 Complete the following phrase:  Set within a fictionalized version of the Chicagoland area in 2013, the first installment in the series follows gray hat hacker and vigilante Aiden Pearces quest for revenge after the killing of his niece. The games development began in 2009, with a budget of 68 million. Watch Dogs was derived from a potential sequel from the Driver series which had been in development at Ubisoft Montreal coincident to  at Ubisoft Reflections and was released in 2011. Driver: San Francisco did not have a strong commercial performance, leading to the Driver game at Montreal being reworked into one that focused on hacking but still incorporated driving elements. Ubisoft Montreal was Watch Dogs lead developer, with additional support provided by Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Quebec, and Ubisoft Bucharest. The game was heavily anticipated following its gameplay reveal at 