Clever marketing stunt sees Ubisoft game covers ‘hacked’ on the Xbox store

Well, this is certainly one of the more interesting marketing strategies in recent memory. In the build-up to the release of Watch Dogs: Legion Ubisoft have updated the game covers of some of their previous games with new hacked artwork. 

It’s certainly a creative way to market the upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion which has an October 29 release date on PC, Stadia, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

The full list of games with hacked covers is as follows:

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Legacy Of The First Blade
• Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection
• Far Cry 3 Classic Edition
• Far Cry 4
• Far Cry 5
• Far Cry New Dawn
• For Honor Standard Edition
• Ghost Recon Breakpoint Ultimate Edition
• Steep
• The Crew 2 Standard Edition
• The Division 2 - Warlords Of New York Edition
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Year 5 Pass
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Standard Edition
• Trials Rising