Why Watch Dogs Legion is bringing back Aiden Pearce

Watch Dogs was a decent open-world game, but it was held back past its gravelly, lackluster protagonist Aiden Pearce. Watch Dogs ii course corrected with the optimistic and charismatic Marcus Holloway, but that sequel still gave a quick nod to the trench coat-wearing hacker from the debut entry as if he deserved the shoutout. Instead of leaving him behind, Watch Dogs Legion (which is shaping up quite well) is bringing Pearce dorsum equally DLC, which is quite odd. But Ubisoft is trying to make him a better character.

Game Director Kent Hudson wasn't at liberty to spill all of the details in Game Revolution's recent interview with him, only he seemed to tacitly acknowledge how Pearce could have been a better character and how time could give him somewhat of a second take chances.

"The producers will kill me if I give too many details, only I will definitely say that we are not taking the Aiden from Watch Dogs 1 and only plopping the same person into our game," he said. "As you lot can tell even from the before images, this is an older, more weathered Aiden. Time has passed. This is non happening 3 days after the end of Lookout man Dogs 1. He's learned some lessons and changed and is grappling with some new stuff every bit he arrives in Scout Dogs Legion."

Nosotros don't quite know what Pearce will be dealing with in his standalone downloadable chapter that's coming as part of the game'southward season pass, but Hudson said we will see how is a unlike person now.

"It will be an interesting take for players who desire to know what happened since Watch Dogs 1 and how he changed in that time," he continued. "Nosotros're embracing the passage of time and embracing the reflection on the events Watch Dogs 1 and how that might have changed him."

When is the Watch Dogs Legion Aiden Pearce DLC coming out?

Hudson nor Ubisoft have revealed the Lookout Dogs Legion Aiden Pearce DLC release, but it'due south likely that it will come up out in early on 2021. For example, Picket Dogs 2's first big DLC drop released three months afterwards the base game.