Shack Reels: How Watch Dogs devs brought Chicago to life

The Memorial Day weekend kicked off with Shacknews taking a look at Watch Dogs' interpretation of Chicago versus the real-life version of the Windy City. So just how did the development team go about re-creating one of the biggest cities in the United States? Shacknews recently spent a day with the game's developers to find out.

Ozzie Mejia

May 26, 2014 12:00 PM

The video below shows Watch Dogs lead game designer Danny Belanger and lead writer Kevin Shortt explaining what the city of Chicago means to their game, as they both wander around some of the city's main sights.

Watch Dogs arrives tomorrow on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Shack Reels: How Watch Dogs devs brought Chicago to life.

The Memorial Day weekend kicked off with Shacknews taking a look at Watch Dogs' interpretation of Chicago versus the real-life version of the Windy City. So just how did the development team go about re-creating one of the biggest cities in the United States? Shacknews recently spent a day with the game's developers to find out.