected to the city’s network. Access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy and more. *Offer ends Friday at 10 AM Pacific Time
- Ubisoft s Annual Uplay Spring Sale Now On - 15 April 2016
My calendar tells me we’re now over halfway through April. The Met Office tells me astronomical spring in the northern hemisphere started on March 20. Yet the weatherman told me yesterday that I can expect highs of a whopping nine degrees centigrade here in Glasgow this weekend. I’d swear it was still winter had the annual Uplay Spring Sale not kicked off this week, with big discounts on the likes of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate , Rainbow Six Siege and Far Cry 4 , among others. Which others, you say? Find out after the drop. …
- Watch Dogs 2 Will Launch Before April 2017 - 11 February 2016
Watch Dogs 2 will launch before April 2017. We know because Ubisoft just said that the game would be out before the end of its current financial year as part of their third-quarter financial report. And for now, that’s all we know. …
- Have You Played Watch_Dogs? - 30 November 2015
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. I’d forgive you if you haven’t. My review of Watch underscore Dogs found plenty of reasons to criticise the game , from its action to its mission and level design and its piss poor characters. But then I kept playing it, because the multiplayer was really good . …
- Midweek Madness - Watch_Dogs up to 66% Off - 28 July 2015
Save up to 66% on Watch_Dogs™ during this week's Midweek Madness*! All it takes is the swipe of a finger. We connect with friends. We buy the latest gadgets and gear. We find out what’s happening in the world. But with that same simple swipe, we cast an increasingly expansive shadow. With each connection, we leave a digital trail that tracks our every move and milestone, our every like and dislike. And it’s not just people. Today, all major cities are networked. Urban infrastructures are monitored and controlled by complex operating systems. In Watch_Dogs, this system is called the Central Operating System (CTOS) – and it controls almost every piece of the city’s technology and holds key information on all of the city’s residents. *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Watch This Space: Watch Dogs 2 May Be In The Works - 2 May 2015
In news that surprises exactly no one, a sequel to Watch Dogs appears to be in the works. This comes according to some poor guy’s LinkedIn page that’s been sniffed out by VideoGamer.com . Julien Risse is a senior gameplay designer at Ubisoft, whose past credits include the original Watch Dogs and its DLC Bad Blood, but the stand out oddity is his mention of an unannounced sequel for the series. He’s since deleted it from his credits but it lives on forever in screencap form. Somewhere, with knuckles between teeth, Julien Risse silently screams. …
- The Steam Exploration Sale Starts Now! - 26 November 2014
The Steam Exploration Sale is here! For the next six days, take advantage of huge savings throughout the Steam store on thousands of titles. Plus, discover new and recommended games on your personalized Exploration Sale page here . Check back each day for new Daily Deals. Today’s Featured Deals Include: * Watchdogs - 50% off; * Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - 50% off; * The Evil Within - 66% off; * Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth - 30% off; * Lords of the Fallen - 40% off; * Goat Simulator - 50% off; * The Long Dark - 50% off; * Don’t Starve - 75% off; * Company of Heroes 2 - 75% off; The Steam Exploration Sale runs from now until 10AM Pacific Time, December 2nd. Complete information on Daily Deals and other special offers can be found on Steam.
- Weekend Deal - Watch_Dogs , 40% Off - 30 October 2014
Save 40% on Watch_Dogs™ as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! Watch_Dogs takes place in a fully simulated living city where, using your smartphone, you have real-time control over the city’s infrastructure. Trap your enemy in a 30-car pileup by manipulating the traffic lights. Stop a train, and then board it to evade the authorities. Narrowly escape capture by quickly raising a drawbridge. Anything connected to the city’s Central Operating System (CTOS) can become your weapon. *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
- New DLC Available - Watch_Dogs - Bad Blood - 30 September 2014
Watch_Dogs - Bad Blood , all new content for Watch_Dogs™ is Now Available on Steam! Revisit Chicago in a brand new Watch_Dogs adventure! Play as T-Bone Grady, the legendary and eccentric hacker and Aiden Pearce's trusted comrade. Now on the run from Blume, T-Bone only has two choices: flee and start a new life elsewhere, or fight Blume to save an old friend. Face your shady past on your road to redemption.
