These characters are procedurally generated and can be recruited by playing a mission, or series of missions. Characters are separated into three categories once they're recruited combat, stealth, or hacking. Legion's gameplay, from what Ubisoft has shown, seems to revolve around the idea of being able to recruit any NPC in the game's world. Since it was announced in 2019, it's likely that Ubisoft will eye Watch Dogs: Legion as its big game of 2020, which would point to a Fall 2020 release date.

Because of all these delays, Ubisoft doesn't have a confirmed title for Fall 2020, although rumors of a new Assassin's Creed are out there. While that's a fairly large window, it seems likely that Ubisoft would want to get Legion out before the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X or to coincide with the new consoles and have it be a cross-gen title. Legion was reset for a release sometime in the fiscal year 2020-2021, which officially starts on April 1, 2020. This is due, in part, to the lackluster reception and sales of both Ghost Recon Breakpoint and The Division 2. Ubisoft also delayed Rainbow Six: Quarantine and Gods & Monsters at the same time, showing a full-blown effort to re-evaluate their production. Ubisoft had originally set Watch Dog: Legion's release date as March 6, 2020, but in late 2019 the game was delayed indefinitely.

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