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Platform Win, 360, PS3, Wii U, PS4 Publisher Ubisoft Developer Ubisoft Montreal Release Date 11/19/2013 Price at Launch 59.99

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Watch Dogs gives players the chance to become in-game pedestrians

By Emily Gera on May 24, 2013 05.24.13

Watch Dogs will use real-world gamers as inspiration for its in-game pedestrian, Ubisoft confirmed as part of a new competition. The publisher is giving players the chance to get their name into the upcoming open-world title. Users need both a Facebook and Uplay account to enter their details into the competition, which requires their name, birth date, occupation and three additional facts about themselves. Come launch, the game will include 30 randomly chosen participants who will be entered into the world as AI pedestrians. Users can enter their details here. Watch Dogs is scheduled to launch Nov. 19 for PC, Wii U, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Versions for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are also on the cards.

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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Watch Dogs confirmed for Xbox One this year

By Samit Sarkar on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Watch Dogs will be available on Xbox One "later this year," Ubisoft announced today. According to Ubisoft, those games are two of at least six that the publisher plans to release on Xbox One within the console's first year of existence. The six games will include new entries in existing franchises as well as new IP, along with downloadable titles. "The next generation of consoles will reinvigorate our industry and make it possible for us to deliver incredible new entertainment to gamers," said Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, in a press release today. "Our teams are using the innovations in connectivity, immersion and social gaming included in Xbox One to create original and memorable next-gen gaming experiences." Ubisoft will provide more details...

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Watch Dogs pre-orders at Amazon, GameStop get exclusive missions

By Samit Sarkar on May 20, 2013 05.20.13

Watch Dogs pre-order customers at Amazon and GameStop in the U.S. will receive their own exclusive single-player missions, publisher Ubisoft announced today. Amazon pre-orders come with the Signature Shot Pack. The mission will task players with infiltrating the hideout of the Black Viceroys, a gang in Watch Dogs' near-future Chicago, and steal a package including the Biometric Assault Rifle — so they can imprint the gun with their hand and claim it — and a Black Viceroys outfit for protagonist Aiden Pearce. Players who pre-order Watch Dogs at GameStop will get the Palace Pack. The mission within focuses on a police raid of a palace owned by an internet millionaire; it's up to Pearce to get in, wipe the guy's hard drives and get out before the cops show up. The Palace Pack also...

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Ubisoft confident in Nintendo Wii U's future

By Jenna Pitcher on May 19, 2013 05.19.13

Ubisoft believes its upcoming titles will attract more gamers to the Wii U and is confident that Nintendo will take steps to ensure that the console is successful, a Ubisoft spokesperson told GamesIndustry International. "As with any new console, it takes some time to grow an established base," the spokesperson told GamesIndustry International. "Ubisoft has a varied and high-quality line-up for Wii U, with more big titles on the way including Rayman Legends, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag and Splinter Cell Blacklist. We're confident that this will help in continuing to attract gamers to the Wii U system and that Nintendo will take steps to ensure that the Wii U is successful in the market." Ubisoft executive director for EMEA territories Alain Corre called for a Wii U price...

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Watch Dogs’ connectivity is a 'core pillar,' Ubisoft says

By Megan Farokhmanesh on May 05, 2013 05.05.13

Ubisoft's upcoming technology heavy open-world game Watch Dogs will be connected "in many ways," senior producer Dominic Guay said during a video interview. According to Guay, speaking in the video above, one of the game's "core pillars is connectivity," and players will be able to use their mobile devices in some capacity. "We wanted the player to be able to connect o Watch Dogs even through his mobile," Guay said, "Be able to play directly with people who are on their console, who are on their PlayStation 4, even if he's on the bus. Basically to be attached to our game world even when he steps out of the living room." Guay continued to talk about the game's multiplayer aspect, which will attempt to "breach the wall" between single-player and multiplayer. "We want the player to be...

