“The kinds of things that we see happening in the UK today are happening all around the world, in different forms and different ways. “Brexit is part of our backstory in our in our world fiction, but the game is really about much broader themes than that,” Hocking says. But Hocking emphasises that the situation is bigger than just Brexit. As we explore in our Watch Dogs Legion preview, the government has all but dissolved, and private military forces rule the streets. Yes, actual Brexit is real part of Watch Dogs Legion in the game’s lore it happened on the original scheduled day of March 29, 2019, and the years that come after it are less than rosy. The game is set in a near-future version of England's capital, and the country has broken away from the European Union.
“While discussing the game’s fiction and backstory, the subject of Brexit inevitably arose. So it was a wonderful opportunity for me to come back and make a game that I think really matters and contribute to that broader conversation about culture and the role of games in media today.” “And Ubisoft always supported me earlier in my career when I tried to do those things. “I think Ubisoft is a bold company and has a willingness to explore issues and allow creative teams to engage with challenging subject matter.” “And that's what I like to do,” he adds. So why does Ubisoft Toronto want to make a game that focuses on political problems when other studios within the company have shied away from them? “I believe that it's our responsibility as creators of culture to talk about stuff that's real, and that matters to people,” says Hocking. Company CEO Yves Guillemot explained to The Guardian that the developer’s games are politically impartial, a situation that could be seen in Far Cry 5, which was criticised for having nothing to say about the state of modern America, despite employing many of its most troublesome elements.
Play This is a surprisingly bold move for Ubisoft last year Ubisoft Massive, the developers of The Division 2, told that politics in games is “bad for business” and that the company doesn’t want to “take a stance in current politics”.
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