EXCLUSIVE: Watch Dogs: Legion ‘Director’s Cut’ Planned For First Half of 2027

For those who weren’t a fan of Watch Canine: Legion, you actually weren’t alone. Many think about Legion to have been an almighty nail within the coffin of the collection that was as soon as created to ‘rival’ Grand Theft Auto. It emerged to a woeful reception and by no means actually gained a lot traction, to the purpose the place, even at the moment, earlier iterations of the Watch Canine franchise are far more fashionable on most platforms.

However, bizarrely, that’s not all she wrote for Watch Canine: Legion. Earlier this yr, our very personal Tom Henderson revealed that Ubisoft is engaged on a ‘director’s minimize’ of Watch Canine: Legion; a remake of kinds that serves as a stab at bringing the sport again to life, nevertheless reluctantly.

We will now reveal when that sport is deliberate to be launched.

Will You Give Legion a Second Likelihood?

I’ll be trustworthy – I fairly loved Watch Canine: Legion. It was a reasonably buggy title that had little depth, but it surely recreated a near-future rendition of London with alarming authenticity, and the hacker-tech-driven core of the Watch Canine expertise was entrance and centre.

Admittedly, it had an outstanding premise.

In a downtrodden, oppressed metropolis, anybody can develop into an ally. You possibly can recruit any NPC possible to your trigger, even those that are initially aligned towards you. You possibly can carry on board previous women, politicians, cab drivers, college students, workplace employees, and completely anybody in between, and it makes for some entertaining circumstances.

Pair that with a nostalgia enhance by together with some characters like Aiden Pierce and Watch Canine 2’s Wrench, and also you’ve obtained a system that ought to have landed properly with followers, however sadly, it didn’t.

Subsequent yr, within the first half of 2027, Ubisoft plans to launch a director’s minimize of Watch Canine: Legion, revisiting London and giving the sport a second go.

Actually, it may not be such a foul concept. The love for Watch Canine remains to be there, and Watch Canine 2’s participant depend has not too long ago skyrocketed on Steam out of nowhere.

Think about this:

GTA 6 has been available on the market for 5 – 6 months, and people  solely within the single-player expertise completed the story weeks in the past, if not longer. They’re hungry for an open-world, city expertise stuffed with crime, fight, and automotive chases, and lo and behold, Ubisoft re-releases Watch Canine: Legion, full of enhancements and maybe a little bit additional content material.

It’s not… the worst concept on this planet. It’s no large secret that Watch Canine is without doubt one of the finest video games like Grand Theft Auto, however Legion by no means earned the flowers it might have, had it been applied and delivered correctly.

I’ll actually be going again, however, as I stated, I form of loved Watch Canine: Legion. And not too long ago, Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft’s CEO, stated nothing else is coming for Watch Canine proper now. However they’ve obtained round 100 builders at Ubisoft Montreal engaged on Watch Canine: Legion, so, I don’t know, that appears like one thing.

Would you be going again to London in Watch Canine: Legion for a second strive (or first)? Tell us your ideas on the Insider Gaming Discord server.

For extra Insider Gaming protection, try our exclusive Fallout interview with Bruce Nesmith, and don’t overlook to sign up for our weekly newsletter

Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and within the trade for 10+. You may in all probability discover him enjoying a post-apocalyptic sport or an extraction shooter someplace.

More from Grant Taylor-Hill