Over two years ago, Ubisoft announced they would stop releasing updates for Watch Dogs Legions. Yet mysteriously, over two years later, the game received a surprise update on the day of The Game Awards. 

Watch Dogs Legion Update 1.25 (PS4) | Watch Dogs Legion Update 1.191 (PS5)

“TU 5.6 was our final update for Watch Dogs: Legion.” the studio said back in January 2022, referring to the update that had previously been released in September of 2021. Since then, the franchise has remained dormant, with Ubisoft shifting its focus to other titles. However, Legion’s social media accounts remained active throughout the years, with most posts around the game joining subscription services and being on sale. 

Yet, with no warning or acknowledgment, the studio has begun rolling out a new update on PlayStation, dubbed 1.25 on PS4, while the PS5 is now 1.191. Upon inspection of the game’s patch history on PS4, there are no mentions of what this patch does, and visiting the Legion website gives no information on the update either. 

Ubisoft mentioned at the time of support ending of the game that they would continue to rotate seasons in-game, and upon inspection of that, it does look like that’s still continuing with the game currently on Season 14. Online functionalities are still in working order, too, though that’s not to say that this update isn’t to prepare the game for a server shutdown. 

As far as we can tell, we haven’t noticed anything “new” or changed in-game, and our suspensions are that this update is most likely related to some background fix. PlayStation recently released a new PS5 update that was related to security fixes. While they didn’t disclose exactly what those security fixes were, members of the PS5 hacking community have noted that the update patched DNS and link messaging methods that could have been used to “jailbreak” the PS5. Those DNS routed the PS5’s User Guide browser to a web exploit. 

Watch Dogs Legion features a web browser, though it is limited in what it can do. Our guess is that this patch may be related to it, as Legion is one of the oldest PS5 games to feature one. 

However, it does come as suspicious to see the update dropped on the day of The Game Awards. We aren’t holding our breath, but could there be a teaser of sorts that was added with this update to suggest a new Watch Dogs is on its way?

We’ve reached out to Ubisoft for a statement.