Ubisoft certainly managed to end their conference with a bang by showing a long gameplay sequence of what can only be a title developed for PC and next-gen consoles in mind: Watch_Dogs. First screens inside, and hopefully a video will follow.
Ubisoft lists this game as PS3/360/PC on their press site, but unless they degrade the graphics to a point where it looks completely different I don't believe it will ever be released on current generation systems.
Update : Added direct feed gameplay video.
LOS ANGELES — June 4, 2012 — Today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Ubisoft debuted its new, ground-breaking intellectual property, an open-world action-adventure game called Watch Dogs.
Development of Watch Dogs is being led by Ubisoft Montreal, with a team comprised of industry veterans from blockbuster franchises like Assassin’s Creed®, Rainbow 6® and Far Cry™. Watch Dogs blends cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated game design into a realistic and living open world where players must use any means at their disposal to take down a corrupt system.
In Watch Dogs, players enter the dangerous world of Aiden Pearce, a new class of antihero whose ability to hack into any connected system could be his most powerful weapon. Whether it’s triggering a 30-car pileup by manipulating traffic-lights to trap an enemy during a downtown shootout or tapping into the city’s omnipresent security cameras to access anyone’s personal information, Pearce is capable of coercing and controlling almost every element of the world around him.
“Watch Dogs goes beyond the limits of today’s open-world games by giving players the ability to control an entire city,” said Jonathan Morin, creative director, Ubisoft. “In Watch Dogs, anything connected to the city’s Central Operating System becomes a weapon. By pushing the boundaries, we can provide players with action and access to information on a scale that’s never been seen in a video game before.”
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Commented on 2012-06-05 02:12:36running on PS3/360= lol some people....
Commented on 2012-06-05 02:14:16Game of the show, as well as biggest surprise of the show.
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It takes place in the summer of 2003, where during a blackout in New York a disgusted employee unleashed a virus on the city.
Because of this, the city is now controlled by a computer controlled by a major corporation. The computer knows all your actions, thoughts, etc and links everything you do to the system. All data is interconnected.
Players can control an entire surveillance system in the game, and use the computer system as a weapon once hacked."
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Commented on 2012-06-05 02:56:21 In reply to LFDNLike I say, a next gen engine made for current hardware. Much like FB2 and Cry Engine.
Commented on 2012-06-05 03:02:16need high res gamersyde version
Commented on 2012-06-05 03:43:11 In reply to Doom_Bringerrunning on PS3/360= lol some people....
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Commented on 2012-06-05 05:36:47I really hope this turns into the game that was showcased, and doesn't evolve into something mediocre along the way....
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Commented on 2012-06-05 10:35:07 In reply to alimokraneI'm really really looking forward to this.
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