This ‘Watch Dogs’ Fan Film Is Absolutely Wonderful

Briefly: My most anticipated next-gen launch game, Watch Dogs, may have been delayed until next year, but that hasn’t stopped director Brian Curtin and his team from crafting an amazing fan film based on the property.

The video takes us through what must be an average day in the life of Aiden Pearce, the game’s mysterious protagonist. He hacks, he fights, and he looks damn good doing it – this is one of the best fan films I’ve seen in a long time (though that live action Dead Island trailer was also pretty amazing).

Curtin explains the creation of the film:

Remember seeing that first gameplay video for Watch_Dogs, like a year ago? Not only was I drawn in by the characters and the mood, but the overall theme of everything being “connected”, it’s not too unrealistic for someone to have complete control in the palm of your hand. All of that gave us the itch to bring it to life and apparently many other fans felt the same way. Who would have thought there would be such a large number of fan films circulating, months before the game has been released. Crazy, I think Ubisoft is on to something. The best part about bringing Aiden to life was our opportunity to collaborate with Matthew Sumner (The man behind the mustache with Beat Down Boogie). Matthew and Annie Tee brought some extra flavor to our work, along with a killer original soundtrack from Tatenda Zvarayi, we hope to collaborate with more talented people in the future. )

Take a look at the video below, and let us know how much you’re longing for Watch Dogs.