In the wake of a massive shakeup at Ubisoft, one that saw several game cancellations, including the long-in-development Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake canceled, along with a restructuring of its core franchises and layoffs, the future of Watch Dogs, a franchise once seen as a potential future pillar of the company, is seemingly in limbo.
Speaking during a recent episode of Insider Gaming's podcast, in which Ubisoft's future prospects were discussed at length, Tom Henderson stated that, following the release of Watch Dogs Legion, the team behind it moved onto a different project that was not Watch Dogs-related and was ultimately canceled.
As far as I’m aware at this moment in time, the Watch Dogs IP is completely dead.
Immediately following Henderson's statement that Watch Dogs as an IP was dead, another notable insider, shinobi602, took to ResetEra to offer their own take on the situation.
"Not exactly," they wrote in response to clips of Henderson's podcast.
When asked if they were referring to Watch Dogs video games or the film project, shinobi602 said, "I am not talking about a movie."
The confusion about Watch Dogs didn't stop there, as in a...
