The Ubisoft conference is just coming to a close over in Los Angeles and it’s ending on an intriguing note. They’ve just unveiled Watch Dogs, a third person open world game set in a world where cities are controlled by computers, loaded with a huge operating system called ctOS, that regulate and track every aspect of urban living.
You play as Aiden Pierce, a paranoid but intelligent man with the ability to hack into people’s files and phones from an in-game smartphone and jam communications. It looks like a kind of Grand Theft Auto with a futuristic, cyberpunk vibe. Some of the presentational elements have quite an Assassin’s Creed look to them too. It’s looking beautiful and very refreshing to see a major game announcement made with live gameplay.
There were some great rain effects on show, amidst genuinely stunning visuals all round. A kind of bullet-time slowdown mechanic kicked in at one point too, further increasing the stylish visual spectacle.
It had nice seamless transition to another player too.
No platform was announced although, to look that good it must be running on an extremely well specced PC or on some very specifically designed hardware, at least…
Awayze
Seems as though it’s a next gen game.
hawky525
“UPDATE: Ubisoft has since amended its official materials, confirming the game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.” Source – Eurogamer
BIGAL-1992
Well that’s it then.
ThatMattKid
This year needed more of this!
Kennykazey
Looks amazing, I just hope it’s as open as it seems and not one of those games where you have to do a specific action to proceed.
RudeAwakening
Did anyone watch this live at Ubisoft press conf? It doesn’t show in this vid but the one that was live at the end of the video it hinted at multiplayer.
It shows Pearce running off when the helicopter turns up then cuts to a different player on top of a building a couple of blocks away from Pearce. It looks like the multi player hints at someone been tasked to chase down Pearse to catch/kill him.
If it is something like that this could well be an unbelievable game. This reveal was the best thing at E3 for me. Can not wait to hear more about this.
Quinlank
I’m guessing this game is going to look considerably less impressive when it hits 360/PS3 then. Shame.
Good going on Ubisoft’s part building up some free hype for essentially doing nothing but showing the game though. Really got everyone going.
Now all we need is a release date.
Izorpo
zavvi seems to think its 5th, April 2013
The Lone Steven
Looks excellent. It seems to be Grand Theft Assassains. I know it’s running on a PC as i doubt that the current consoles are capable of those graphics.
I hope they will do their best to ensure that the gameplay doesn’t get repetitive. Will keep an eye on this. :)
MICKY17
That looks absolutely brilliant. The best game of E3 for me. Some of the wind/rain effects look stunning and if it looks close to that on PS3/360 then bring it on.
Izorpo
found this in my mailbox this morning – Zavvi jumping the gun a bit perhaps or was it wrong to think this was next gen?
http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/ps3/watch-dogs/10616840.html
it also has an xbox one
http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/xbox-360/watch-dogs/10616839.html