Watch_Dogs® 2 news & patch notes

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png With this next patch we are focused on remaining bugs, particularly for 4 player party mode and coop. This update will be coming to PC first, with console following shortly a week later. See the outline below for details on the update. While we do not foresee releasing any additional title updates after this patch, we will continue to be present in the community and are keeping a watchful eye over the game! Leaderboard seasons will also continue on and will reset in November. This will offer the chance to earn any clothing rewards items you may have missed in the last year! 4-PLAYER PARTY MODE

• Fixed exploit where a bounty event is automatically completed when entering Marin HQ tunnel.
• Fixed situation where mission objective could become desynced after join in progress for Man Vs Machine.
• Dedsec NPCs will no longer multiply when a party member leaves an online session and rejoins inside the Hackerspace.
• Fixed cases where fast travel to another player would stop working.
• Fixed an issue where a player would be unable to move after dying in Showd0wn.

COOP

• Fixed issue where the second hunter was not always teleported to a bounty target.
• Fixed an issue where coop hunters could be disconnected from each other when Bounty is completed.
• Fixed issue of players not always being engaged to the Loot Truck event when joining through the menu.
• Fixed cases where Loot Truck event could suddenly end and players are disconnected from co-op session.
• During a hacking invasion, fixed cases where co-op party was disbanded.
• Update fix to the infinite “Connecting” message in certain circumstances.

ADDITIONAL

• Fixed issue where Marcus was unable to exit certain vehicles when parked near a wall.

Update: We'd like to clarify that in this patch we also closed a loophole where PC mods could be used in online modes. Mods can still be used freely while playing offline with EasyAntiCheat disabled. This has been the policy since launch, as a way of balancing support for player creativity while also safeguarding a positive and fair online multiplayer experience.

The new official NVIDIA driver includes Watch Dogs 2 crash fix. We recommend you to update now if you haven't already: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1018992/geforce-drivers/official-384-94-game-ready-whql-display-driver-feedback-thread-released-7-24-17-/

The new official NVIDIA driver includes Watch Dogs 2 crash fix. We recommend you to update now if you haven't already: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1018992/geforce-drivers/official-384-94-game-ready-whql-display-driver-feedback-thread-released-7-24-17-/

NVIDIA announced the release of the GeForce Hotfix driver version 384.80 to address the recent crash at startup issue on Watch Dogs 2. The driver is available for download from the following URL: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4522 For further information check out the GeForce official forums.

NVIDIA announced the release of the GeForce Hotfix driver version 384.80 to address the recent crash at startup issue on Watch Dogs 2. The driver is available for download from the following URL: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4522 For further information check out the GeForce official forums.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png Hello, friends! We’re back with our July free content update, featuring the highly-requested 4 player party mode and a special Fourth of July in-game celebration. This Title Update will be available on all platforms on Tuesday, July 4th. Let’s get right into it: 4-PLAYER PARTY MODE - The free roam you know and love is back – now, from the Multiplayer App in your smartphone, two to four friends can enter into a private or public party mode. Free roam around San Francisco causing havoc, or jump into any of these activities on-demand, all of which have been balanced for the optimal amount of 2-4-person tomfoolery:

• 4-player Party: Bounty
• 4-player Party: Invasion
• 4-player Party: PvP Loot Truck
• 4-player Party: Races
• 4-player Party: Showd0wn
• 4-player Party: Robot Boss Fight
• 4-player Party: DedSec – Virus

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6d1f204e80a7b8aab568b0726141b38d9037215f.png For activities where there are roles or teams to assign, such as Showd0wn and Bounty Hunter, you’ll see a voting screen where each player can choose their role. In races, players will be able to vote on the course. Co-op missions will not be available in 4-player party mode, as these missions have been designed specifically for 2-player co-op. Also, since the 4-player party mode is for you and your friends to wreak havoc across San Francisco, Leaderboards have been disabled - though you will still receive followers and cash rewards. MULTIPLAYER MODE LAUNCH – All multiplayer modes can now be launched manually using the Multiplayer app in your smartphone. No more waiting for events to spawn! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/ec32cf0a608e8d864a2caa1c743382957cc9ea8e.jpg FOURTH OF JULY - Celebrate Independence Day, hacker-style! From now to July 10th, find yourself a cozy spot with an unobstructed view of the Bay and enjoy nightly fireworks with your friends in the new 4-player party mode. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/201e831708b6f17dba20c68bae435399469e489f.jpg Or, grab a group of friends and get down with your patriotic self in a flurry of red, white and blue paintballs. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/3732fec8bcf038af330584e9940d41bae885a9bb.jpg SHUFFLER OUTFIT – Players who completed the Shuffler objective but did not receive the outfit and stealth takedown will now receive it. The outfit can be found in your wardrobe; the stealth takedown is available while wearing the outfit. OTHER - You can now skip the animation when using the 3D printer to change weapons or loadout – really useful in co-op.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png Hello, friends! We’re back with our July free content update, featuring the highly-requested 4 player party mode and a special Fourth of July in-game celebration. This Title Update will be available on all platforms on Tuesday, July 4th. Let’s get right into it: 4-PLAYER PARTY MODE - The free roam you know and love is back – now, from the Multiplayer App in your smartphone, two to four friends can enter into a private or public party mode. Free roam around San Francisco causing havoc, or jump into any of these activities on-demand, all of which have been balanced for the optimal amount of 2-4-person tomfoolery:

• 4-player Party: Bounty
• 4-player Party: Invasion
• 4-player Party: PvP Loot Truck
• 4-player Party: Races
• 4-player Party: Showd0wn
• 4-player Party: Robot Boss Fight
• 4-player Party: DedSec – Virus

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6d1f204e80a7b8aab568b0726141b38d9037215f.png For activities where there are roles or teams to assign, such as Showd0wn and Bounty Hunter, you’ll see a voting screen where each player can choose their role. In races, players will be able to vote on the course. Co-op missions will not be available in 4-player party mode, as these missions have been designed specifically for 2-player co-op. Also, since the 4-player party mode is for you and your friends to wreak havoc across San Francisco, Leaderboards have been disabled - though you will still receive followers and cash rewards. MULTIPLAYER MODE LAUNCH – All multiplayer modes can now be launched manually using the Multiplayer app in your smartphone. No more waiting for events to spawn! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/ec32cf0a608e8d864a2caa1c743382957cc9ea8e.jpg FOURTH OF JULY - Celebrate Independence Day, hacker-style! From now to July 10th, find yourself a cozy spot with an unobstructed view of the Bay and enjoy nightly fireworks with your friends in the new 4-player party mode. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/201e831708b6f17dba20c68bae435399469e489f.jpg Or, grab a group of friends and get down with your patriotic self in a flurry of red, white and blue paintballs. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/3732fec8bcf038af330584e9940d41bae885a9bb.jpg SHUFFLER OUTFIT – Players who completed the Shuffler objective but did not receive the outfit and stealth takedown will now receive it. The outfit can be found in your wardrobe; the stealth takedown is available while wearing the outfit. OTHER - You can now skip the animation when using the 3D printer to change weapons or loadout – really useful in co-op.

