Watch Dogs: Legion Screenshots Leak Ahead of Ubisoft Event

Four images showing the highly anticipated Watch Dogs: Legion in action leaked online Tuesday.

The images landed on the Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit, posted by a user named u/joelioio who claimed they were captured during Chinese media previews of the game. The screenshots are blurry because they were being streamed from Ubisoft computers, according to joelioio.

Phil Ahuja, Football Hooligan. / Courtesy of Ubisoft

The first leaked image shows the game's Team menu screen, where the player can swap among several operatives already in their legion of NPCs. Each operative has different abilities. The one being selected in the screenshot is a Football Hooligan named Phil Ahuja. Ahuja and Football Hooligans like him can use a "Rally Cry" to call allies to the fight, and take less damage because of a trait called "Tough Drunk."

The screen also shows potential recruits and slots for two weapons and a gadget.

The Spy sports several pieces of unique equipment. / Courtesy of Ubisoft

A second screenshot of the Team menu screen shows another operative archetype: the Spy. The Spy carries a unique silenced MP9 pistol, a Spy Watch that jams enemy weapons, and a Spy Car sporting Missiles and Cloak.

Gameplay outside of menus. / Courtesy of Ubisoft

A third image shows gameplay outside of menus, as the player watches a scene unfold between a man and an Albion police officer. The player has the option to distract the officer, and can see their abilities and equipment in a user interface element.

Fans suspect the circled date of Sept. 16 to indicate Watch Dogs: Legion's new release date. / Courtesy of Ubisoft

The final image shows gameplay without a heads up display, and with a red circle drawn onto the image. The circle highlights a poster in-game that bears the date Sept. 16. It's unclear to what this date refers, but some fans suspect it to be the new release date following Ubisoft's decision to delay the game in October 2019. As of now, Watch Dogs: Legion is expected some time in the 2021 fiscal year, which runs April 2020 to March 2021.

This is the second Ubisoft leak this week, following 30 minutes of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla gameplay surfacing online Monday.

More Watch Dogs: Legion details will likely be revealed at the Ubisoft Forward conference scheduled for Sunday.