Our first clue on the possibility of a "Watch Dogs 2" title has just been unearthed and it's by none other than a senior gameplay programmer.
VideoGamer was quick to act when it saw "Watch Dogs 2" show up on a LinkedIn profile of a Ubisoft employee.
The online CV of Julien Risse, from Ubisoft's Paris studio, listed the sequel as a title under development that he has been working on for nearly a year and a half. The unannounced game was listed alongside other projects that include "Watch Dogs" the "Bad Blood" DLC.
The sequel "Watch Dogs 2" was never announced but it was mentioned (via Polygon) in June 2014 by Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO, that they acknowledge that the game did have flaws.
"We absolutely want to tackle these flaws and surprise players, and the way to tackle some of those flaws is going to be quite radical. There are parts of the game that will need to change."
In the interview, they also cited they've gained a lot of insight about franchise building from another game line, Assassin's Creed.
"We had a lot of flaws in the replayability of gameplay loops and you could feel that the game was a first iteration. At the time, there was clear potential but it was not easy to know it was going to become the franchise that it is today."
The company seeks to develop technologies that give players more control over the gameplay.
"We have this ambition to have games that are worlds with systems that offer more agency and freedom for players, that allow them to discover the world in the way they want. We want them to be less narrative or character driven and more creative, with more choices for the player.
This is quite a high ambition and will require us to develop technologies that we didn't have for Watch Dogs, but this combined with fixing and refining what worked well is probably the way to go for Watch Dogs 2."
With this new development, it's being speculated that there is a growing possibility of an unveiling during the 2015 E3. To date, Ubisoft has decline to comment and the the entry has since been removed from Risse's profile.
"We do not comment on rumour or speculation," quoted GamesRadar of Ubisoft's official statement.
"Watch Dogs" was introduced May 27, 2014 and compatible to Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.
The E3 Event is set to take place on June 16 to 18, 2015.
