In Ubisoft’s latest Watch Dogs title which releases November 15, a NeoGaf user FlammableAce who found the trailer commented, “This wasn’t a main story mission, It was a side mission that opened up after I stumbled upon a guy on the phone who happened to be a Ubisoft employee talking about Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Unity and ‘Osiris’ leaks.”
The footage in the video states that the title had been revealed at E3 behind closed doors, as we can see watermarks stating that it’s confidential and is a piece of E3 media which is outlined at the bottom of the screen (E3_Conf_Video_v03). As we see the video begin inside the Ubisoft building, the point of view hacks and navigates its way through several cameras situated in the office which finally makes its way to a Ubisoft employees PC that is playing the trailer.
The trailer reveals a space exploration typed game coupled with western music that gives off a very No Man Sky vibe with its familiar colour palettes but also mimicking the new Read Dead Redemption 2 reveal trailer as it shows off scenery and vistas as opposed to characters. Some media outlets are claiming that Ubisoft is poking fun at No Man Sky developers.
A supposed ex-Ubisoft developer posted on forum NeoGAF that he, “knew very little about it just before [he] left Ubi over two years ago and never actually saw any in-game stuff. Pretty sure it’s real, like I said, I only heard rumblings of a big space game as they keep stuff on tight lockdown even between studios, so my knowledge ends at that sadly.”
At the end of the trailer where the stream is interrupted due to a connection failure, we cut to the main protagonist Marcus Holloway who is speaking to fellow DedSec friends where they make comments like, “I can see the headlines now, ‘New Trailer Sucks’, ‘New Trailer Kicks Ass’, ‘New Trailer is Okay.’”
Marcus proceeds to leak the unannounced title which could be interpreted as a joke as Watch Dogs 2 had been leaked several times just as many upcoming titles in the past have been, such as the concept for For Honor, the next placement setting for the next Assassin’s Creed title Assassin’s Creed: Empire and many titles in the industry.
Leaks have almost become the norm in the video game industry with very few companies being able to keep a lid on upcoming titles unless you are Hideo Kojima who was able to keep under wraps Death Stranding or Rockstar Games with Red Dead Redemption 2. A more recent example of a leak and or rumour was when someone was seen on the Montreal subway working on a PowerPoint presentation with the title of the upcoming Tomb Raider visible on the top right hand corner.
So is Ubisoft trying to control the announcement of this new sci-fi title? Could this potentially be a mini-game in Watch Dogs 2 or is it just a regular side mission?
Another studio to do something similar was when Guerrilla Games left a Horizon Zero Dawn Easter egg in Killzone: Shadowfall back when the project was still a mere rumour.
This isn’t the first time Ubisoft created a fictional Ubisoft Studio in one of their titles as Tom Clancy’s: The Division had a studio which was converted into a safe house in the heart of New York. Massive Ubisoft Banners with Grow Home murals and For Honor posters can be found along the back wall of the office space. It’s safe to assume that Ubisoft was attempting to be meta whilst promoting previous and upcoming titles.
Watch Dogs 2 released: November 15 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and November 29 for PC.
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