http://coinpixels.com/news/ubisoft-10-year-long-plan-watch-dogs/

http://leviathyn.com/games/news/2013/06/27/watch-dogs-ubisoft-launches-creepy-viral-webiste/

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has said Watch Dogs developer, Ubisoft Montreal, was given a much as it needed in order to make the best game possible.

Speaking with MCV, Guillemot after he “revelation” which was E3, the popularity of the game gave the firm a chance to increase the team’s size, along with “all the capacity they wanted to fulfill their dream.”

“You always have great ideas, but you need enough people to bring it to life. After E3, we really made sure they had all the teams they needed and it’s an open world, that is well-adapted to what people want to play today. So there’s good potential for success,” he said.

Watch Dogs is expected on PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and more likely than not, Microsoft’s next console.

By: Stephany Nunneley, Sat, Mar 02, 2013
http://www.vg247.com/2013/03/02/watch-dogs-team-given-whatever-they-wanted-to-fulfill-their-dream-after-e3-showing/

http://electronictheatre.co.uk/pc/pc-news/33244/watch_dogs-qa-revealed

Jamie Keen exits Ubisoft Montreal, joins Need For Speed team EA Gothenburg.

Watch Dogs' lead game designer Jamie Keen has left Ubisoft and joined EA, his online CV has revealed.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Keen, who also acted as lead game designer on last year's Far Cry 3, left Ubisoft Montreal in February to join EA Gothenburg as a gameplay producer.

Keen presumably joins Gothenburg (aka Ghost Games) to work on the studio's unannounced Need For Speed title, which is expected to use EA's Frostbite 2 engine and be in development for next-generation consoles.

Criterion is also reported to be working with Gothenburg on the project.

There's some confusion over the exact dates as to when Keen departed Ubisoft. His CV states that he left during February 2012. However, he was still working on Far Cry 3 until late 2012, suggesting that he may have actually left during February 2013.

It isn't yet known how Keen's departure will affect development on Watch Dogs, which is due to release on current and next-generation consoles and PC later this year.

A Ubisoft representative told VideoGamer.com that it was "not able to comment" on Keen's departure.

'Publish Date 05/03/2013 By David Scammell'
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/watch_dogs/news/watch_dogs_lead_leaves_ubisoft_joins_ea.html