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Watch Dogs launches Nov. 19 in North America, Nov. 22 in UK

By Dave Tach on Apr 29, 2013 04.29.13

Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's technology infused open-world action game, is set for release Nov. 19 in North America and Nov. 22 in the U.K. on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Windows PCs, Ubisoft announced today. Ubisoft also reiterated that Watch Dogs will be a PlayStation 4 launch title and added that the game will arrive on "other next-generation consoles," but did not specify launch windows on those platforms, for obvious reasons. All GameStop pre-order customers in North America will receive an exclusive poster with art by comic book artist Alex Ross. The poster inspired the game's box art, said Ubisoft; you can check out an image of the poster at the bottom of this article. Watch Dogs will be available in four different editions with a mixture of physical and digital content at its...

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Ubisoft bringing Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Watch Dogs and Splinter Cell: Blacklist to PAX East

By Tracey Lien on Mar 08, 2013 03.08.13

Ubisoft announced today that it will give theater presentations at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Boston for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Watch Dogs, and show off a new demo of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist. The Ubisoft booth at PAX East will showcase some of the studio's digital, PC and iOS titles, and new content for its upcoming console releases will be shown in a fully-enclosed theater. The studio announced that during the exclusive look at Black Flag, attendees will be introduced to the game's hero and also receive a special edition Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag inflatable sword (while supplies last). PAX East will take place in Boston from March 22 to 24.

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Watch Dogs dev aiming for serious tone, action with 'real human drama'

By Samit Sarkar on Mar 07, 2013 03.07.13

Watch Dogs developer Ubisoft Montreal is designing the game to have a serious tone, and aims for its action sequences to have "real human drama" behind them, said creative director Jonathan Morin in an interview with Electric Theatre. The open-world title tells the story of Aiden Pearce, a man who goes to great lengths to protect his family — even to the detriment of others in the game's representation of near-future Chicago. He manipulates ctOS, the network that serves as the underlying connective tissue for the entire city's infrastructure, to his own ends. Realism is vital to Ubisoft Montreal in developing Watch Dogs, said Morin, but the key for the studio is that events in the game are backed up by scenarios that make you care about what's going on — the human side of the...

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Ubisoft Reflections working on new projects, new managing director announced

By Emily Gera on Feb 28, 2013 02.28.13

Ubisoft Reflections, the studio currently collaborating with Ubisoft Montreal in the development of the upcoming Watch Dogs, announced a new managing director to the studio, Pauline Jacquey, and revealed it is working on a number of new projects. Prior to her move to the Newcastle-based studio, Jacquey worked in Ubisoft's Paris, Shanghai, Montreal and Pune game studios, having produced titles such as Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter for consoles as well as the recent iterations of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed for mobile devices. Reflections remains tight-lipped about its in-development projects, however. Previous work from the studio includes Driver: San Francisco, in addition to collaborations with other Ubisoft studios on games such as Just Dance 4 and Far Cry 3. Polygon...

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Watch Dogs running on brand new Disrupt engine, not Assassin's Creed engine

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Feb 26, 2013 02.26.13

Ubisoft's open-world title Watch Dogs is being rendered on a newly-developed engine, according to the company's technical director of graphics Sebastien Viard. Viard stated in a tweet that the engine was entirely new and developed specifically by Ubisoft's Montreal studio for Watch Dogs. This puts to rest rumors that the game is running on AnvilNext, the engine used to power the Assassin's Creed series since the first Assassin's Creed in 2007. "Watch Dogs uses a brand new engine called Disrupt, developed specifically for the game at Ubisoft Montreal," Viard tweeted. "It's not [the] Assassin's Creed engine." Watch Dogs was confirmed as a PlayStation 4 launch title at an event held by Sony in New York City last week, and was shortly after confirmed for release on Nintendo's Wii U. The...

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    • Released 11/19/2013
    • Price at Launch 59.99
    • Publisher Ubisoft
    • Developer Ubisoft Montreal
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    • Released 11/19/2013
    • Price at Launch 59.99
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    • Price at Launch 59.99
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    • Price at Launch 59.99
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    • Developer Ubisoft Montreal
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