What is Citizen Skywatch?

by Jordan Mallory on Aug 14th 2011 9:00PM

Citizen Skywatch has all the earmarks of a placeholder site (zero information, zero content, great font, etc), but a placeholder for what? A whois search reveals that the domain is registered to Take-Two Interactive, and that its listed physical address is the same address listed for Rockstar's official site, so we can safely infer that it will at least be tangentially related to games. Probably.

What do you think? Is Citizen Skywatch an unannounced IP from the folks that gave us Red Dead Redemption? Perhaps it's the fledgling seed of an ARG, silently waiting to bombard us with quadruple-encrypted photos and cyphers? Only time will tell, but for now, join our rampant speculation by voting in this here poll:

What is Citizen Skywatch?
Absolutely, positively has to be a new game from Rockstar.	654 (25.5%)
It's definitely a new game, but I doubt Rockstar's involvement.	212 (8.3%)
This isn't a game at all, but rather an ARG for... something.	302 (11.8%)
I don't have an opinion, but I enjoy voting in polls.	1401 (54.5%)

Source: Fusible, Citizen Skywatch

Tags: ARG, Citizen-Skywatch, poll, Rockstar, Rockstar-Games, Take-two, Take-Two-Interactive

Reader Comments (48)

I felt really informed by that poll!

@FinalFantasyXIIIsucks Perhaps it's an open-world, Blade Runner kind of game. You play a bounty hunter in the somewhat far future and it's up top you to put a stop to a series of brutal killings in which the victims are mutilated and their internal organs are removed.

@dghsgdghd

Ads come in the most unexpected times!

If they are anything like Capcom, these poll results will meant he project is cancelled and blamed on the fans.

@Hivetyrant
*mean the

My kingdom for an edit button!

@Dickhole Pasta Oh, that game that had a hella awesome concept but was shittily, new word, implemented?

@MystcLazrDragon

So do you miss jokes professionally, or is this more of a hobby?

@Dickhole Pasta

It's funny you mention Dark Void.

This phrase "Citizen Skywatch" has me thinking of flight- specifically jetpack flight. I still want someone to do jetpacks right, like in The Rocketeer. Dark Void definitely tried, but fell way short and got too wrapped up in the lame "vertical cover" concept.

I don't know why it evoked those thoughts. There's just something about the words and the font that makes me think, "zeppelins and jetpacks."

@Chareth Cutestory I thought vertical cover was awesome, when they did it right. Like the first time, near that waterfall. Or when you have to fight on that sideways ship, with no jetpack. Stuff like that was pretty awesome.

And I loved the freedom of play style. That game would probably be pretty boring if you just treated it like any other third-person cover shooter, but I just flew past most stuff. Made those giant towers with rotating vertical cover super fun. It's way more intense dodging cover (and bullets) on your way to and from the self-destruct button rather than hiding behind it.

The problem with the game was when it forced you into either ground combat or air combat. Dark Void didn't excel at either. It excelled at mixing the two. I really hope they make a sequel someday.

@Acosta02 my comment was directed to crapcom, they ruined a game that could have been awesome. Though I think they just published it.

Agent.

@whatisdelicious

^This.

Skyrim, Skyward Sword, and applying to the setting, BioShock Infinite. And now Citizen Skywatch.

Saying the word "sky" too much results in the word sounding strange, but you think coincidence? No, I think not!

@Shadowbender
Saying ANY word too much makes it sound odd.
Also, read all of these, going to the last page:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?platform=0&game=sky&contrib=0&genre=0®ion=0&date=0&sort=0&adv=0&link=0&title=0&dist=0&res=0&developer=&publisher=

Who cares. Let us know when and if a game is released and I might play it if it's good.

I think it's the Bioshock universe-related thing for Vita Ken Levine announced at E3

If it's a new game I'm calling it right now that after it's shipped the devs will sue because they were forced to work to many hours.

https://twitter.com/#!/CitizenSkywatch

http://www.youtube.com/user/CitizenSkywatch

The Skywatch was the aerial wing of the Combine Overwatch in HL2.

Valve are so clever, they are virally marketing HL3 using Take-Two and Rockstar as a proxy so nobody well ever guess! Right? RIGHT?!