We’ve completely revamped our Leaderboards UI. Leaderboards should now be easier to read and offer you a better picture of where you stand among the masses, as well as what you need to do to rank up. You’ll need to check your standing more regularly, as you can now lose rank if you aren’t continuing to fight for your position over the course of each Season. That said, seasonal rewards at Silver and Gold level cannot be lost once those ranks are achieved. Additionally, you’ll no longer receive the rewards at the end of the Season; rewards will show up in your in-game wardrobe as soon as you achieve the appropriate rank

Here are the top things you need to know about Leaderboards in Watch_Dogs 2

1. The Leaderboards system is accessible through your in-game smartphone after completing an objective in the “Walk In the Park” mission. The Leaderboards App will appear on the first page of the smartphone. 2. Each Leaderboard Season lasts three (3) weeks, or 21 days. At the start of each new Season, the scores are wiped and every player begins at the Recruit rank again. New Seasons will be announced in the Leaderboards App. https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/endseasonnew_291265.jpg 3. In the Leaderboards App, you will see that there are five (5) separate types of leaderboards, each with their own points and ranking system: Co-op Operations, Hacking Invasions, Bounty Hunter, Showdown and Online Racing. 4. You earn points toward the Leaderboards by completing these online activities. Even if you lose a match, you will still earn points. Playing any of these three activities will generate a score for their respective leaderboards. 5. Divisions are based on percentages, not a number of points. The points required to reach each Division will vary, based on the number of players that are playing each mode and their overall performance. 6. Divisions unlock as the Season goes on. For example, at the very start of the Season only Bronze Division will be available for players. A few days later, Silver will unlock, then Gold, and so on. 7. If you quit or disconnect before the end of the match, you will receive zero points, but the player who remains in the match will still receive points – so always finish out your match! 8. There are six (6) divisions for each online activity’s Leaderboards. From highest to lowest, they are: Master, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Recruit. 9. Each of these divisions (except for Recruit and Master) is then split into five (5) additional mini-divisions, with 5 being the highest rank and 1 being the lowest (Bronze 1 < Bronze 2 < Bronze 3 < Bronze 4 < Bronze 5; Gold 1 < Gold 2 … < Gold 5, etc.) https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/rankstable_291303.jpg 10. You cannot lose points for bad performance during a match, but you can lose rank. Since Divisions represent a percentage of the total player population, if you stop playing multiplayer or are outperformed by other players, you will fall back to lower Divisions.  https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/seasonstats_291276.jpg 11. Rewards earned from your division in the Leaderboard will be added automatically to your in-game wardrobe as soon as you attain the rank. There are two (2) rewards to earn each Season. The first is essentially a participation reward – play a few multiplayer matches and you’re bound to reach Silver rank to unlock it. The next reward is the second piece of the set – you want to attain Gold rank or higher to earn this item. These are exclusive items that can only be earned by playing multiplayer online activities. These items are themed sets alternating between hacking culture and real-life events.  https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/ranks_291271.jpg 12. You can compare your division to your friends and challenge them to online activities directly from the Leaderboards app in-game. The rewards are uniquely-themed by Seasons. So once you get that Season’s reward, you won’t be able to get it again in another Season. 13. We have added a new tab to the Leaderboards App: History. This tab will show the rank you achieved in past seasons for each multiplayer activity. Please note that history will begin to be tracked for the next Season beginning May 22nd and will not include history from any earlier Seasons. https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/history_291268.jpg Open the Leaderboards app on the second page in the in-game smartphone to check out the changes! As always, share your best multiplayer moments with us @watchdogsgame or on our community-run subreddit.

We’ve completely revamped our Leaderboards UI. Leaderboards should now be easier to read and offer you a better picture of where you stand among the masses, as well as what you need to do to rank up. You’ll need to check your standing more regularly, as you can now lose rank if you aren’t continuing to fight for your position over the course of each Season. That said, seasonal rewards at Silver and Gold level cannot be lost once those ranks are achieved. Additionally, you’ll no longer receive the rewards at the end of the Season; rewards will show up in your in-game wardrobe as soon as you achieve the appropriate rank

Here are the top things you need to know about Leaderboards in Watch_Dogs 2

1. The Leaderboards system is accessible through your in-game smartphone after completing an objective in the “Walk In the Park” mission. The Leaderboards App will appear on the first page of the smartphone. 2. Each Leaderboard Season lasts three (3) weeks, or 21 days. At the start of each new Season, the scores are wiped and every player begins at the Recruit rank again. New Seasons will be announced in the Leaderboards App. https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/endseasonnew_291265.jpg 3. In the Leaderboards App, you will see that there are five (5) separate types of leaderboards, each with their own points and ranking system: Co-op Operations, Hacking Invasions, Bounty Hunter, Showdown and Online Racing. 4. You earn points toward the Leaderboards by completing these online activities. Even if you lose a match, you will still earn points. Playing any of these three activities will generate a score for their respective leaderboards. 5. Divisions are based on percentages, not a number of points. The points required to reach each Division will vary, based on the number of players that are playing each mode and their overall performance. 6. Divisions unlock as the Season goes on. For example, at the very start of the Season only Bronze Division will be available for players. A few days later, Silver will unlock, then Gold, and so on. 7. If you quit or disconnect before the end of the match, you will receive zero points, but the player who remains in the match will still receive points – so always finish out your match! 8. There are six (6) divisions for each online activity’s Leaderboards. From highest to lowest, they are: Master, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Recruit. 9. Each of these divisions (except for Recruit and Master) is then split into five (5) additional mini-divisions, with 5 being the highest rank and 1 being the lowest (Bronze 1 < Bronze 2 < Bronze 3 < Bronze 4 < Bronze 5; Gold 1 < Gold 2 … < Gold 5, etc.) https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/rankstable_291303.jpg 10. You cannot lose points for bad performance during a match, but you can lose rank. Since Divisions represent a percentage of the total player population, if you stop playing multiplayer or are outperformed by other players, you will fall back to lower Divisions.  https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/seasonstats_291276.jpg 11. Rewards earned from your division in the Leaderboard will be added automatically to your in-game wardrobe as soon as you attain the rank. There are two (2) rewards to earn each Season. The first is essentially a participation reward – play a few multiplayer matches and you’re bound to reach Silver rank to unlock it. The next reward is the second piece of the set – you want to attain Gold rank or higher to earn this item. These are exclusive items that can only be earned by playing multiplayer online activities. These items are themed sets alternating between hacking culture and real-life events.  https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/ranks_291271.jpg 12. You can compare your division to your friends and challenge them to online activities directly from the Leaderboards app in-game. The rewards are uniquely-themed by Seasons. So once you get that Season’s reward, you won’t be able to get it again in another Season. 13. We have added a new tab to the Leaderboards App: History. This tab will show the rank you achieved in past seasons for each multiplayer activity. Please note that history will begin to be tracked for the next Season beginning May 22nd and will not include history from any earlier Seasons. https://ubistatic19-a.akamaihd.net/resource/en-gb/game/watchdogs/watchdogs/history_291268.jpg Open the Leaderboards app on the second page in the in-game smartphone to check out the changes! As always, share your best multiplayer moments with us @watchdogsgame or on our community-run subreddit.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png Oh hi friends. We’re back with a new free content update, adding new challenges and ways to play with your friends. You’ll need partners in-game to defeat the most difficult co-op challenge yet, and face new human threats when attempting a loot truck takeover. Let’s dive in to everything that’s in the patch:

