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Ubisoft Already Buying Up Watch Dogs Movie Domains

Watch Dogs was one of E3's big surprises, and it looks like it may have caught the eye of more than just the video game industry.

Ubisoft has purchased a number of domain names, all different variations of WatchDogsMovie.com. This is by no means an announcement of a film based on the game that has not even released yet. Ubisoft is probably just purchasing the domains as a, 'just in case Watch Dogs becomes a run-a-way success' preemptive measure.

For more on Watch Dogs, check out our report from E3.

[via Fusible.com]

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  • Ubi is getting cocky with this one.
  • They could do so much with a Watch Dogs movie, it would just need to be executed perfectly in order to pull it off.
  • Speaking of games trying to become movies how many of them are stuck trying to find a producer that will actually stick with a project?

  • Wow. Really? I guess you never know.

  • From what i know....good job
  • Ok i can see why they do this. I just hope if it does happen that they get a good director and actually make a good movie.

  • Is it just me or did the protaginist in this look kinad like an anti-hero? Wait was he even the protaginist?
  • They know what they're doing.

  • The game already looks like a movie.

  • One name: Matt Damon
  • Am I the only one thinking that an Interactive movie, like the scan thing at E3 could be interesting?

  • I was kinda disappointed when I found out out was not in the future, but now I feel glad they chose this setting. I never gave much thought into how generic the majority of the games are that are set in the future.

    If I made a game, screw a future setting... parallel universes are going to be big, baby!

  • Interesting.
  • Release the game first. However, a game - movie by Ubisoft might not be that bad.
  • Hollywood and video games need to break up. Obviously the relationship has never worked well enough for things like this to be considered good investments. Remember how the movie industry jumped on Dead Island after that CG trailer was released? You know, the one that wasn't like the actual game at all? Let's wait until Hollywood and the game industry can work together to pump out something better than "Prince of Persia" to get all worked up over things like slightly interesting original IPs getting film consideration.
  • I think the reason people latched onto Watch Dogs in the first place was because it was a new idea and not the whoring of another brand name. To already plan a movie kind of sullies that. Not to mention that it's a bad idea in the first place. Just look at what happened to the Dark Void movie.
  • Watch Dogs looks INCREDIBLE!!! Cant wait for this game and movie!
  • Good news
  • Lets just watch & see what Ubisoft is doing then we can make an opinion

  • Matrix?

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