Watch Dogs Legion
Ubisoft has announced that Watch Dogs: Legion Title Update 5.5 is now available. This is a very substantial update that introduces the long-awaited crossover with Assassin's Creed, two new multiplayer modes, a new difficulty level and much more.The crossover with Assassin's Creed includes two free story missions , namely "The Assassins Are Coming" and "The New Creed", and two open world missions. The player with the Season Pass will be able to play Darcy, a member of the Assassin's Creed Order of Assassins, both online and in single player mode, with abilities that include:
Hidden Blade: the typical weapon of the Assassins. Improves the hand-to-hand fight and allows you to attack from any angle. Eagle Drone: An exploration drone that can self-destruct and emit a short-range electromagnetic pulse. AR Disguise: The player can assume the appearance of an enemy in order to gain access to restricted areas. Also applies to nearby allies in multiplayer mode.
Watch Dogs Legion In addition, the Update 5.5 of Watch Dogs Legion introduces two multiplayer PvP modes, Invasion and extraction, while for those who prefer the single player there will be the new Resistance Mode, with permadeath and various negative bonuses, for spice up the game. Here are all the details.
Online mode:
PvP Invasion: This fan-favorite mode gets the Play-as-Anyone treatment; the Invaders will have access to the tools of deception, including the ability to trade with other characters to avoid being spotted. The Research Party will use weapons, skills and equipment to prevent data download. PvP Mining: A new mode in which players obtain crypto units and will run around the city to load data while being followed by opponents. New rewards such as the Crown of Hope, Millennial Livery outfits and Elegant Night Out outfit.
Single-player Campaign:
Resistance Mode - Player can enter a new campaign mode for Watch Dogs: Legion where:
Permadeath is always activated. Fast moving between metro stations is disabled. Many civilians are starting to loathe DedSec. Most skills, hacks, and gadgets have a significantly longer cool-down period. ... and much more
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Watch Dogs Legion Update 1.22 Introduces Assassin’s Creed Crossover Content On PS4, PS5
Ubisoft has unleashed a stealthy batch of Watch Dogs Legion update 1.22 patch notes for you to digest, which signals the arrival of the game’s long-awaited crossover with Assassin’s Creed. It’s also known as Watch Dogs Legion update 5.5, so keep that in mind.
Find out what’s new with Watch Dogs Legion 1.22 below!
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New game mode: Resistance Mode
Step into a challenging new way to experience Legion’s campaign, where:
New game mode: Invasion
The fan-favorite Invasion PvP mode is back in Watch Dogs: Legion, and with Play as Anyone it’s been upgraded to the next level.
As you know from Watch Dogs games, Invaders will attempt to complete the download on Search team members. In Watch Dogs: Legion, Invaders have access to more tools of deception, including the ability to swap to other Operatives in the world to avoid being detected. The Search team will need to use their whole arsenal of weapons, abilities, and tools in the environment, to prevent the download from finishing.
New game mode: Extraction
Another addition to TU5.5 is our third PvP mode, Extraction, Watch Dogs: Legion’s take on Capture-The Flag. A 4 player Free-For-All where you obtain crypto drives and race across the city to upload the data, while other players will try to stop you at all costs.
New crossover event: Assassin’s Creed
Abilities, Gadget and Weapons:
Hidden Blade
The iconic Assassin weapon. Improves melee and perform takedowns from any angle
Eagle Drone
Scout drone that can self-destruct and can emit a short-range EMP
Assassin Training (Passive)
Avoid detection for longer while in stealth, and take less weapon damage while sprinting
AR Disguise (Gadget)
Assume the look of a soldier with access to restricted locations. Also applies to nearby allies in multiplayer
Assassin’s Gun
A discreet Brotherhood pistol that fires a single high damage shot. Automatically reloads while holstered
Assassin’s Dart Gun
A concealed dart gun that causes human targets to go berserk. Automatically reloads while holstered
Learn more about Darcy in our Tea Time article.
Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead updates:
With Title Update 5.5 the game mode Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead will be available on all platforms directly through the main game, with no separate download necessary.
Game mode updates:
Enemies Archetype
Clan Kelley Grenadier: Wears a dynamite vest and explodes on death
Dev comment: This zombie can be strategically used to clear groups of zombies as they will drop a bomb on death. It’s dangerous to let them get close to you though, so keep a distance!
Screamer: Let’s out a very distinctive scream alerting other zombies to run toward players.
Dev comment: This zombie should be a high priority target for any survivor out there. Take them out with quickly before things go really bad.
Increased density variety
More variety in clusters composition
Drones spawning in the street improvements: their number and type can now vary.
Updates to the extraction paths
There’s now a chance of heavy fog on half of the paths, dramatically affecting gameplay by reducing visibility for players and enemies
Added randomized weather pre-sets in every path, allowing visual distinction between each path
Rain, Haze, Heavy Fog, Day and Night
4 new paths added
Playlist order is now randomized
Abilities and weapons
6 New Guns added to the list
2 new vehicles
Car honk and car explosions will now attract zombies
Gameplay
Operatives:
Operatives are now kept between runs if the operative explicitly didn’t die. That means that if the previous session fails for any other reasons (time out or another player dying), the player will keep his operative for the next round.
You can now reroll Operatives before a session for 1 Credits
Extraction streaks will now be shown in the game lobby
Co-Op waypoints
The game will display the way points of other players, making it easier to cooperate with teammates.
General updates:
The start menu has been updated to include Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead
High Value Characters:
Mina has received a unique loading screen when switching to her.
Fallen Operatives in the Team Menu
Fallen Operatives will now continue to be displayed in the Team Menu until you retire them.
Additional Save Slots
Added two new save slots to consoles
Operatives on Map
All recruited Operatives now appear on the main map with their profile picture.
Updated Operative Hover card
Portrait, Name, Occupation, and current schedule or primary bio info will be displayed when hovering over an Operative on the map.
Operatives go about their daily schedules, but also may place themselves near missions
Operative Swap cutscenes play more often when swapping to an operative from the map
Operatives appear on the map in both Classic and Resistance single player campaigns
Online Mode:
Spiderbot Arena
Increased maximum player limit to 8
New Season
Season 3 starts with TU5.5
New reward track has been added to the Online Mode.
Co-Op Missions
Reduced end of Mission timer to 23 seconds.
Mission “Dysfunction” was tweaked in several areas to make it slightly easier to complete.
Bug Fixes
General
PlayStation
Fixed an issue that could cause the menu to freeze and a disconnection error to continuously repeat when disconnecting while accessing the Bloodline main menu on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to not check internet connectivity when using the “Load cloud save” or “Upload save to cloud” options on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
PC