NEW CONTENT & IMPROVEMENTS

MAN VS. MACHINE CO-OP EVENT – A weaponized Tidis protoype security robot has been detected around the Bay Area, and it’s going to be a pain in the a** to take out. But you’re up to the task, right? It will appear dynamically in the world as a DedSec Event when you’re paired up with someone in co-op, will require careful coordination with your fellow hacker in order to defeat it. Good luck. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a0927d4869bc6b19c1f36936ae72bc8623397225.jpg PVP LOOT TRUCKS – Robbing loot trucks for fat stacks of cash and followers is about to get a little crazier. Other players will be able to join your session when you come across a loot truck and you’ll have to battle them AND the cops in order to reap the rewards. This update supports up to 4 players in a session at a time, and can be played co-op. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/4b303f517fe845397ff3f8ee79c50cc4c36fd426.jpg LEADERBOARD IMPROVEMENTS – We wanted our leaderboards to be as sexy as the No Compromise DLC so we’ve completely remade them. They should be easier to read, and offer you a better picture of where you stand amongst the masses, and what you need to do to rank up. You’ll need to check your standing more regularly, as you can now lose rank if you aren’t continuing to fight for your position over the course of each season. That said, seasonal rewards at Silver and Gold level cannot be lost once those ranks are achieved. PHONE BACKGROUNDS – You’ll be able to set your swag to 100 and customize your in-game phone with a selection of different backgrounds.

TWEAKS AND BALANCING

Bounty Hunter target buff – Targets in Bounty Hunter will be a little more difficult to kill, especially at the hands of police. We found that Bounty Hunter matches were ending too quickly, and this balancing change is intended to address that. Bounty Hunter leaderboard boost – Small increase in base leaderboard points for the target. Does not affect accumulated points (kills, escapes, etc.) Showd0wn – Improved match flow

OTHER STUFF

Multiple crash fixes that are too boring and technical to waste anyone’s time explaining aaaaaaaand we’re done.

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png Oh hi friends. We’re back with a new free content update, adding new challenges and ways to play with your friends. You’ll need partners in-game to defeat the most difficult co-op challenge yet, and face new human threats when attempting a loot truck takeover. Let’s dive in to everything that’s in the patch:

NEW CONTENT & IMPROVEMENTS

MAN VS. MACHINE CO-OP EVENT – A weaponized Tidis protoype security robot has been detected around the Bay Area, and it’s going to be a pain in the a** to take out. But you’re up to the task, right? It will appear dynamically in the world as a DedSec Event when you’re paired up with someone in co-op, will require careful coordination with your fellow hacker in order to defeat it. Good luck. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a0927d4869bc6b19c1f36936ae72bc8623397225.jpg PVP LOOT TRUCKS – Robbing loot trucks for fat stacks of cash and followers is about to get a little crazier. Other players will be able to join your session when you come across a loot truck and you’ll have to battle them AND the cops in order to reap the rewards. This update supports up to 4 players in a session at a time, and can be played co-op. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/4b303f517fe845397ff3f8ee79c50cc4c36fd426.jpg LEADERBOARD IMPROVEMENTS – We wanted our leaderboards to be as sexy as the No Compromise DLC so we’ve completely remade them. They should be easier to read, and offer you a better picture of where you stand amongst the masses, and what you need to do to rank up. You’ll need to check your standing more regularly, as you can now lose rank if you aren’t continuing to fight for your position over the course of each season. That said, seasonal rewards at Silver and Gold level cannot be lost once those ranks are achieved. PHONE BACKGROUNDS – You’ll be able to set your swag to 100 and customize your in-game phone with a selection of different backgrounds.

TWEAKS AND BALANCING

Bounty Hunter target buff – Targets in Bounty Hunter will be a little more difficult to kill, especially at the hands of police. We found that Bounty Hunter matches were ending too quickly, and this balancing change is intended to address that. Bounty Hunter leaderboard boost – Small increase in base leaderboard points for the target. Does not affect accumulated points (kills, escapes, etc.) Showd0wn – Improved match flow

OTHER STUFF

Multiple crash fixes that are too boring and technical to waste anyone’s time explaining aaaaaaaand we’re done.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png This Title Update is an especially exciting one for us to share with you because it’s the biggest free content update we’ve made to the game thus far, and it includes the brand new Showd0wn PvP gameplay. We’ve received a lot of feedback from you all that you wanted more multiplayer options in the game, and we hope you have a great time with this one. The patch will be available to download on all platforms Monday, April 17th, with the No Compromise DLC launching on the 18th on PlayStation 4.

