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Watch Dogs
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2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft
OverviewAI-generated
Watch Dogs is an action and adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. Released in 2014, the title utilizes the Disrupt engine and is part of the Watch_Dogs franchise. The game supports single player, multiplayer, and co-operative modes. It was published for multiple platforms, including PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Google Stadia. The Entertainment Software Rating Board classified the game as Mature.
The title received mixed critical reception, with review scores ranging from 68% to 8.4/10. A Metacritic score of 77 was recorded, while other ratings included 73 and 3.6. The game sold 4,000,000 units. Publication dates for the release include May 27, 2014, November 18, 2014, November 21, 2014, and December 4, 2014.
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Game data
Metacritic 77- Released
- 2014-05-27
- User rating
- 3.60 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Chicago's overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of the city's technology and information - including key data on all of the city's residents.
- Released
- 2014
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure
- Platforms
- Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Disrupt
- Franchise
- Watch_Dogs
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
Key facts
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Director
- Jonathan Morin
- Producer
- Dominic Guay
- Designer
- Danny Bélanger
- Programmer
- Patrice Zink
- Writer
- Kevin Shortt
- Composer
- Brian Reitzell
- Series
- Watch Dogs
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One Wii U Stadia
- Release
- May 27, 2014 Win , PS3 , PS4 , X360 , XONE WW : May 27, 2014 Wii U NA : November 18, 2014 AU : November 20, 2014 EU : November 21, 2014 Stadia WW : December 9, 2020
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Encyclopedic overview
Watch Dogs is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the first installment in the Watch Dogs series. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Set within a fictionalized version of the Chicago metropolitan 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. An online multiplayer mode allows up to eight players to engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay.
Development of the game began in 2009, and continued for over five years. Duties were shared by many of Ubisoft's studios worldwide, with more than a thousand people involved. The developers visited Chicago to conduct field research on the setting, and used regional language for authenticity. Hacking features were created in consultation with the cyber-security company Kaspersky Lab, and the in-game control system was based on SCADA. The score was composed by Brian Reitzell, who infused it with krautrock.
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