Watch Dogs 2, stylized as WATCH_DOGS 2, is an open-world action-adventure third-person video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It released worldwide on November 15, 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with a PC port released on November 29, 2016. The sequel to its 2014 predecessor, Watch Dogs 2 takes place in San Francisco, California. The player takes control of Marcus Holloway, a hacker and a member of the hacktivist group DedSec who aims to take down CTOS 2.0.