Ubisoft Announces Watch_Dogs E-book

Ubisoft have today announced an interactive e-book set in the Watch_Dogs universe. //n/Dark Clouds is a direct sequel to the events of the Watch_Dogs game and will allow gamers to go deeper into the world of the game in a brand new story.

Author John Shirley has been working closely with the Montreal development team to try and capture the feeling and atmosphere of the game and bring that into the thriller novel. Shirley has written over 30 noir and science-fiction books. He is well known in the hacker community and regarded as a pioneer of the cyberpunk movement. For these reasons, Ubisoft describe him as a "natural fit to author the Watch Dogs e-book".

Working on Watch Dogs was enormously interesting to me because its world offers the convergence of cyberpunk and the edgy tech reality of our times; it all plays out with action and energy against the inner city backdrop that I thrive in. With hack tech in one hand and gun in the other, Aiden Pearce is a believable fusion of hacker and action hero who deliberately slips between the cracks of society to relentlessly pursue his agenda. The novel introduces Mick Wolfe, an ex-military, who get caught in a dangerous game in Chicago’s hyper connected and violent underground. Working with Thomas Geffroyd and Kevin Shortt at Ubisoft to develop the book was a rocking experience – Ubisoft is right out there on the frontier of videogame development. I couldn’t ask for more inspiration.

John Shirley, Author of //n/Dark Clouds

In this video, John Shirley and Thomas Geffroyd (Content Director and Studio Project Coordinator) talk a little bit about the book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY-ZvzIwQg

 //n/Dark Clouds is due for release alongside the Watch_Dogs on May 27. It will be available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish and comes in two versions; the special interactive e-book which includes elements like video and images, and a standard e-book. You can find more information about //n/Dark Clouds at www.watchdogs.com/ebook.