Ubisoft just concluded its digital E3 replacement event, ‘Ubisoft Forward’. The digital showcase lasted roughly 45 minutes; featuring announcements and updates
Ubisoft just concluded its digital E3 replacement event, ‘Ubisoft Forward’. The digital showcase lasted roughly 45 minutes; featuring announcements and updates across just over half a dozen titles, including a deep-dive into gameplay for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, as well as release dates for Watch Dogs: Legion and Far Cry 6.
Watch Dogs: Legion
The showcase began with a reintroduction to Watch Dogs: Legion, featuring a highly-stylised ‘short film’ providing an insight into the thematic elements of the upcoming stealth-action open world hacking game. The premise for Watch Dogs: Legion follows in the wake of a terrorist attack on London, leading to a private military being hired in order to ‘restore order’ to the city.
The private military, which goes by the name Albion, appears to have taken its powers of control too far – and so needs to be taken down. Alongside Albion is a crime syndicate headed by ‘Mary Kelly’ who engages in illegal and violent activities including the selling of organs through the dark web. With these two organisations established as the antagonists, you as the player must build a resistance to take back London.
Following this introduction, gameplay was shown off, highlighting the unique aspects to Watch Dogs: Legion, and showcasing the fact that “anyone can be recruited”. Each mission can be approached differently depending on the character you play as. Ubisoft showed off some of these characters, including a drone expert, who can control and hack drones in order to stealth their way through the mission. Alternatively, you can recruit defected Albion members to walk right through the gates and into enemy territory. For those who enjoy being flashy, you can play as an assassin, whose gameplay evokes many similarities to that of John Wick (in fact, the music playing during this sequence was also featured in John Wick). Following the mantra that “everyone can be a hero,” Ubisoft unveiled the release date for Watch Dogs: Legion, which is set to arrive on the 29th of October 2020.
Brawlhalla
Next, Ubisoft announced that Brawlhalla, the popular free-to-play Smash Bros-esque fighting game, will be coming to iOS and Android on the 6th of August. Furthermore, the game will include cross-play, meaning that even those on mobile will be able to play with PC and console players.
Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad
Announced back at E3 2019, Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad was given another cinematic trailer.
