The Ubisoft Forward livestream will no doubt have a bunch of games to show off and a weird Just Dance segment that’ll make you wonder if your drink has been spiked, but there’ll be one other bonus for anyone in digital attendance: A free game, in the form of Watch Dogs 2 on PC.

You’re stuck at home, being a responsible chap for the good of all because nobody wants to die clutching their chest in agony from a virus that is wreaking havoc on everything from going to the movies to attending a WWE event. Which now finally resembles Shakespeare in the Park but with Jackhammer slams: Weird stuff. So what do you …

You ever wish that you could see your favourite video games taken in a wild new direction? Maybe you’d be keen to see another developer take a crack at a franchise, or maybe you’re hungry for some new blood. Here at Critical Hit HQ, we feel you fam. On a slow news day, we got bored of tossing machetes at Brad and decided to whip up some awful awful photoshop of video game mash-ups that we reckon could sell like the hottest cakes nay save video games as we know them.

When everyone is playable, it’s important to recruit wisely. Each character in the city of London has their own unique abilities and skills that can help you bring the power back into the hands of the people. Recruit your own unique team with their own personalities, backstories, and perks. Play as anyone and bring your characters to life with four-player co-op missions, events, and end-game challenges in Watch Dogs Legion.

According to Ubisoft, storytelling won’t be taking a backseat in favour of a gameplay gimmick, as Watch Dogs Legion will have plenty of narrative meat on its bones.

It's difficult not to feel excited by Watch Dogs Legion's ambition. Removing a central protagonist from the game, Legion sets you loose on the streets of London and lets you build your own revolution of Dedsec agents and puts you in control of any one you want. Every character you see walking the streets, patrolling restricted areas and even shooting at you can be recruited with varying degrees of difficulty. Legion promises an experience that will give each of these characters a story to tell, but just how high does the ceiling of this simulation go?

The future of Britain doesn’t look great. It’s that potential dystopia that Watch Dogs Legion is taking place in, as Big Brother is watching you more closely than ever before, information warfare rages across the streets of London and the fight ahead against a ruthless private military corporation that has taken over, is one that cannot be won by a single hero. It’s going to take an army to overthrow Albion, and that’s where you come into play.

Discovered via a now defunct Amazon UK stuff-up, Watch Dogs Legion will see players take to the streets of London as was rumoured so many months ago, but with an interesting new twist on the hack ‘em up formula. This time, you’re not just controlling a single protagonist but as multiple usually non-playable characters that you recruit to your hacktivist cause.