@Excessive
Pshhh, nah.
I'm hoping for a Borderlands spinoff where you play as one of the corporations (prob Crimson Lance or Atlas since they have all the space tech and ninja claptrap abilities) but that's a really, really long shot.

I don't see how this could be related to anything other than Bioshock Infinite. The font and color match up, too. I'd say either an ARG or maybe a Facebook game.

@Electrium

BioShock = 2k, not Take-Two.

@Chareth Cutestory but 2K belongs to take two. no?

Yeah, 2K is the main publishing face of Take 2.

Maybe Agent got a name change and will finally be released

Just re-read article.
It's Rockstar - FUUUUU.
Anyway, I'm guessing Agent now.

XCOM.

Superman game in the vein of arkham asylum.

Fools!

It's a Red Herring for Citizen's new Skywatch ...Watch. Now GPS enabled with finger tagging!

They've been wanting to make watches more "hip" so what better way than to pay Rockstar to make a game where you are the player being watched through Citizen's new watch?! Fight for freedom? Psht, more like embrace the surveillance and commit all sort of crimes for the ultimate punishment. Built in spy camera catches all your expressions for the world to mock!

Skywatch watch, functioning replica from the game! only available in Super Duper Collector's Limited Edition XXL. Otherwise only available through Citizen's website at a low low price: 1 Soul.

@Mmmmz
no more smarties for you

It's Hollywood's futuristic remake of Citizen Kane. The tale is of a young boy who enters the intergalactic news corporation and rises to power. His dying wish is a return to simpler times as referenced by the single word "rosebud" which is the name of his hoverboard he played on as a child. Also there is a clumsy game based on it.

Definitely a new IP to be developed by Rockstar.

Or at least I hope so!

The tweeds from the seemingly official Citizen Skywatch Twitter feed are cryptic and strange. I don't think this is a Rockstar game. The majority of their games are (mostly) based in reality (or parodys of reality) and I doubt they'll change that now.

This certainly seems more up 2K's alley, though I'm not sure if it relates to Infinite.

@Chareth Cutestory

What ChronoSapien said.

http://www.bioshockinfinite.com/validateage?destination=home
( First line of the copyright )

Give me a new GTA, RDR or L.A Noire! I'm ready for any of them! Actually, let's see Max Payne 3 info sometime soon PLEASE!

Johnny Bravo 1%

Carl Chryniszzswics 1%

Pie 98%

As a member of Citizen SkyNet Watch, I believe this poll did not accurately represent me.

Probably just a fake company for GTA: Rehash

News on the street is, the next GTA is so realistic, you have to learn how to drive first and then pass a test. If you kill anyone, your character becomes depressed which affects how responsive the controls are. If you get caught, you go to prison and have to serve out your full sentence.

@Dickhole Pasta

"If you simply must have nippledicked teddy bears, transvestite-f*cking politicians, talking apes with dildo-firing machine guns, jetpack-stealing hippie ganglords and eye-rollingly racial stereotypes, then by all means, feel free to pick up Saints Row: The Third."

That sounds pretty amazing and much better than GTA IV. I think GTA IV's biggest flaw was just that it was boring.

http://www.citizenwatch.com/CUK/English/detail.asp?Country=CUK&Language=English&ModelNumber=JY0040-59L

Behold the Citizen Sky(hawk) watch.

Well, unless it somehow has to do with a sequel to Red Dead Redemption, I'm hardly interested. At least for the moment.

Looks like Beneath a Steel Sky to me

I believe this is going to be the sequel to "Citizen Kane". Only in video game form!

It's a new LA Noir, only then with steampunk and airships. So...Skies of [insert city] noir...watch...thingy. Obviously

Hey dumb sh!ts its for XCOM. Try reading what you post. Ugh....

http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?112948-BREAKING-Reports-from-Red-Wind-North-California

It's probably Bioshock Infinite. Doesn't the game take place in the sky or something? Also, I noticed when you register for an account on the website, it asks for your "2k forum" username.. Pretty sure that gave it away.

@SpookySpider Yes and it also says ITS FOR XCOM. right there. on the forum. no mystery. jeez guys.

What is Citizen Skywatch?

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