Next-gen gaming starts with Watch Dogs  CNET Editors' Take  May
10, 2013 6:00 AM PDT  Watch Dogs (trailer)  It's one thing to
make a splash at a press conference, but following up that hype
presents what's arguably a more difficult challenge.  That's
what Ubisoft Montreal plans on accomplishing with Watch Dogs,
the breakout hit that was first teased at last year's E3 expo in
Los Angeles. In a show mostly filled with underwhelming
software, Watch Dogs easily rose to the top for its simple, yet
powerful idea -- a totally hackable world that you have
unadulterated control of.  But since E3, Watch Dogs has stayed
mostly quiet, only to resurface at the Sony PlayStation 4 event
last February. At an affair dedicated to all things "next-gen,"
Watch Dogs was certainly being positioned as an example of the
future of games.  This time around "next-gen" means something
totally different than what it meant 10 years ago. If you're
looking for next-gen visuals, go get a $1,000 graphics card. All
of that technology currently