Watch Dogs Legion is getting its first big update tomorrow
Ubisoft have announced that Watch Dogs: Legion is getting a big update tomorrow, as part of the season pass, that will not only add new missions and options to the game, but will also add a new playable character in Mina Sidhu, check out the trailer below.
Once a test subject, Mina Sidhu now wields the power of mind control and can take full control of an enemy with her Mind Control Device, the OMNI Optik. She is also equipped with a Mental Blast that can disrupt nearby enemies.
If that wasn’t enough, players who own the season pass will also get access to a new mission in Swipe Right and with it, DedSec discovers that someone in London is conspiring with an Egyptian minister to sell off the country’s antiquities, with the money going to fund violent insurgents.
That is all for the paid content, but there is free content to come as well.
Single-player campaign & Online Mode -
2 new Operatives: the DJ & the First Responder - as seen above
Operative Customization: players can customize their Operatives’ hair and body art
5 new Operative abilities
Pickpocket: Operatives can earn currency on each takedown
Second Wind: Operatives quickly regain health when defeating enemies
Wanted: Albion or Clan Kelley enemies will attack upon detection anywhere in London
Hoarder: Operatives can loot and carry more ammo
Stuntman: Operatives take less damage from falls, explosions and collisions with vehicles
Online mode -
3 Co-op Missions:
In “Dysfunction,” a pair of mysterious Clan Kelley hackers, known only as the Cousins, have laid London’s court systems low in a DDoS attack, demanding as ransom the dismissal of all cases against Kelley family members.
In “Meltdown,” Clan Kelley has killed four Tidis employees at Southwark Incinerator. Bagley believes Clan Kelley has bought an experimental plasma weapon, which has a half-life so short it’s only detectable in a body for a short time after death.
In “Repossession,” Albion has a cache of data drives belonging to the original DedSec, and they plan to use the drives to pinpoint the location of active DedSec Operatives.
5 new solo Assignments
2 Co-op Gadgets:
Guardian Drone: A Tidis Guardian Drone that escorts and supports nearby Operatives
Point Defense Drones: A throwable device that deploys a cloud of drones to block incoming fire
There is another drop coming later in May, in which players will have access to two new PvP modes: Extraction and fan favourite, Invasion, and a new Tactical Op, Project Omni, in the online mode of Watch Dogs: Legion. Project Omni is an intense and challenging mission which will require players to strategize with their team of four to infiltrate a secret project to find out why Londoners’ Optik devices are negatively affecting their brains.
Finally for Season Pass owners, late-June will see the release Watch Dogs: Legion – Bloodline, a new storyline which includes Aiden Pearce from the original Watch Dogs game and Wrench from Watch Dogs 2 fully playable in the single player campaign and online.
Then in August, Darcy, a member of the Assassin Brotherhood from Assassin’s Creed, will be available as a new playable character alongside new missions.
