{"id":39055,"date":"2012-06-05T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=39055"},"modified":"2012-06-11T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T10:45:00","slug":"watch-dogs-ubisofts-e3-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/39055-watch-dogs-ubisofts-e3-surprise","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dogs: Ubisoft&#8217;s E3 surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Ubisoft\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11845-Ubisoft\">Ubisoft&#8217;s<\/a> press conference proved very impressive with a showing of <a title=\"Assassin's Creed III\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/assassins-creed-iii-game-about\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed III<\/a> that exceeded the high expectations of the series; but it was Ubisoft&#8217;s new IP, Watch Dogs, that managed to steal the show.<\/p>\n<p>The dark third-person shooter gave gamers a frightening glimpse of the near future, jumping into the shoes of a protagonist named Aiden Pearce. The demo showed off how Pearce uses high-tech gadgetary and traditional weapons to hack and fight his way through some tricky circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The element of hacking and using technology to your advantage and against your enemies is key in Watch Dogs, and the game demo was a technical achievement for Ubisoft, getting a strong reaction from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Dog currently has no release date, although given the reaction from critics, Ubisoft should delve into some more details about their unveiled IP soon.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to MyGaming for all the <strong><a title=\"E3 2012 news\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/tag\/e3-2012\">E3 coverage<\/a><\/strong> as it unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Watch Dog in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FcMRkyoHKeA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 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