New Content

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/939e94e4bb68b3f76e6284325dd540dc278a2f6d.jpg • New Online Mode: Showd0wn – This is a new type of online gameplay for 2v2 PvP matches that can be played with a friend, or through random matchmaking. Showd0wn will feature three types of objectives across 15 distinct locations. This is a great endgame challenge to play with friends, provided you’re not a script kiddie and know how to use all of the tools in your arsenal. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/4130b109d5ac901a613a7d7816c40ee39b3ac562.jpg • Online Races – Drone, motocross and eKart races are getting multiplayer functionality! They will also have their own leaderboards, so you can use them to compete for season rewards. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/fd23dc0ddcfdc4bfe9b00b65a7c9a43743fed06b.jpg • Loot Truck Event – These armored trucks will randomly appear in the world, offering you a chance to hack them and then defend against the flood of police that will be responding. These will not be easy to rob, but the cash and followers payout is fat. • Paintball gun – This bad boy will be available in the 3D printer and can stun enemies with a barrage of paintballs. Fun fact: in PvP gameplay your opponent’s screen will be colored in paintball splashes when you attack them. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/7f737cc141ed9aa9420a4da47f42ace103a42815.jpg • New Clothes – 13 new clothing items are available in the various stores, as if you didn’t look fly enough already.

Improvements

• Explosive damage – We’ve improved the effectiveness of explosives for online play. With this update, damage to the opponent is determined by their proximity to the explosion. Standing on top of the IED will end in immediate and embarrassing death, but you’ll suffer less damage if you’re further out when the blast goes off. Check yourselves before you wreck yourselves. • Leaderboards – Multiple minor improvements to the leaderboard system

Bug Fixes

• “Bio Hacking” blocker – Fixed an issue that was preventing some players from completing this mission. • Duplicate operations – Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing duplicate operation entries in the DedSec App. • Key Data – We’ve updated some Key Data units with proper definitions and descriptions on the map. • Lots of other minor bug fixes and improvements we don’t want to bore you with.

PC Specific – Title Update 1.013.177.1

• Fixed an issue when the game couldn’t be started in Steam after the download with "Launch the game as soon as it`s ready" option turned on. • Fixed an issue when the San Francisco Fog was displaying incorrectly during rain. • Fixed an issue when the game launched on laptops with integrated GPU, instead of dedicated. • Lots of fixes to various minor issues with flickering, reflections, missing textures, windowed modes behavior, UI, text, online game modes, other stuff, yada yada.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png This Title Update is an especially exciting one for us to share with you because it’s the biggest free content update we’ve made to the game thus far, and it includes the brand new Showd0wn PvP gameplay. We’ve received a lot of feedback from you all that you wanted more multiplayer options in the game, and we hope you have a great time with this one. The patch will be available to download on all platforms Monday, April 17th, with the No Compromise DLC launching on the 18th on PlayStation 4.

New Content

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/939e94e4bb68b3f76e6284325dd540dc278a2f6d.jpg • New Online Mode: Showd0wn – This is a new type of online gameplay for 2v2 PvP matches that can be played with a friend, or through random matchmaking. Showd0wn will feature three types of objectives across 15 distinct locations. This is a great endgame challenge to play with friends, provided you’re not a script kiddie and know how to use all of the tools in your arsenal. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/4130b109d5ac901a613a7d7816c40ee39b3ac562.jpg • Online Races – Drone, motocross and eKart races are getting multiplayer functionality! They will also have their own leaderboards, so you can use them to compete for season rewards. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/fd23dc0ddcfdc4bfe9b00b65a7c9a43743fed06b.jpg • Loot Truck Event – These armored trucks will randomly appear in the world, offering you a chance to hack them and then defend against the flood of police that will be responding. These will not be easy to rob, but the cash and followers payout is fat. • Paintball gun – This bad boy will be available in the 3D printer and can stun enemies with a barrage of paintballs. Fun fact: in PvP gameplay your opponent’s screen will be colored in paintball splashes when you attack them. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/7f737cc141ed9aa9420a4da47f42ace103a42815.jpg • New Clothes – 13 new clothing items are available in the various stores, as if you didn’t look fly enough already.

Improvements

• Explosive damage – We’ve improved the effectiveness of explosives for online play. With this update, damage to the opponent is determined by their proximity to the explosion. Standing on top of the IED will end in immediate and embarrassing death, but you’ll suffer less damage if you’re further out when the blast goes off. Check yourselves before you wreck yourselves. • Leaderboards – Multiple minor improvements to the leaderboard system

Bug Fixes

• “Bio Hacking” blocker – Fixed an issue that was preventing some players from completing this mission. • Duplicate operations – Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing duplicate operation entries in the DedSec App. • Key Data – We’ve updated some Key Data units with proper definitions and descriptions on the map. • Lots of other minor bug fixes and improvements we don’t want to bore you with.

PC Specific – Title Update 1.013.177.1

• Fixed an issue when the game couldn’t be started in Steam after the download with "Launch the game as soon as it`s ready" option turned on. • Fixed an issue when the San Francisco Fog was displaying incorrectly during rain. • Fixed an issue when the game launched on laptops with integrated GPU, instead of dedicated. • Lots of fixes to various minor issues with flickering, reflections, missing textures, windowed modes behavior, UI, text, online game modes, other stuff, yada yada.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6db25850aa252eb1878fdd16da490309e5cfdb8e.jpg Want to get a sneak peak at the upcoming DLC and free content update? Join us on Thursday, April 13th 1 PM ET at twitch.tv/Ubisoft for the No Compromise DLC Spoiler Stream. We’ll take a look at the new activities and clothing in the upcoming patch, the Moscow Gambit Operation from No Compromise, and play Showd0wn, a brand new 2v2 PvP online mode, for the first time ever! Watch Dog 2's own Chase Straight and David Thériault are hosting, joined by fellow Ubisoft Montreal devs Sara-Belanger Lithwick (Asso. Live Producer) and Alex Brisebois (Dev Tester). The stream will also feature special guests from the Paris studio who helped develop No Compromise and Showd0wn - Frédéric Vincent (Game Designer) and Kévin Huguet (Dev Tester). No Compromise is available on PS4 on April 18th, and May 18th on Xbox One and PC. Everyone can enjoy Showd0wn and the other free content starting April 17th.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6db25850aa252eb1878fdd16da490309e5cfdb8e.jpg Want to get a sneak peak at the upcoming DLC and free content update? Join us on Thursday, April 13th 1 PM ET at twitch.tv/Ubisoft for the No Compromise DLC Spoiler Stream. We’ll take a look at the new activities and clothing in the upcoming patch, the Moscow Gambit Operation from No Compromise, and play Showd0wn, a brand new 2v2 PvP online mode, for the first time ever! Watch Dog 2's own Chase Straight and David Thériault are hosting, joined by fellow Ubisoft Montreal devs Sara-Belanger Lithwick (Asso. Live Producer) and Alex Brisebois (Dev Tester). The stream will also feature special guests from the Paris studio who helped develop No Compromise and Showd0wn - Frédéric Vincent (Game Designer) and Kévin Huguet (Dev Tester). No Compromise is available on PS4 on April 18th, and May 18th on Xbox One and PC. Everyone can enjoy Showd0wn and the other free content starting April 17th.

