Prepare For World War III

[Cherubim1324]

New Tom Clancy Game From Ubisoft? (http://www.evermoreforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=307560#post30 7560)

Yep...

UBISOFT INTRODUCES TOM CLANCY’S ENDWAR™ VIDEO GAME (http://www.ubisoftgroup.com/index.php?p=59&art_id=60&vars=c2VuZGVyPUFMTCZzZW5kZXJfd XJsPWluZGV4LnBocCUzRnAlM0Q1OSU yNmFydF9pZCUzRCZjb21faWQ9NDY3J mZpbHRlcl90eXBlPSZmaWx0ZXJfbW9 udGg9JmZpbHRlcl95ZWFyPQ%3D%3D&PHPSESSID=ef721d3d5d40ae4bfaa3 e284e94bcc17)

Paris, FRANCE — April 24, 2007 — Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that it is creating Tom Clancy’s EndWar™, a new brand in the Tom Clancy series of video games. Led by strategy veteran and Ubisoft creative director Michael de Plater, Tom Clancy’s EndWar™ is being developed by a world-class team at Ubisoft’s Shanghai studio whose members have experience developing Ubisoft’s hit franchises including Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®. Tom Clancy’s EndWar™ is scheduled for release on next-generation consoles in fiscal year 2007/2008.

Set on the battlefields of World War III, Tom Clancy’s EndWar will push the envelope of technology, showcasing artificial intelligence, graphics, physics and animations that were not possible prior to the launch of the new hardware systems. Tom Clancy’s EndWar has been built from the ground up as a revolutionary war strategy game solely for next-generation consoles.

“Our development teams are invigorated to be creating the first 100 percent next-generation Tom Clancy brand,” said Serge Hascoët, chief creative officer at Ubisoft. “Our success with Tom Clancy franchises is unparalleled in the next-generation and Tom Clancy’s EndWar will be a marvelous addition to the already critically acclaimed library of games. A strategy game like no other, EndWar will allow gamers to lead their own armies against hundreds of others online in real global locations on the massive battlefields of World War III.”

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy video games are consistently among the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed video game series in the industry. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® games have collectively sold more than 45 million units worldwide to date. In 2006, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas was named Best First Person Action Game of the Year by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter™ took home the Best Video Game of the Year award from the prestigious BAFTA awards.

Tom Clancy’s EndWar is featured in a world-exclusive first look in the June issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, available on newsstands in North America on May 8, 2007.


© 2007 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. EndWar, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigther, Rainbow Six, Ubisoft, Ubi.com and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.


About Tom Clancy:
With over 80 million books sold, Tom Clancy is arguably the world's most recognized author. His works include fiction such as The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Rainbow Six, Red Rabbit, and The Teeth of the Tiger. Clancy also writes non-fiction works about weapons and various military units. Four of his books have already been adapted into highly successful feature films.

About Ubisoft:
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through its strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 21 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. Ubisoft generated revenue of 547 million Euros for the 2005/2006 fiscal year, an increase of 3 percent over the previous fiscal year at constant exchange rates. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

[Snips]

*sees topic title, screams "Hah, I predicted it! Ah, crap!"*

Glad it's a game and not a real war! I've always liked Tom Clancy games, despite not owning any. I'm looking forward to it.

[Dark Marmosett]

Tom clancy books are better then the games...Seriously. I tried playing some of those FPS's and they were utter and complete shit. Just barely put together to put onto shelves and be made to sell.

[Altima]

I'm not a huge tom clancy fan myself. Only game of his that I have is the original Rainbow Six for the Ps1.

[Grave Wisdom]

Tom Clancy games are of a consistent quality, so I fully expect this one to be good.

[Cherubim1324]

First concrete details on Ubisoft's EndWar (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163060)

Monday 30-Apr-2007 12:21 PM Console-only Clancy RTS being headed-up by ex Total War man - more details inside

The first concrete details on Ubisoft's new Tom Clancy franchise EndWar have reached the internet via US mag Electronic Gaming Monthly, and we seem to be getting more excited with every morsel of info we hear.

In case you missed the initial announcement (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=162648) EndWar is essentially an RTS mish-mash of Clancy franchises built from the ground up for consoles.

Apparently it's being directed by ex-Creative Assembly man Michael de Plater, who worked on the legendary PC strategy series Total War.

Action plays out on a Risk-like campaign map with three factions, U.S. Joint Strike Force, European Enforcers and Russian Spetsnaz, available for war duties. According to Ubisoft, each campaign will be different, giving the example that if the US is conquered in one campaign you can start the next "to liberate U.S. soil with a massive new 'D-Day' landing on the East coast."

"[The Battle for Middle-earth II] was a test case for exactly what we didn't want to do", says the Endwar boss, in reference to re-mappping controls for a console RTS. In answer to this Ubisoft has gone for a tighter, up-close camera along with your bog-standard battlefield map.

Everything in the game is destructible and there's a limit of 12 squads in battle at one time, which you can personalise with your own special abilities, motto and heraldry.

