Watch Dogs Gameplay Trailer: Ubisoft Montreal Predicts Edward Snowden Case? [WATCH VIDEO] Protagonist Taps Into Security Cameras And Phone Calls

A Watch Dogs gameplay trailer developed by Ubisoft Montreal reveals resemblances to the surveillance and monitoring the National Security Agency has been charged with in the Edward Snowden case.

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Watch Dogs casts players like Aiden Pearce, a vigilante who can tap into security cameras and listen in on phone calls across a virtual rendition of an automated, in a role similar to that of the National Security Agency, the Associated Press reports.

But Ubisoft Montreal says the game wasn't inspired by surveillance cases like those related to Edward Snowden or Julian Assange.

"We're just as surprised as everyone else," said Dominic Guay, senior producer at Ubisoft Montreal, according to the Associated Press.

"We've been working on this game for the past five years and locked down the script last year. These events keep transpiring in the news - whether it's the NSA or using a cell phone to hack into a car - that mirror the ideas that we have in the game."

Guay also told the Associated Press that Pearce's morality isn't called into question as players employ Chicago's fictional Central Operating System, ominously called ctOS, to peep digital lives - instead, players' actions affect Pearce's reputation.

Watch Dogs allows gamers to solve problems using a plethora of hacking tools and gives players the capability to control city-wide systems in Chicago.