Watchdogs: Legion, Ubisoft’s open world hacker game, will be free to play on Xbox, PlayStation and PC, the developer from March 25 announced today in a blog post.
The trial run gives you full access to the open world of the game. While you can complete Legion‘s critical path in less than 20 hours– enough for one marathon of a weekend – get no ideas: the free trial does not let you pass the Skye Larsen mission of the campaign, which takes place halfway through the race.
You will also be able to test the recently released multiplayer mode, which sporadically entertains friends overwhelming when playing with strangers. Earlier today, the multiplayer got its first tactical operation (think: collaborative raid-like multiplayer mission), but you will not be able to give it a try in the trial. You will only be able to play the short collaborative missions and the Spiderbot Arena mode.
Ubisoft’s blog post says the free period ends on March 29, but a video uploaded to YouTube say it ends on March 28 (Updated 5:05 PM ET: In a statement to Kotaku, a spokesperson for Ubisoftn made it clear Legion‘s free trial ends on May 29.)
In addition to today’s free trial, Ubisoft has the summer roadmap for Watchdogs: Legion:
- Next month, Mina, a new hero, will take part in the game, but will only be available to those who own the season pass.
- In May, the game’s multiplayer mode will get a second tactical operation.
- Two new competitive ways – Extraction and Invasion – will also be playable in May. It is not immediately clear how the modes will play out. Hopefully they contain real people, not spiderbots.
- In June, the game’s first major expansion is announced: Bloodlines. It contains two characters from the previous Watchdogs games: Aiden Pearce (the first game’s humorless protagonist) and Wrench (your DJ-masked comrade from Watch Dogs 2). Season pass owners will be able to play as both.
- In August, season pass owners will be able to play as Darcy, a member of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Order Assassin’s Creed series.