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Ubisoft has revealed that its new hacking game dubbed Watch Dogs is now its fastest selling title of all time, beating out the mega-blockbuster Assassin’s Creed, and officially affirming the title as a clear new-gen blockbuster.
“Watch Dogs is an amazing achievement and our teams should be proud that the creativity, innovation and long hours they invested in making this game are paying off,” commented Ubisoft’s co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot. “It’s great to see so many players enjoying the game, and it shows that Watch Dogs has cracked the code for developing a new blockbuster IP and a thoroughly new-gen experience.”
The record-breaking launch for Watch Dogs is based on internal estimates for worldwide sales data on all platforms as of May 28th. Hard sales numbers have yet to be made known, however, and it hasn’t been all smooth sailing, as Ubisoft’s online service U-Play has buckled under stress, leaving many a gamer frustrated.
“Dear fans with the release of Watch Dogs we are seeing an exceptional increase of activity,” states a Uplay service update: “While we have taken many measures to limit the impact to our servers, they are not responding as fast as usual. Rest assured our team is monitoring closely our servers and taking every measures so that our services remain up. Thank you for your patience.”
A Tweet from the game’s official account seven hours ago added: “The authentication issue affecting our online services is almost resolved.”
