When it was revealed at E3 in 2012, Watch Dogs (generally stylised as Watch_Dogs) gained a lot of sudden fans, with a trailer making it look like the hacking game many people had always wanted. While the final game never really lived up to that hype, with many of the shortcomings open world games from 2014 had, it was still an interesting game that was succeeded by a much better sequel. If you never tried Watch Dogs, or have only just heard about it, Ubisoft are giving you a chance to get the game for free.

So, where do you download and get it? It's got to be through Ubisoft's own games platform, Uplay. By going on to the official site for this promotion, you can sign in with your Uplay account and redeem it. That's all that needs to be done, redeeming it will give you access to Watch Dogs for free, forever. To launch, open the Uplay app (or install it first, if you haven't already done so for another Uplay game), and download it through there.

The game itself is an open world action game, a typical affair for the sorts of major releases from a few years ago, with hacking as its main twist. As you walk around the world, you can manipulate the city into working for you, hacking phones to get information and money, hacking bridges to raise or lower them, and so on. The idea is that the city becomes your playground as you get more and more proficient in hacking and knowing what sort of systems you can use for your own nefarious plans.