Watch Dogs: 5 Reasons It Could Be Game Of The Year

The ball is now firmly in Ubisoft's court for their fictional cyber-hacking open-world effort.

By Louis Rabinowitz /

This year is a pretty important one for gaming. Last year might have been the launch of the next-generation consoles, but this year is the true test of what really matters; the games. There's an awful lot of impressive-looking games coming out in 2014: Bungie's stunning-looking Destiny, Assassin's Creed-lookalike Shadow of Mordor, slightly-overpriced, ultra-ambitious MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, and they're just the ones that have been announced. But there's one game that looks particularly exciting this year - and that's Ubisoft's cyber-hacking open-world effort Watch Dogs. There's a distinctly open market for open worlds on next-gen - and with GTA V picking sprawl over urban areas, the ball is now firmly in Ubisoft's court for their fictional Chicago. Click "next" below to get started...