- Watch Dogs’ Bad Blood DLC is now available to season pass holders, here’s the launch trailer - 25 September 2014
There's an especially great scene in Watch Dogs where . The character you're shooting alongside, Raymond 'T-Bone' Kenny, is the main character in this first DLC drop for Watch Dogs. If you thought Aiden Pearce lacked character, then T-Bone should make up for it. Entitled Bad Blood, the new campaign follows T-Bone's exploits about halfway through the regular campaign, when he's called upon by former Blume employee Tobias Frewer to get him out of a tight fix. Well, good news: if you're a Season Pass holder that pack is available to download right now, though everyone else will need to wait until September 30. Bad Blood's campaign content will be complimented with a bunch of other new stuff, including new cooperative 'Street Sweep' contracts. Meanwhile, the Hacking and Tailing online modes are now playable as T-Bone. All this, alongside new weapons, perks, outfits and a remote-controlled c…
- Ubisoft explains why Watch Dogs is a lot like the first Assassin’s Creed - 22 September 2014
The original Assassin's Creed was a beautiful world in search of a game to occupy it. (When a large proportion of your mission design involves sitting on benches, you've got a variety problem.) Second time around Ubisoft made good on the premise with the brilliant Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood, and the company expects Watch Dogs to follow a similar pattern. In an interview with our friends over at CVG, Ubisoft Montreal vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud called the cyber vigilantism game "a brand and promise" for the future. "The reception has actually been pretty close to Assassin's Creed ," he noted, "with the first one we didn't have such a good reception, and it was fair." Raynaud also admitted that there were problems with Watch Dogs' replayability, and that it was easy to spot that it was a first iteration. He also made the point that while Ubisoft always knew that Assassi…
- Five hours with the upcoming Watch Dogs expansion, Bad Blood - 15 September 2014
Haven t you caused enough damage? Near-future Chicago is a city under secret siege, not from human traffickers, petty thugs, and gangbangers, but from you and your smartphone. The stop lights are broken, the vending machines depleted, the public s knees permanently scrapped from stooping to grab the cash you sent flying out of malfunctioning ATMs, and no one stands near vents. Isn t it time to put the phone down? Not according to Watch Dogs first expansion, Bad Blood. Ahead of its September 23 release, I played the first four of ten campaign missions, as well as a handful of side activities and some online co-op. The story takes off directly after the conclusion of Watch Dogs. With Aiden Pearce s journey wrapped, you play his dreadlocked hacker ally Raymond T-Bone Kenney, a man fond of septum piercings, bowling shirts, and booze. This software engineer once worked for Blume, that shadow…
- Watch Dogs: Bad Blood DLC tells the story of T-Bone - 3 September 2014
The upcoming Watch Dogs DLC Bad Blood will put players in the shoes of T-Bone Grady, the legendary hacker and trusted companion of Aiden Pearce, who risks his safety to help out an old friend but soon realizes that there's more to his story than meets the eye. Bad Blood will introduce a new story campaign that takes place shortly after the events of Watch Dogs, with ten new missions set in new locations scattered throughout Chicago. It will also a new system of side missions known as "Street Sweep" contracts, offering "endless hours of challenges" that can be played solo or in co-op mode. The "Hacking" and "Tailing" modes, and the ctOS Companion App, will also be playable as T-Bone. On top of the new missions and gameplay mode, Bad Blood will also add new weapons, perks and outfits, including the remote-controlled car Eugene, which can be upgraded with both offensive and defensive perks…
- You can now hack CCTV cameras in Grand Theft Auto IV, thanks to this Watch Dogs mod - 1 September 2014
That's the problem with Grand Theft Auto IV: you can't hack, you can't ride on the roof of trains and you can't use nuclear weaponry. The latter isn't likely to change any time soon, but two clever GTA IV modders have managed to add a lot of the functionality of Watch Dogs into the six-year old game. The mod, which is available right now, covers Nico Belic in Aiden Pearce's trademark trenchcoat and even shares the same hands-in-pockets idle animation. You'll be able to hack payphones, ATMs, ticket machines, wall lights, trains, traffic lights, road blocks, cameras, drink machines and parked cars. It also introduces the ability to shoot witnesses to your crimes. Of course, you could choose to stick with the originals instead: Watch Dogs is reportedly getting a whole new city via DLC, while Grand Theft Auto V releases later this year for PC. Here's a video of the mod in action:
