Watch Dogs drops you into a digitally interconnected Chicago where every camera, traffic light, and personal device is a potential tool at your fingertips. As Aiden Pearce, a skilled grey hat hacker driven by a family tragedy, you will infiltrate the city's Central Operating System — ctOS — and exploit its vast surveillance infrastructure to track targets, manipulate the urban environment, and wage a one-man war against those responsible for destroying your life.
Hack an Entire City
Chicago's ctOS network connects virtually every piece of infrastructure in the city, and you have the keys. Tap into security cameras to scout locations from a distance, hopping between feeds to map out enemy positions without ever stepping foot inside a building. Trigger traffic lights to cause pileups that block pursuing vehicles. Raise bollards and bridges to cut off escape routes. Overload electrical systems to create distractions. Every electronic device in the city is a potential weapon, turning the urban environment itself into your most versatile asset in any encounter.
Multiple Approaches to Every Situation
- Stealth and Hacking
- Avoid direct confrontation entirely by chaining camera hacks, triggering environmental traps, and profiling targets from a safe distance. The ctOS gives you the ability to manipulate the battlefield without ever revealing your position, rewarding patience and creative problem-solving with efficient, clean takedowns that leave no trace.
- Direct Combat
- When stealth is not an option, Aiden is more than capable in a firefight. With access to over 30 weapons and a physics-driven shooting system, you can engage enemies head-on using a combination of conventional firepower and environmental hacking. Trigger explosions, disable communications, and control the flow of battle through the ctOS while returning fire.
- High-Speed Pursuit
- Get behind the wheel of more than 65 vehicles, each with realistic handling built in collaboration with the team behind the Driver series. Whether you are chasing a target through downtown streets or evading police across multiple districts, the ability to hack infrastructure on the fly — raising bridges, switching lights, and triggering road barriers — turns every pursuit into a dynamic, unpredictable event.
A Living, Breathing Chicago
Watch Dogs presents a dense, detailed recreation of Chicago that rewards exploration. Beyond the main storyline, the city is packed with investigation side-stories that range from tracking a serial killer to dismantling a human trafficking ring. Over 100 HotSpots scattered throughout the city offer collectible rewards and competitive social interactions. Mini-games including chess, poker, and augmented reality challenges provide further diversions, while a dynamic reputation system tracks how civilians react to your methods — play as protector or predator, and watch the city respond accordingly.
Seamless Multiplayer Integration
Watch Dogs dissolves the barrier between single-player and multiplayer with a system that allows other players to invade your game world in real time. Another hacker might appear in your city, attempting to steal data from your phone while you hunt them through security cameras. Cooperative missions let you team up to tackle objectives together, while competitive modes pit your hacking skills against other players — all without loading screens or lobby menus interrupting the flow of your experience.
Chicago is waiting, and every connected device is a door waiting to be opened. Step into Aiden Pearce's world and discover what happens when one hacker decides to use the system against itself.
