History Franchise / WatchDogs

** ''Watch Dogs'' (TBA): An upcoming film adaptation of the game. Ubisoft has stated that it is directly developing it, along with similar adaptations of all of its major franchises, but has been quiet about it overall. They have confirmed that it is [[DevelopmentHell still in development]] as of 2016.

* ''Watch Dogs Tokyo'' (2022): A manga set in Tokyo.

* {{Expy}}: [=DedSec=] is based on the Erudito Collective from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' since they are a hacker group with a strong anti-authoritarian streak that seek to expose corrupt corporations and governments. It somewhat goes directly into ExpyCoexistence since they belong to franchises made by the same developer (Ubisoft) and appear to be set in the same universe [[spoiler:due to Aiden Pearce killing Abstergo CEO Oliver Garneau on behalf of the Assassin Brotherhood]].

** Zig zags a little. While any NPC, including agents you've already recruited, can be profiled with ctOS, the operative the player is currently controlling is explicitly showing up on all cameras as a digital blur. Most likely, when Bagley notifies an operative they've been activated, they turn on whatever tech is disguising them, before turning it off once the mission is done and they can safely disappear into the crowd (or, put more Doyalistically, when the player swaps to another operative.)

* UnPerson: Profiling Aiden, T-Bone, and Marcus gives an error on ctOS and a blurred image, due to wanting to avoid unwanted attention. Averted in ''Legion'', as every pedestrian is playable and therefore the player would ''need'' a profile to determine whether or not the civilian is fit for the task.

* HollywoodHacking: Naturally, as it'd be much less entertaining if the hacking were as complex as it is in real life. Refreshingly, there are many cases especially in the later games where measures are taken to ground it more in reality rather than make the hacking seem instantaneous and magical.
* KarmaMeter: The first game has one, which will either make civilians praise Aiden as a hero and less inclined to call the police on him, or see him as a menace to society and not hesitate to inform the police of his very presence. Oddly enough, this is done away with in the sequel, where it arguably fits much better, to help curb the GameplayAndStorySegregation.

* SharedUniverse: [[SchrodingersCanon It's complicated]]. There are so many overt references to the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' universe, including a direct connection between the first game and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' in which [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce kills Olivier Garneau]]. Ubisoft however claims that the two franchises do ''not'' share a universe, and any implication is simply fanservice. There's also the fact that ''Assassin's Creed'' is actually a video game in the ''Watch_Dogs'' universe; [[RecursiveCanon though, it's also a video game franchise in and of itself]].. [[MindScrew gah]]. Even more screwy, ''Legion'' has a member of the British Brotherhood of Assassins as a DLC unit.

* UnPerson: Profiling Aiden, T-Bone, and Marcus gives an error on ctOS and a blurred image. Naturally averted in ''Legion'', as every pedestrian is playable and therefore the player would ''need'' a profile to determine whether or not the civilian is fit for the task.

* {{Expy}}: [=DedSec=] is based on the Erudito Collective from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' since they are a hacker group with a strong anti-authoritarian streak that seek to expose corrupt corporations and governments. It somewhat goes directly into ExpyCoexistence since they belong to franchises made by the same developer (Ubisoft) and appear to be set in the same universe [[spoiler:due to Aiden Pearce killing Abstergo CEO oliver Garneau on behalf of the Assassin Brotherhood]].

* {{Expy}}: [=DedSec=] is based on the Erudito Collective from ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' since they are a hacker group with a strong anti-authoritarian streak that seek to expose corrupt corporations and governments. It somewhat goes directly into ExpyCoexistence since they belong to franchises made by the same developer (Ubisoft) and appear to share the same universe [[spoiler:due to Aiden Pearce killing Abstergo CEO oliver Garneau on behalf of the Assassin Brotherhood]].

** ''Human Conditions'': Marcus discovers various scandals concerning the scientific and medical fields of San Francisco. This also marks the return of fan-favorite ally from the original game, Jordi Chin.

* GenericEthnicCrimeGang: Each game's setting naturally has their own gangs who are directly hostile to the player.

* ''Watch Dogs'' (2019): A comic set in the same universe as the games. It takes place in October of 2016, a year before the events of ''2''.

* SharedUniverse: [[SchrodingersCanon It's complicated]]. There are so many overt references to the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' universe, including a direct connection between the first game and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIV'' in which [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce kills Olivier Garneau]], and a member of the British Brotherhood being a [=DLC=] character for ''Legion''. Ubisoft however claims that the two franchises do ''not'' share a universe, and any implication is simply fanservice. There's also the fact that ''Assassin's Creed'' is actually a video game in the ''Watch_Dogs'' universe; [[RecursiveCanon though, it's also a video game franchise in and of itself]].. [[MindScrew gah]]. Even more screwy, ''Legion'' has a member of the Assassins as a DLC unit.

