{"id":434232,"date":"2026-01-26T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434232\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:08:10","slug":"insiders-offer-update-on-watch-dogs-following-ubisoft-company-restructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434232\/","title":{"rendered":"Insiders offer update on Watch Dogs following Ubisoft company restructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 was a big deal for Ubisoft, with the game publisher\u2019s future being determined somewhat by the success of its releases throughout the year. After analysing their performance, Ubisoft made the surprise announcement<\/a> that they would be engaging in a \u201cmajor organizational, operational and portfolio reset\u201d \u2013 which included the cancellation of the long-awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake among others. It appears as though this new reset does not have space for Watch Dogs, with one insider claiming the franchise to be \u201ccompletely dead.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

During the latest episode of the Insider Gaming podcast<\/a>, known industry leaker Tom Henderson spoke briefly on the future of the Watch Dogs franchise in the wake of Ubisoft\u2019s \u2018portfolio reset\u2019 claiming<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

\u201cInstantly following the release of [Watch Dogs Legion], they moved on to another project that was in development for 3 or 4 years, and it got cancelled. It wasn’t Watch Dogs. And as far as I’m aware at this moment in time, the Watch Dogs IP is completely dead.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t too surprising, with a report from back in 2024<\/a> claiming at the time that the series was \u201cdead and buried\u201d. That said, in the wake of Henderson\u2019s latest comments, another insider \u2018Shinobi602<\/a>\u2019 suggested that the franchise\u2019s death is \u201cnot exactly\u201d true.\n<\/p>\n

Though little else was offered in the way of additional details, the insider did reveal that their comments were not in reference to the upcoming Watch Dogs film<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

Even so, fans of the franchise shouldn\u2019t get their hopes up too much. With Ubisoft being one of the few publishers to continue going back to patch their previous titles with 60fps updates<\/a> on current-gen consoles, upcoming Watch Dogs content will likely be relegated to similar enhancements and little else. We will have to wait and see, but the future of Ubisoft overall isn\u2019t looking too positive.\n<\/p>\n

KitGuru says: What do you think of Ubisoft\u2019s recent restructure? Will it benefit the publisher in the long term? If you were in charge of Ubisoft, what franchises would you focus on? Let us know down below.\n<\/p>\n

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