Watch Dogs Legion: crossover with Assassin's Creed and two new multiplayer modes available today

Watch Dogs Legion: crossover with Assassin's Creed and two new multiplayer modes available today

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:

  • Almost all enemies are Elite and use their special gadget more often
  • Max ammunition is significantly reduced
  • Enemies detect you much faster
  • Albion will detect and recognize DedSec in the open world if you get too close
  • Albion Checkpoints will detect DedSec and trigger an Albion pursuit
  • Albion has trapped some Tech Points around London. Collecting “TRAPPED” Tech Points will trigger an Albion pursuit
  • Tech Tree economy is rebalanced, with the strongest upgrades costing more Tech Points
  • Albion Pursuits are more difficult, escalate faster, and trigger more often
  • Enemies are far quicker to call reinforcements and escalate to lethal force
  • Most abilities, hacks, and gadgets have significantly longer cooldowns
  • Tube station fast travel is disabled
  • Health regeneration takes longer to kick in
  • Explosives cannot be armed with the ‘Trap’ hack. Trigger the “Explode” hack or shoot it when an enemy walks by
  • Injury and Arrest times are significantly longer
  • The Infiltrator Spiderbot cannot execute takedowns
  • Most civilians start out disliking DedSec
  • Permadeath is always ON
  • Added an achievement for completing the campaign on Resistance Mode
  • 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

  • Two new single-player missions
  • Two new world missions.
  • Season Pass content: New High Value Character – Darcy
  • 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

  • Goblin – Assault Rifle
  • Negev – LMG
  • P308 – Assault Rifle
  • LPO-97 – Grenade Launcher
  • StriborgSR9 Silenced – SMG
  • Vector – SMG
  • 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

  • Fixed an issue that could cause player names to overlap in the Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead game lobby.
  • Fixed an issue causing a black shadow on Aiden Pearce’s collar.
  • Fixed an issue causing duplicated lighting layers in Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead.
  • Fixed some closed doors in Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead.
  • Fixed several clipping issues on Operative outfits.
  • Removed incorrect placeholder text in the in-game store when hovering over items on sale.
  • Fixed an issue causing some emotes to be missing from Wrench’s mask.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the news section of Ubisoft Connect to sometimes not correctly display.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when leaving a mission area while the mission was in progress in the Online mode.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause all hacking interactions to become unresponsive after performing a save/load during the Red King Bloodline Mission.
  • Fixed an issue that could remove already visited shops from the DedSec shop under certain circumstances when creating or joining a new Online mode session.
  • Fixed missing speaker names in the subtitles during the “Inside Albion” mission.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed players to hijack Drones in Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead without the necessary ability.
  • Fixed an issue causing the subtitles to overlap during the “Vigilance” Bloodline mission.
  • Fixed several missing sound effects when hovering over UI elements with a mouse.
  • 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

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash under certain circumstances.
  • PlayStation 5

  • Fixed an issue that caused a cinematic during the Bloodline expansion to flash too brightly.
  • PC

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when creating a private lobby after leaving a party in Online mode.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a mission objective to not correctly update when the player wasn’t looking at the objective while interacting with it during the Habeas Corpses Bloodline mission.
  • Fixed some flickering textures in the Lambeth Towers region.
  • Xbox

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when switching between profiles on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent players from joining a co-op Online session after starting the game from standby.
  • Fixed an issue where the game didn’t try to automatically re-connect to the game servers when resuming the game from standby.
  • Added an error message when the console is unable to save progress, to allow players to restart at their earliest convenience. “An error has just occurred that is stopping your game from being saved. Please restart your game to be able to save your progress again.”