Ubisoft Announces Release Dates for Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry Titles
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Ubisoft had its digital presentation Sunday, where the company gave details on upcoming titles in franchises such as Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry.
Not mentioned in the presentation were the numerous allegations of sexual harassment and subsequent departures of multiple Ubisoft employees. Prior to the event, the company tweeted a quick message saying that since the event was pre-recorded, they would not be able to address these events.
Without claiming to know how much work it would take to put at least a brief message at the beginning of the presentation, that explanation still isn’t sufficient. Many have since accused the company of not wanting its entire audience to know about the reckoning it’s facing by not including any statement in its official stream.
Whatever the reason, the number of good, hard-working employees at Ubisoft likely far outnumbers the still unacceptably high (i.e. larger than zero) number of harassers and abusers at the company. Both have put work into the titles shown during the presentation, muddying the waters on whether it’s ethical to support its work. That will be up for you to decide, but we should all at least be informed of the full story and what Ubisoft is doing to provide justice for its survivors and prevent any future cases from happening.
With that soapbox stepped down from, here are the games:
Watch Dogs: Legion
Developer: Ubisoft Toronto
Release date: Oct. 29 (current-gen), holiday 2020 (next-gen)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Stadia, PC
Watch Dogs: Legion is the third entry in the hacker-centric Watch Dogs series, opening up with a short film by director Alberto Mielgo, whose previous works such as Love, Death & Robots and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse are immediately apparent. But just ignore the monologue about standing up against those who attack immigrants, protestors, journalists and street artists. It’s definitely not political at all.
The actual game footage gives a more detailed look into how players will recruit various denizens of future London to join DedSec, a militia group of hackers. The diversity on display seems significant, with the ability to recruit from a wide range of races, ages and professions. The trailer shows how different characters, such as a police officer, drone exert, hitman or even a stereotypical British drunkard varies tactics in completing objectives.
