


It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U in 2014. The score was composed by Brian Reitzell, who infused it with krautrock.įollowing its announcement in June 2012, Watch Dogs was widely anticipated. Hacking features were created in consultation with the cyber-security company Kaspersky Lab, and the in-game control system was based on SCADA. The developers visited Chicago to conduct field research on the setting, and used regional language for authenticity. Duties were shared by many of Ubisoft's studios worldwide, with more than a thousand people involved. An online multiplayer mode allows up to eight players to engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay.ĭevelopment of the game began in 2009, and continued for over five years. Set within a fictionalized version of the Chicago area in 2013, the single-player story follows grey hat hacker and vigilante Aiden Pearce's quest for revenge after the killing of his niece. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. It is the first installment in the Watch Dogs series. Watch Dogs (stylized as WATCH_DOGS) is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.
