Watch Dogs 2 has been confirmed to be in development, according to an online CV published on business-centric social network LinkedIn. VideoGamer unearthed the reference to the game in the profile of Julien Risse, a senior gameplay programmer who works at Ubisoft's Paris studio.
While the upcoming game was listed within Mr Risse's background experience yesterday, today it is absent from that list. The Ubisoft France programmer's profile now only confirms that he worked upon Watch Dogs the DLC follow up 'Bad Blood' since he gained his present senior position at Ubisoft in December 2013. Previously Risse worked upon the first web-based MMORPG version of the Might&Magic franchise.
The development of a Watch Dogs sequel has been previously suggested by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. VideoGamer reports that the sequel will "appeal to fans in a new way," according to creative director Jonathan Morin in January. Morin added that the original Watch Dogs offered plenty of scope for improvement. Ubisoft Montreal VP of creative, Lionel Raynaud, agreed. He said that the new game will tackle "flaws and surprise players," in quite radical ways. Furthermore the new game will require Ubisoft to "develop technologies that we didn't have for Watch Dogs".
Since the publication of the original VideoGamer story Julien Risse's LinkedIn profile has been edited and the reference to Watch Dogs 2 removed.
