Watch Dogs: Legion is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft. It is the third installment in the Watch Dogs series and the sequel to 2016’s Watch Dogs 2. Set within a fictionalised representation of a futuristic, dystopian London, the game’s story follows the hacker syndicate DedSec as they seek to clear their names after being framed for a series of terrorist bombings. While searching for the true culprits, DedSec also attempt to liberate London’s citizens from the control of Albion, an oppressive private military company that has turned the city into a surveillance state following the bombings. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Retez, Riccardo, and Luca Miranda. “Patient Zero, Parasite, Epidemic Agent: The Player’s Role in Watch Dogs: Legion.” Interactive Film & Media Journal 2, no. 1 (2022): 136-148.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Eskidemir, Kahraman and Kubat, Ayse Sema; (2022) The visual structure of fictional space in video games : a wayfinding research in games based on real world cities. In: Annual Conference Proceedings of the XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. University of Strathclyde Publishing, Glasgow, pp. 542-550. ISBN 9781914241161
Other games in the franchise
Watch Dogs (3)
Watch Dogs 2 (5)