CONTENT ROADMAP 2017 Watch Dogs 2 will be getting lots of exciting updates in the coming months that are completely FREE for all players. APRIL FREE CONTENT - Showd0wn - New PvP team-based online mode - eKart, Motocross, and Drone races playable in multiplayer - Armored Truck feature – single player and co-op play - Paintball Rifle - New non-lethal weapon - 13 new clothing items No Compromise DLC (PS4) - New DedSec Operation – Moscow Gambit - 6 Single player Race Time Trials with new Leaderboards -Police, Fireman, Paramedic themed clothing sets, abilities and vehicles with unique behaviors - 2 non-lethal weapons - the Air Shotgun and the Sniper Stun Rifle MAY FREE CONTENT - Seamless PvP support added to Armored Truck feature - New Seamless PvE Event - Major Improvements to Leaderboards interface - Minor gameplay improvements for multiplayer modes - Continuous improvements and fixes No Compromise DLC (XB1 & PC) JUNE FREE CONTENT - Support for a 4-player groups to explore the city and play activities together  - Continuous improvements and fixes for issues found by the community http://blog.ubi.com/app/uploads/2017/03/wd2_roadmap_2017_1106x2894_final-1.jpg?x49516 We will be sharing more details about this content in the near future, so be sure to check back here in April and follow us on Twitter and join the conversations on the official Watch Dogs subreddit.

CONTENT ROADMAP 2017 Watch Dogs 2 will be getting lots of exciting updates in the coming months that are completely FREE for all players. APRIL FREE CONTENT - Showd0wn - New PvP team-based online mode - eKart, Motocross, and Drone races playable in multiplayer - Armored Truck feature – single player and co-op play - Paintball Rifle - New non-lethal weapon - 13 new clothing items No Compromise DLC (PS4) - New DedSec Operation – Moscow Gambit - 6 Single player Race Time Trials with new Leaderboards -Police, Fireman, Paramedic themed clothing sets, abilities and vehicles with unique behaviors - 2 non-lethal weapons - the Air Shotgun and the Sniper Stun Rifle MAY FREE CONTENT - Seamless PvP support added to Armored Truck feature - New Seamless PvE Event - Major Improvements to Leaderboards interface - Minor gameplay improvements for multiplayer modes - Continuous improvements and fixes No Compromise DLC (XB1 & PC) JUNE FREE CONTENT - Support for a 4-player groups to explore the city and play activities together  - Continuous improvements and fixes for issues found by the community http://blog.ubi.com/app/uploads/2017/03/wd2_roadmap_2017_1106x2894_final-1.jpg?x49516 We will be sharing more details about this content in the near future, so be sure to check back here in April and follow us on Twitter and join the conversations on the official Watch Dogs subreddit.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png Today we are releasing a hot fix patch on all platforms that will include a fix to a performance issue where FPS would drop significantly for sustained periods, ending with a crash.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/50662f64b3103c141636c790500ea07179ae0402.png Today we are releasing a hot fix patch on all platforms that will include a fix to a performance issue where FPS would drop significantly for sustained periods, ending with a crash.

From January 30 to February 10, we asked our community on Twitter to share their most chaotic screenshots or selfies from their Watch Dogs 2 gameplay. Check out the submissions of the Grand Prize winners, runner-ups and some honorable mentions:

Grand Prize Winner: PC

PC: User @Skauron was picked as our Grand Prize winner for PC for this epic screenshot: http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/3242861a48eaed560c30d938d80ee6d5a6fac7b8.jpg Credit: @Skauron

PC Runner-Ups:

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/8a238371e5d5f200a937150c09557155780b6563.jpg Credit: @blamerussians http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/e90ddd170de258838723c3355c9d43c74783b37d.jpg Credit: @iAlexBullet

Grand Prize Winner: PS4

PS4: YÜNG Frank (@tealsummernight) was our Grand Prize winner for PS4 with this beauty (the player jumping off the bridge was the icing on the cake for us): http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/b9d9f61ff210e74dd12821951899908caf1c8969.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight

PS4 Runner-Ups:

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/8116c73e713b80cd1e39ddbd4bf85ca2fac3c251.jpg Credit: @wuvein http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/93efaee3e196502be81af5b0200516b975a2830f.jpg Credit:@DidUSayChoco

Grand Prize Winner: Xbox

XBOX: For Xbox One, our Grand Prize winner is this selfie submitted by user @Dr_Jay__. The two flying NPCs in the background make it extra hilarious. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/7ef20a88a8926522be149213ed3709b1da8f8b45.jpg Credit: @Dr_Jay__

Xbox Runner-Ups:

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/f2f8f8adb8d939b5351b99e0d05c162734767c42.jpg Credit: @Swift__316 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/5150a8ff8383a8664ab62dcc046a6ee8477972c1.jpg Credit: @SinisterXboy

Honorable mentions:

PC

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/f3763f1b3d9fb871e65839e40c18e9a521bc55aa.jpg Credit: @ghdgkrvy92 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/cc78fa332d94afa8d93fc97d5410460febe1f6df.jpg Credit: @braveheart_cg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/20af16700db54c776d6a9b1e06c78f8cf7af1411.jpg Credit: @Skauron http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/944379f6f1b6ccbd0f074c4d68e0ecac2c0393da.jpg Credit: @Skauron http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/53bcb73f137e79945ecf5031cf120fcc5b50a1f6.jpg Credit: @Skauron http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/98ecd9010229933ff9fdfcef663a4da781876d43.jpg Credit: @OsmaHietaniemi http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6c1eab7cf9d4e87705cf0f6337faa4221b512694.jpg Credit: @kimi_gka http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/98287c19e2f81a64bb6e9ff744aeac36eda29e49.jpg Credit: @OsmaHietaniemi http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a656f11b7492723d8120b2fed48efe23de782bbb.jpg Credit: @iAlexBullet

