E3 2016: Watch Dogs 2 Officially Announced

June 11, 2016

Despite the lukewarm reception to the first instalment, Ubisoft have officially released a statement announcing that Watch Dogs 2 will be coming to PC and consoles on November 15th.

With the original creative team putting in over two years of intensive development, Watch Dogs 2 promises to address the complaints directed at the first game whilst also further exploring the concepts of data security and privacy raised in the first title.

Featuring a new protagonist, Marcus Holloway, and an intuitive parkour system, players will traverse through the streets of San Francisco and find inventive ways to manipulate the ctOS 2.0 operating system that’ s been recently adopted by the city.

ctOS 2.0 uses predictive algorithms to determine those among the populace responsible for committing crimes but when Marcus finds himself falsely accused he sets out to employ his hacking skills to bring down the system once and for all.

“Our creative team is working hard to deliver an outstanding WATCH_DOGS experience,” said Dominic Guay, Senior Producer, Ubisoft Montreal. “In WATCH_DOGS 2, we’re excited to give players a captivating storyline with engaging characters that offers deeper, more meaningful hacking options, a greater variety of gadgets and weapons, and a brand new seamless multiplayer experience that will appeal to fans of the original WATCH_DOGS as well as players new to the brand.”

Multiple special editions have also been announced for pre-order in addition to the standard version, with each featuring a unique extra mission where players must hunt down a copycat of the Zodiac Killer by decrypting taunting coded messages,

The special editions are as follows :

  • Deluxe Edition includes the Game, an exclusive sleeve, a San Francisco Map, lithographs and the Deluxe pack of digital customization items.
  • Gold Edition includes the Game, the Deluxe pack and the Season Pass.
  • San Francisco Edition with its Collector’s box, includes the game, extra digital content: The Deluxe pack and Zodiac killer mission, a Marcus Figurine, SF-themed laptop stickers, lithographs, and a San Francisco Map. This edition is available exclusively at EB Games in Australia.
  • Hacker Edition includes the game, an exclusive steelbook, a set of DedSec decals and additional digital content. The Hacker Edition will be available exclusively at JB Hi-Fi in Australia.
  • Exclusively on the Uplay shop, fans of the franchise can pre-order Wrench Junior Robot Collector’s Pack and The Return of DedSec Collector’s Case.  The return of DedSec Collector’s Case contains the Gold Edition and DedSec themed memorabilia including among other collector items, the DedSec art Marcus figurine, Marcus’ scarf and cap replica and an exclusive 64 page artbook. Wrench Junior Robot Collector’s Pack includes the Gold Edition and a 20cm replica of the ingame Wrench Junior robot, controlled by an app (Iphone or Android).

Check out the release trailer below: