Ubisoft yesterday its first Watch Dogs 2 worldwide film festival, offering filmmakers the chance to submit entries that embody the theme of “hacking heroes”.
Running running from 15 October to 15 November, the short film contest also allows for gamers to vote for their favourite works.
If you’d like to compete, you can submit a video that’s longer than 5 seconds and shorter than 5 minutes in the following manner:
- Step 1: Create your video
- Step 2: Upload it to the Watch Dogs Film Fest website
- Step 3: Encourage others to vote for your work
Votes and a jury of filmmakers will eventually award 3 international and 8 local prizes:
- Grand Jury prize: 50 000€ (approx. $73,000 AUD) & 2 tickets for Assassin’s Creed movie premiere
- Jury “Coup de Coeur” prize: 10 000€ (approx. $14,600 AUD), 2 tickets for Assassin’s Creed movie premiere, a PS4 Pro, the Watch Dogs 2 – The Return of Dedsec Collector’s Case and, one Parrot Bebop 2.
- Public vote prize: 5 000€ (approx. $7,300 AUD), one Watch Dogs 2 PlayStation 4 Bundle, one Parrot Bebop 2 and one Parrot Jumping Sumo.
- Influencer prize: one Watch Dogs 2 PlayStation 4 Bundle, one Parrot Bebop 2 and one Parrot Jumping Sumo, per content creator.
Watch Dogs 2 heads to Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4 on 15 November.
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