PS4

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/5eb63f3703d765e0b98bcbac7423420d74c613ae.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/e21d697d3a4ca29d77161335fe75575f98193d1f.jpg Credit: @FranelaMaster http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a5ea1a3888a994bc7126cd9ff4a3a70a2ee23ba1.jpg Credit: @thes0ldier http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/b6f07a0e80ff5178def503c0b9d38b5fdb8afbfc.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/e46e20d02e25db97006210a209cdbdea79f8c9aa.jpg Credit: @BigRedVikin9 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/fea3d9d95eafd7097eb4689fe7c9007f14158887.jpg Credit: @EsmaKhoya http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/126c18315dd0535dac58e819b6ea1a461883e4ea.jpg Credit: @wuvein http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/691656a18bb5b2d376b231c5e6763b7084038dbc.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/12d5bec5938412ebb2ac9630d88b90c0dd203b61.jpg Credit: @jackson28559 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6cb2e0488cdd560b89d68cbca59f4ba7123f266e.jpg Credit: @Angi_AN

Xbox

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/f2c62e1511e2c14ed6e48661a559d44ccd736929.jpg Credit: @Swift__316 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/3cbf863a32f57db8ddb85c125cc844d6c1d76f64.jpg Credit: @Swift__316 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a6ac6d5e56756460dc351c16b1131445766dc099.jpg Credit: @fallooout4 Thanks to everyone who participated in this contest! We loved seeing all the chaotic and epic gameplay moments you managed to capture and share with us. For future contests and Watch Dogs 2 updates, be sure to follow our Twitter handle (@watchdogsgame)!

From January 30 to February 10, we asked our community on Twitter to share their most chaotic screenshots or selfies from their Watch Dogs 2 gameplay. Check out the submissions of the Grand Prize winners, runner-ups and some honorable mentions:

Grand Prize Winner: PC

PC: User @Skauron was picked as our Grand Prize winner for PC for this epic screenshot: http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/3242861a48eaed560c30d938d80ee6d5a6fac7b8.jpg Credit: @Skauron

PC Runner-Ups:

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/8a238371e5d5f200a937150c09557155780b6563.jpg Credit: @blamerussians http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/e90ddd170de258838723c3355c9d43c74783b37d.jpg Credit: @iAlexBullet

Grand Prize Winner: PS4

PS4: YÜNG Frank (@tealsummernight) was our Grand Prize winner for PS4 with this beauty (the player jumping off the bridge was the icing on the cake for us): http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/b9d9f61ff210e74dd12821951899908caf1c8969.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight

PS4 Runner-Ups:

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/8116c73e713b80cd1e39ddbd4bf85ca2fac3c251.jpg Credit: @wuvein http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/93efaee3e196502be81af5b0200516b975a2830f.jpg Credit:@DidUSayChoco

Grand Prize Winner: Xbox

XBOX: For Xbox One, our Grand Prize winner is this selfie submitted by user @Dr_Jay__. The two flying NPCs in the background make it extra hilarious. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/7ef20a88a8926522be149213ed3709b1da8f8b45.jpg Credit: @Dr_Jay__

Xbox Runner-Ups:

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/f2f8f8adb8d939b5351b99e0d05c162734767c42.jpg Credit: @Swift__316 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/5150a8ff8383a8664ab62dcc046a6ee8477972c1.jpg Credit: @SinisterXboy

Honorable mentions:

PC

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/f3763f1b3d9fb871e65839e40c18e9a521bc55aa.jpg Credit: @ghdgkrvy92 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/cc78fa332d94afa8d93fc97d5410460febe1f6df.jpg Credit: @braveheart_cg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/20af16700db54c776d6a9b1e06c78f8cf7af1411.jpg Credit: @Skauron http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/944379f6f1b6ccbd0f074c4d68e0ecac2c0393da.jpg Credit: @Skauron http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/53bcb73f137e79945ecf5031cf120fcc5b50a1f6.jpg Credit: @Skauron http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/98ecd9010229933ff9fdfcef663a4da781876d43.jpg Credit: @OsmaHietaniemi http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6c1eab7cf9d4e87705cf0f6337faa4221b512694.jpg Credit: @kimi_gka http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/98287c19e2f81a64bb6e9ff744aeac36eda29e49.jpg Credit: @OsmaHietaniemi http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a656f11b7492723d8120b2fed48efe23de782bbb.jpg Credit: @iAlexBullet

PS4

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/5eb63f3703d765e0b98bcbac7423420d74c613ae.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/e21d697d3a4ca29d77161335fe75575f98193d1f.jpg Credit: @FranelaMaster http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a5ea1a3888a994bc7126cd9ff4a3a70a2ee23ba1.jpg Credit: @thes0ldier http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/b6f07a0e80ff5178def503c0b9d38b5fdb8afbfc.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/e46e20d02e25db97006210a209cdbdea79f8c9aa.jpg Credit: @BigRedVikin9 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/fea3d9d95eafd7097eb4689fe7c9007f14158887.jpg Credit: @EsmaKhoya http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/126c18315dd0535dac58e819b6ea1a461883e4ea.jpg Credit: @wuvein http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/691656a18bb5b2d376b231c5e6763b7084038dbc.jpg Credit: @tealsummernight http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/12d5bec5938412ebb2ac9630d88b90c0dd203b61.jpg Credit: @jackson28559 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/6cb2e0488cdd560b89d68cbca59f4ba7123f266e.jpg Credit: @Angi_AN

Xbox

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/f2c62e1511e2c14ed6e48661a559d44ccd736929.jpg Credit: @Swift__316 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/3cbf863a32f57db8ddb85c125cc844d6c1d76f64.jpg Credit: @Swift__316 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/a6ac6d5e56756460dc351c16b1131445766dc099.jpg Credit: @fallooout4 Thanks to everyone who participated in this contest! We loved seeing all the chaotic and epic gameplay moments you managed to capture and share with us. For future contests and Watch Dogs 2 updates, be sure to follow our Twitter handle (@watchdogsgame)!

The Sony team at PlayStation Music put together this sweet playlist inspired by the music of Watch_Dogs 2. The playlist features music from our official soundtrack by Hudson Mohawke and Most Wanted DJs Thomas White, Ryan Playground and Dojo! Click here to open the playlist in Spotify!

The Sony team at PlayStation Music put together this sweet playlist inspired by the music of Watch_Dogs 2. The playlist features music from our official soundtrack by Hudson Mohawke and Most Wanted DJs Thomas White, Ryan Playground and Dojo! Click here to open the playlist in Spotify!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/d7e92b11762b8ba8a4581b328d4daf470d40e1af.jpg We’re heading back to crazy town with our second Most Wanted livestream, featuring Sodapoppin and LegendaryLea, on Thursday, February 23rd starting at 3pm EST. They’ll be hitting the streets of San Francisco, playing Bounty Hunter mode in co-op mode (and hopefully surviving for a reasonable amount of time). They’ll be backed by live DJ sets from Thomas White and Ryan Playground. Once again, we’ll also be giving away a TON of raffle prizes during the livestream, including an NVIDIA GTX 1080 graphics card. Because we’re nuts and we love you.  Sodapoppin and LegendaryLea will be streaming on their own channels prior to the show, showing off some content from the Human Conditions DLC (launching on PS4 February 21st).

