6. Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is one of the most highly anticipated games of this year. Launching on May 27th, and developed by UbiSoft Montreal, Watch Dogs takes place in a world where your every digital footprint is monitored and analyzed. Under the eye of the Central Operating System, the CTOS, players take control of Aiden Pearce. His dark past seems to be connected to a tragedy, and now Aiden is looking to tear it all down. Ubisoft Montreal has gone to great lengths to create a fully functional, hyper-realistic interpretation of Chicago. Famous buildings and landmarks are all accounted for, and the open world has a very deliberate ecosystem. This can be disrupted at any time, as you are at the mercy of not just the AI, but other players from around the world. Using a much more subtle vision of online multiplayer, Watch Dogs allows you to enter the game of another player seamlessly, and vice-versa. The objective? Steal some of their data and strengthen your quest. Thankfully, this can be turned off if it's not something you desire. This also ties into the concept of how relevant the game is. Real-world events of today seem to be inspiring Watch Dogs, and that's a good thing. Fiction is often used as a way to shine a light on what's going on in our own world, tackling complex issues within the framework of a fictional tale. The fears of privacy invasion and technology gone wrong are universal, and Watch Dogs is the most relevant and potentially frightening game to come out in years.