At today’s Sony Gamescom press conference, Ubisoft revealed that its film and television division, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, is collaborating with Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Regency on development of a feature film based on Watch Dogs. Ubisoft also showed a first look at the exclusive Watch Dogs gameplay and DLC that will be available for the PlayStation 4 later this year.

“Since both Sony and Ubisoft have movie and video game branches, this deal creates exceptional opportunities for us to merge the realms of the story-based cinematic experience with the interaction of the video game,” said Jean-Julien Baronnet, chief executive officer, Ubisoft Motion Pictures. “In addition, Sony Pictures and New Regency have deep production expertise and are letting us maintain a strong creative voice in the film’s development. Together, we’re confident we can deliver a movie that builds upon the excitement that the gameis already generating.”

The story of Watch Dogs centers around Aiden Pearce, a hacker bent on revenge and inflicting his own brand of justice after a violent family tragedy and this narrative should lend itself perfectly to the big screen. You can check out the Gamescom Watch Dogs trailer with exclusive Sony content below.

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