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/d7e92b11762b8ba8a4581b328d4daf470d40e1af.jpg We’re heading back to crazy town with our second Most Wanted livestream, featuring Sodapoppin and LegendaryLea, on Thursday, February 23rd starting at 3pm EST. They’ll be hitting the streets of San Francisco, playing Bounty Hunter mode in co-op mode (and hopefully surviving for a reasonable amount of time). They’ll be backed by live DJ sets from Thomas White and Ryan Playground. Once again, we’ll also be giving away a TON of raffle prizes during the livestream, including an NVIDIA GTX 1080 graphics card. Because we’re nuts and we love you.  Sodapoppin and LegendaryLea will be streaming on their own channels prior to the show, showing off some content from the Human Conditions DLC (launching on PS4 February 21st).

Hey hackers – February is an exciting month for us, as we’ve got plenty of community activities planned for you. Check back here for updates and to get more information and details on certain events or at @watchdogsgame. Without further ado, here’s what we have in store for you: Spoiler Stream (Feb 16th – 1 PM EST): Our next DLC, “Human Conditions,” will be available on PlayStation 4 February 21st and for Xbox One and PC users a month after. In our spoiler stream, we’ll be checking out some of the new objectives and coop challenges. Join us at twitch.tv/ubisoft for a sneak peek and a chance to win some prizes! Close Encounters (Feb 17th-19th): Hacking is about to get even riskier. For this weekend, we've made some changes to Online Invasions. The hacking radius is smaller, and the time to pull of the hack is shorter. You'll have to pick a decent hiding spot to pull off a successful hack. Hackers will get a 25% leaderboard point boost for participating, and targets will receive a 10% boost. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/d95872fe0b93dce03eb73ab8d129062f3acf43ba.jpg Watch_Dogs 2 Screenshot Chaos Contest #WD2ChaosContest (Feb 20th)– The winner from last month’s #WD2ChaosContest will be announced on Monday, February 20th. Follow us at @watchdogsgame to find out if you’re the lucky winner. Most Wanted Livestream (Feb 23rd): Our second monthly Most Wanted stream kicks off on Thursday, February 23rd! In these streams, Comdevs Hanny and Chase will invite a few special guests to become the “Most Wanted” bounties – and the community’s job is to hunt them down in-game. There will also be raffles to win some sweet Watch_Dogs 2 gear from UbiWorkshop, codes, and more! We’ll be making further announcements about our Most Wanted stream at our Twitter @watchdogsgame. Human Conditions Event Challenges (Starts Feb. 27th) – Get hyped for our upcoming Human Conditions DLC with two new Ubisoft Club challenges, the first starting February 27th. The first challenge, “Kill it With Fire,” tasks you with neutralizing ten gang members with explosions. Do this, and earn the exclusive Human Conditions Event bag and, next month, the Human Conditions Event Car Skin. You do not need to have the DLC to participate in this event! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/eaededa3a29cb3ac7ef1d4da550660eca1274162.png Leaderboards Reset (Starts Feb. 27th): Season 6 begins Monday, February 27th – all Leaderboards will be reset and new rewards will be added. This Season’s rewards? Check out the “Sad and Lonely” sweater and fisherman’s hat! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/389fbe740d974cdf370a9f94cd94b3bc8bcecc1f.png Capture an epic moment from one of these events? Share your best videos and screenshots at our reddit /r/watch_dogs or @watchdogsgame!

Hey hackers – February is an exciting month for us, as we’ve got plenty of community activities planned for you. Check back here for updates and to get more information and details on certain events or at @watchdogsgame. Without further ado, here’s what we have in store for you: Spoiler Stream (Feb 16th – 1 PM EST): Our next DLC, “Human Conditions,” will be available on PlayStation 4 February 21st and for Xbox One and PC users a month after. In our spoiler stream, we’ll be checking out some of the new objectives and coop challenges. Join us at twitch.tv/ubisoft for a sneak peek and a chance to win some prizes! Close Encounters (Feb 17th-19th): Hacking is about to get even riskier. For this weekend, we've made some changes to Online Invasions. The hacking radius is smaller, and the time to pull of the hack is shorter. You'll have to pick a decent hiding spot to pull off a successful hack. Hackers will get a 25% leaderboard point boost for participating, and targets will receive a 10% boost. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/d95872fe0b93dce03eb73ab8d129062f3acf43ba.jpg Watch_Dogs 2 Screenshot Chaos Contest #WD2ChaosContest (Feb 20th)– The winner from last month’s #WD2ChaosContest will be announced on Monday, February 20th. Follow us at @watchdogsgame to find out if you’re the lucky winner. Most Wanted Livestream (Feb 23rd): Our second monthly Most Wanted stream kicks off on Thursday, February 23rd! In these streams, Comdevs Hanny and Chase will invite a few special guests to become the “Most Wanted” bounties – and the community’s job is to hunt them down in-game. There will also be raffles to win some sweet Watch_Dogs 2 gear from UbiWorkshop, codes, and more! We’ll be making further announcements about our Most Wanted stream at our Twitter @watchdogsgame. Human Conditions Event Challenges (Starts Feb. 27th) – Get hyped for our upcoming Human Conditions DLC with two new Ubisoft Club challenges, the first starting February 27th. The first challenge, “Kill it With Fire,” tasks you with neutralizing ten gang members with explosions. Do this, and earn the exclusive Human Conditions Event bag and, next month, the Human Conditions Event Car Skin. You do not need to have the DLC to participate in this event! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/eaededa3a29cb3ac7ef1d4da550660eca1274162.png Leaderboards Reset (Starts Feb. 27th): Season 6 begins Monday, February 27th – all Leaderboards will be reset and new rewards will be added. This Season’s rewards? Check out the “Sad and Lonely” sweater and fisherman’s hat! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/389fbe740d974cdf370a9f94cd94b3bc8bcecc1f.png Capture an epic moment from one of these events? Share your best videos and screenshots at our reddit /r/watch_dogs or @watchdogsgame!

