Today at the Sony Computer Entertainment press conference at GamesCom, Ubisoft announced that it is partnering with Sony and New Regency to develop their feature film based on the highly anticipated open-world action adventure video game Watch Dogs

The story centers on Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker bent on revenge and inflicting his own brand of justice after a violent family tragedy. Using his skills, Pearce turns the entire city of Chicago into his ultimate weapon.

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"Sony Pictures and New Regency are ideal partners for us," said Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Ubisoft Motion Pictures. "Their deep production expertise and willingness to allow us to maintain a strong creative voice in the film means that we're on track to deliver a movie that can build upon the excitement that Watch Dogs already is generating as a game."

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Added Columbia Pictures' president of production Hannah Minghella, "The themes and open gameplay of Watch Dogs lends itself perfectly to the big screen. The game has intense action and adventure, but the story focuses on information and the control of information, which we think will lead to an exciting thriller. It has tremendous potential as a motion picture and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to work closely with Ubisoft's internal creative team on the development of the project."

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Watch Dogs the game made quite an impression at E3 earlier this year, earning three awards -- Biggest Surprise, Best New Franchise and Best PC Game -- from IGN.

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