Don’t you just LOVE rumors?

Gaming website igameresponsibly reported today that the trademark for Watch_Dogs has been dropped, and went on further to create an inflammatory title, stating that the development of the game is in jeopardy. Well, according to Ubisoft Montreal, that is certainly not the case.

When pressed by a Twitter user asking if the game was cancelled, a Ubisoft Montreal representative simply told that user to “not believe the rumors”.

@XxShootmanx72xX Il ne faut pas non plus croire les rumeurs :) — Ubisoft Montréal (@UbisoftMTL) February 3, 2014

Tweeting in English this time, Ubisoft Montreal went on further to say that Watch_Dogs is still “being polished as we speak”.

@griffmeister69@gooner4life_uk I can assure you that Watch_Dogs is still being polished as we speak. cc. @Ubisoft — Ubisoft Montréal (@UbisoftMTL) February 3, 2014

I was actually just in contact today with one of the PR reps for Watch_Dogs, Raha Bouda, to see about lining up an interview with the development team a few weeks from now. Raha told me that, “We’re [Ubisoft] currently offline and not communicating about the game but once we’re back, we’d love to work with you.”

So what does the drop of the trademark mean? And what’s going on with the development of the Wii U version of the game? Who knows for sure, but all that matters right now is that the development of the game is indeed NOT in jeopardy. You can probably assume though that with the trademark dropped, and the Wii U version not being listed, something is going on behind the scenes that Ubisoft is simply just not ready to talk about yet.

UPDATE: Ubisoft have contacted us about the issue and had this to say.