Watch Dogs

Watch Dogs is an action game set in a networked Chicago, where the Central Operating System (CTOS) controls most of the city’s technology and holds key information about its residents. You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Seeking those responsible, you use your smartphone to monitor people and manipulate the city’s connected systems.

Hack the city

You can access security cameras, download personal information to locate targets, control traffic lights and public transportation, and use other devices linked to CTOS. Create traffic pileups, stop trains and board them to evade authorities, or raise a drawbridge to escape capture. You can also cut through buildings and climb to rooftops to reach targets.

Fight and drive

Aiden can take on enemies in the streets with baton strikes, firearms, or a combination of combat and hacking. The game includes more than 30 traditional weapons, and its physics simulation shapes shootouts. You can also drive more than 65 vehicles, each with its own physics and handling, as you explore the city and complete missions.

The city and your choices

The game’s Disrupt engine lets your choices affect the story, the city and its population, creating effects that ripple through Chicago. The city’s infrastructure and streets can both become tools for carrying out your plans.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer links the single-player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to interact, cooperate or confront one another in the open world. The experience begins without menus or loading screens.