Now that Watch Dogs: Legion’s online mode is operational on consoles (Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PS4, PS5) and PC, Ubisoft is announcing the organization of a free weekend. According to what we are told in the press release, the operation will take place from March 25 to 29, and participants will have the opportunity to discover both the single player campaign and the online one. “They will also be able to discover all the open world activities of Watch Dogs: Legion: playing darts in the local pub, participating in hand-to-hand fights or even exploring half of the city’s eight boroughs including the City, Islington and Hackney., is it specified. They will finally be able to discover the storyline of the game up to the missions of Skye Larsen.“
Naturally, the progression can be kept, Ubisoft even having planned reductions to encourage players to checkout:
- Xbox: from March 23 to April 15, – 50% reduction on Standard and Ultimate editions.
- PlayStation: March 24 to 31 – 50% off Standard and Ultimate editions and -25% off Season Pass.
- Ubisoft Store on PC: from March 18 to April 9, – 50% reduction on Standard, Gold and Ultimate editions and -25% reduction on the Season Pass.
- Epic Games Store on PC: from March 25 to April 8, -50% off Standard, Gold and Ultimate editions and -25% off Season Pass.
- Stadia: March 25-29, -50% off Standard, Gold and Ultimate editions and -25% off Season Pass.
In addition, we are entitled to the full program of free and paid content to come for Watch Dogs: Legion:
Post-launch content available for free:
- March 23 : Leader of the Pack, the game’s first Tactical Op will demand efficiency and teamwork from players. It will be available through Watch Dogs: Legion online mode. Thanks to a whistleblower, DedSec discovers a dangerous initiative whose objective would be to give collective awareness to the artificial intelligence of urban war drones. DedSec members will have to hurry if they want to end this program, but what they find will be even worse …
- At the end of May, players will have access to two new PvP modes via Watch Dogs’ online mode: Legion: Extraction and Invasion, a mode popular with fans, as well as a brand new Tactical Op, the Omni Project. The experience offered by the Omni Project will be as intense as it is stimulating. Players will need to form teams of four in order to infiltrate a secret project and find out why Londoners’ Optik sensors are negatively affecting their brains.
Exclusive content accessible via the Season Pass:
- End of April, Mina, a transhuman experience subject with the ability to control thoughts, will be available as part of a new mission.
- End of June, Bloodline, a new Watch Dogs: Legion story expansion will be available. Aiden Pearce, character from Watch Dogs and Wrench, character from Watch Dogs 2, will be the main protagonists and will be playable in solo and online mode.
- In August, Darcy, member of the Order of Assassins in Assassin’s Creed, will be available as a new playable character in new missions.
Watch Dogs: Legion was released on all of the media listed above, plus Stadia and Luna.
