Ubisoft has lifted the lid on the much rumored Watch Dogs 2 with a short teaser.
The teaser titled “Hello World” was posted to their Youtube page, the 30-second video shows a mysterious figure pressing links or windows on his smartphone while text and some dark imagery (skulls, lots of skulls) are displayed on a large screen in front of him.
The description of the video tells viewers to tune in for the Watch Dogs 2 World Premier on June 8th, with the time posted for most time zones.
_ 6 pm CEST time
_ 9 am Pacific time
_ 12 pm Eastern time
_ 12 am East Asian time
June 8th is the week before E3 known as Judges Week, where the press gets a hands on with the games or shown things in advance to begin voting for the trade show awards.
The first Watch Dogs launched late 2014, having since shipped more than 10 million units. The new IP received generally strong critical praise, despite complaints regarding overall plot and some technical issues. Players took control of expert hacker/vigilante in a post-modern Chicago, where they could gain access to phones, bank accounts and emails of anyone on the streets. The open-world sandbox was praised for it’s attention to detail and visuals.