In our last roundup, Sitara’s Tumblr blog had been hacked by rival hacker gang, Prime_Eight. After a brief investigation, Josh discovered that the person who had paid big bucks for the hack was a Blume employee and a member of New Dawn. To kickstart her blog back up again for the new year, Sitara issued this: State of the Union: I’m back. Been a lot going on around here. Got a new member, hacked a bunch of a**holes, you know the drill… Welcome to the DedSec State of the Union address. Marcus is the new guy. Some of you might know him as Retr0. He’s another case of ctOS targeting someone incorrectly, and potentially ruining their life. Potentially. But our boy is an excellent hacker. We met while he was correcting his ctOS profile. Nice bit of work. Now he and Wrench are in the middle of an epic bromance. Aside from recruitment, we’ve been pursuing some leads on your favorite corrupt tech giants. Most leads that come our way don’t pay out, but some… some do. And we’ve done good work. As for our goals for the New Year? We’re hearing whispers that Nudle has some fancy s*** planned for their key note in February, so we’ll be looking into that. Also been hearing about disappearances around the old trainyards and in the homeless encampments. (If you have any info about that, please send it our way.) I’m sure we’ll unearth even more work for DedSec. Peace out. In which Sitara discovers a disturbing development about one of DedSec’s previous members, Benicio: Happy New Year! We celebrated in typical DedSec fashion: loud and proud. Pretty sure Wrench and Marcus still have hangovers. You really gotta keep hydrated, kids. A bunch of leads poured in after our last post. We’re loving it, so keep ‘em coming. We also got a lot of questions about how we work, so I figured I’d explain a bit. We each pick our own ops to research and then pitch them to the group. Whoever is interested joins in. Those who aren’t interested, don’t. Sometimes there’s not enough to keep more than one or two people busy on a single op, even if a lot of people want to do it. If there’s a lot of interest, and a lot to do, that’s when the whole group throws in on something. It’s different each time. Right now Wrench is following up on the Nudle stuff. Josh picked up on some strange noises coming out of Prime_8 (the jerks). Marcus and I are following up on the disappearances. One of our own disappeared a while back, so this one hits close to home. Kid named Benny. Benicio. He’s a good guy, and not the kind to just drop off the grid without warning. All of us are really invested in this one. I’m sure you can understand why. For now it’s just Marcus and me working on it because we don’t have enough for the others to do yet. I think we’re dealing with a couple different causes on this one. The disappearances are too random. Whoever is taking the homeless isn’t the same person (or people) taking tech savvy college kids. I’m betting on something sketchy with one of the tech giants. Marcus is betting on the mafia. Could be both. Or neither. For those of you who keep sending us messages saying it’s The Shuffler, or The Hook, or Bigfoot… please stop. Those are urban legends and just waste our time. Again, happy New Year, guys! Here’s to 2017 being a good one. A photo of ex-DedSec member, Benny and Ai Li, taken in 2016: http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/d057b6a6986fb8f93b13de59126cf1fe19a58362.jpg Sitara’s getting pretty sick of disenfranchisement: #NoMoreLies Josh stumbled on something really interesting while he was looking into Prime_Eight’s police file. Looks like the PD has been suppressing reports of a fatal shooting. Cop shot an unarmed black kid. A witness recorded it on their cell phone, which the cops of course confiscated for evidence. You’d think this would be a huge f!@#$%$ deal, but someone over at WKZ massively edited the released footage and most of the other media outlets don’t seem to know about it. It looks like ctOS flagged the vic (Mike Nassan) as high threat. Just like they flagged Marcus. And just like with Marcus, so far we aren’t finding any actual evidence of dangerous behavior in the boy’s background. We won’t know more until we get a hold of the rest of that footage—and trust me, we will—but it looks like a cover-up. This can’t stand. We can’t let it stand. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25289044/acfce8426c01e94d482a39659d91274eba2af924.jpg Because the truth matters. Hacker Group Exposes Police Shooting The released footage shows a police officer approaching a young African American man identified as Mike Nassan. The encounter quickly escalated with the officer throwing the young man to the ground and the young man pushing the police officer in return. There were two shots fired and paramedics said the young man was dead before they arrived on the scene. Amidst accusations of corruption, the police department released a statement declaring they “deeply regret this tragic event” and they offer their heartfelt “sympathy to the young man’s family and community.” They refuse to release the name of the officer involved. DedSec claims the death was a result of poor police training, which allowed the incident to escalate, and erroneous ctOS information. Nassan was apparently marked as a high risk criminal in his ctOS profile, although there is no record of him committing any crime and, indeed, he appears to have been a promising high school athlete. The hacker group claims the police officer was primed to consider Nassan a threat because of the ctOS profile. ------------ Mysterious Disappearances Haunt Oakland It’s been a year since Richard Jackson disappeared and still we have no new information, just more disappearances. The young man was reported missing in January 2016 by his girlfriend, Seema Mashruwana, who herself went missing four months later. A well-known street artist, she was last seen working near the train tunnels in south-east Oakland. Two other members of the same social circle have also disappeared. Were all of these young adults kidnapped? Is this all some elaborate hoax? Friends and family are bewildered. Mariana Jackson, Richard’s mother, says she “just wants to know what happened” even if it turns out her son is dead. “There’s no closure,” she says, “and you find yourself wondering all the time if he’s okay. If he’s hurting…” Wrench takes over the blog … IT’S REAL! THE SHUFFLER IS REAL! Don’t let Sitara FOOL you. Okay. Sitara told you all about Benny, right? College kid. SMART. Bit of a doofus. All around great DedSec member. He disappeared. DISAPPEARED! And so did his BEST BUDDIES. Him and three other kids. The Shuffler 4. I KNOW he was looking into the Shuffler when he disappeared. He was KEEPINg NOTES and making MAPS of the CITY and s @#$. We STILL have his computer with some of his files. Kid encrypted them pretty good, but I’m SURE we’ll find some INTERESTING s@#$ in there. Some people are saying it’s just a bunch of flakey kids RUNNING AWAY and they’ll show up again. Well, they WON’T. Not unless we find them! I mean, shit. Even THEIR FAMILIES are GIVING UP on them now. We went to Benny’s FUNERAL. They didn’t even have a body! The TRUTH is out there, and we’re gonna FIND IT. For updates and content from Sitara, you can follow her DedSec Hackerspace Tumblr blog directly (please note that it is in English only). As always, feel free to create your own DedSec-inspired art and messages using our DEDSEC_DESIGNS kits and share them with us using hashtags #DedSecCreations or #JoinDedSec.