** UsefulNotes/Chicago: [[GangBangers The Black Viceroys]], [[TheIrishMob Chicago South Club]], [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Pawnee Militia]]

** Chicago: [[GangBangers The Black Viceroys]], [[TheIrishMob Chicago South Club]], [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Pawnee Militia]]
** San Francisco: The 580s, The Tezcas, [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs The Auntie Shu Boys]], [[TheMafiya The Bratva]]

* SharedUniverse: [[SchrodingersCanon It's complicated]]. There are so many overt references to the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' universe, including a direct connection between the first game and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIV'' in which [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce kills Olivier Garneau]], and a member of the British Brotherhood being a [=DLC=] character for ''Legion''. Ubisoft however claims that the two franchises do ''not'' share a universe, and any implication is simply fanservice. There's also the fact that ''Assassin's Creed'' is actually a video game in the ''Watch_Dogs'' universe; [[RecursiveCanon though, it's also a video game franchise in and of itself]].. [[MindScrew gah]]. Even more screwy, ''Legion'' has a member of the Assassins as a DLC unit. In other words,

* SharedUniverse: It's complicated. There are so many overt references to the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' universe, including a direct connection between the first game and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIV'' in which [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce kills Olivier Garneau]], and a member of the British Brotherhood being a [=DLC=] character for ''Legion''. Ubisoft however claims that the two franchises do ''not'' share a universe, and any implication is simply fanservice. There's also the fact that ''Assassin's Creed'' is actually a video game in the ''Watch_Dogs'' universe; [[RecursiveCanon though, it's also a video game franchise in and of itself]].. [[MindScrew gah]]. Even more screwy, ''Legion'' has a member of the Assassins as a DLC unit. In other words, it's more or less SchrodginersCanon.

* GangBangers: Each game's setting naturally has their own gangs who are directly hostile to the player.
** Chicago: The Black Viceroys, [[TheIrishMob Chicago South Club]], [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Pawnee Militia]]

** ''Watch_Dogs: Bad Blood'' (2014): An ExpansionPack taking place a year after the main story, with a PromotedToPlayable T-Bone as the protagonist.

* SharedUniverse: It's complicated. There are so many overt references to the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' universe, including a direct connection between the first game and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIV'' in which [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce kills Olivier Garneau]], and a member of the British Brotherhood being a [=DLC=] character for ''Legion''. Ubisoft however claims that the two franchises do ''not'' share a universe, and any implication is simply fanservice. There's also the fact that ''Assassin's Creed'' is actually a video game in the ''Watch_Dogs'' universe; [[RecursiveCanon though, it's also a video game franchise in and of itself]].. [[MindScrew gah]]. Even more screwy, Legion has a member of the Assassins as dlc unit.

** ''WatchDogs'' (TBA): An upcoming film adaptation of the game. Ubisoft has stated that it is directly developing it, along with similar adaptations of all of its major franchises, but has been quiet about it overall. They have confirmed that it is [[DevelopmentHell still in development]] as of 2016.

** ''Film/WatchDogs'' (TBA): An upcoming film adaptation of the game. Ubisoft has stated that it is directly developing it, along with similar adaptations of all of its major franchises, but has been quiet about it overall. They have confirmed that it is [[DevelopmentHell still in development]] as of 2016.

* ''ComicBook/WatchDogs'' (2019): A comic set in the same universe as the games. It takes place in October of 2016, a year before the events of ''2''.

* SharedUniverse: It's complicated. There are so many overt references to the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' universe, including a direct connection between the first game and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIV'' in which [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce kills Olivier Garneau]], and a member of the British Brotherhood being a [=DLC=] character for ''Legion''. Ubisoft however claims that the two franchises do ''not'' share a universe, and any implication is simply fanservice. There's also the fact that ''Assassin's Creed'' is actually a video game in the ''Watch_Dogs'' universe; [[RecursiveCanon though, it's also a video game franchise in and of itself]].. [[MindScrew gah]].

** ''Human Conditions'': Marcus discovers various scandals concerning the scientific and medical fields of San Francisco. This also marks the return of Jordi Chin.
** ''No Compromise'': A DedSec operation goes wrong and gets the Russian mafia involved.

* ''VideoGame/WatchDogsLegion'' (2020)