Apparently, there's also some impressive feats in how the AI works in the game. According to the EGM article, squads of heavily armed soldiers, when ordered to a cluster of firebombed cars, will automatically take cover in different ways, taking potshots through windows and over hoods. If a soldier gets shot, one of his squad mates will even drag him back to safety.

The question is, will Ubisoft be able to conquer the dodgy joypad RTS controls we've seen up until now? Lets hope it manages to iron them out before EndWar hits 360 and PS3 early next year.

Andy Robinson (andy.robinson@futurenet.co.uk )

[Cherubim1324]

EndWar - in screens not scans (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163581)

Wednesday 9-May-2007 2:16 PM First pair of shots give crystal-clear viewing of Tom Clancy's dive into strategy

In answer to the hordes of magazine readers who fired up their scanners last week Ubisoft has released the first official shots of Tom Clancy's EndWar and ooh - look and those explosions!

For newcomers it's essentially an RTS mish-mash of Clancy franchises built from the ground up for consoles. It's being directed by ex-Total War man Michael de Plater - so there are plenty of reasons to be excited.

For more details and info on EndWar head over to our initial report (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163060).

Andy Robinson (andy.robinson@futurenet.co.uk )

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[Kurbee]

I love Tom Clancy.

Books and Games.

:) Looking forward to this one.

[Snips]

Those screenshots do look nice ^_^

RTS, from a guy who helped make the Total War games? HELL YES!

[Cherubim1324]

Tom Clancy's EndWar: First screens and trailer (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=164640)

Wednesday 23-May-2007 5:40 PM Does Ubisoft's Clancy console RTS actually work? Dunno but this CGI looks quite pretty, doesn't it? And so do the shots...

Here you are then - the first trailer and screenshots from Tom Clancy's EndWar, a console RTS that could, quite possibly, actually control better than three-wheeled milk float thanks to some nifty voice-activated controls.

In case you've missed the first 20 news stories we've done on this game, it's being directed by ex-Total War man Michael de Plater - so there's reason to be excited if you're just a plain old strategy nutcase.

Andy Robinson (andy.robinson@futurenet.co.uk )

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Tom Clancy's EndWar
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Sam Fisher infiltrates EndWar (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=164733)

Thursday 24-May-2007 3:16 PM Third Echelon to provide intel and stealth for Ubisoft's console RTS

The likes of Third Echelon, Team Rainbow and The Ghosts are all set feature in Ubisoft's 360 RTS, inspired by the Tom Clancy universe.

The team behind EndWar spent its time at the recent Ubidays event talking up its console strategy title while talking down the console RTS genre in general. Nothing wrong with that, we're still waiting for a console RTS that controls as smoothly as they do on PC. We have our fingers crossed though for EndWar though, and Halo Wars.

World War III has broken lose in EndWar and Ubisoft is bringing the Ghosts, Team Rainbow and Third Echelon together in a combination of epic gaming brands from the Tom Clancy universe. "World War III is a pretty momentous event and the different elements of the Tom Clancy universe can come together in different roles," creative director Michael de Plater told CVG.

"The Ghosts are the ultimate elite soldiers of the US armed forces. They actually appear as elite forces in EndWar's armies. Some of the members of Team Rainbow, the European guys, also end up as military commanders and Third Echelon brings the intel. So it's really an over-arching story that sees many different genres and points of view come together for World War III."

When quizzed if we'll be able to call in Sam Fisher-type units to infiltrate an opponent's base, de Plater said, "Stealth is a big part of the game. You've got stealth units, commandoes and sniping and that's what Third Echelon brings to the battle."

We don't know about you, but EndWar sounds like the console RTS we've been waiting for. Read more about how you can control the entire game using your voice in our exclusive interview with de Plater here (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=164730).

Gavin Ogden (gavin.ogden@futurenet.co.uk)

EndWar is voice activated (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76743)

News
by Rob Purchese

22/05/07 20:43

Tom Clancy's EndWar will be playable using only voice commands, Ubisoft revealed in its Ubidays press conference, although there will also be the option to use a joypad.

It'll be the first new Tom Clancy game the publisher has created since Splinter Cell, and we were told to "imagine the apocalypse as a techno thriller" to get an idea of what to expect.

Ubisoft was also keen to highlight a new camera positioning that will feature in EndWar, likening it to the low camera experienced in Madden football games; looking over the shoulder of the player rather than at the head and back.

Tom Clancy's EndWar is a strategy game with online multiplayer for next-generation consoles, set on the battlefields of World War III.

It's expected to be one of the big names on the Ubidays show floor tomorrow. We'll be bringing you our impressions of it as soon as we can get within touching distance.

EndWar will have MMO element (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76810)

News
by Rob Purchese

23/05/07 17:59

Tom Clancy's EndWar creative director Michael de Plater has said his game will feature a persistent online world campaign.

His comments come from a Q&A released as part of the press kit for the Ubidays event in Paris.

"Though it's a bit too early to reveal much of our intentions in terms of online multiplayer content, I can say that one of our most ambitious features is a massively-multiplayer persistent online world campaign," said Michael de Plater. "Every time you log in you will see the shifting front lines of an entire world at war, where everyone is participating in a unified global version of World War III."

EndWar is a fresh take on the Tom Clancy franchise, and takes place in 2020 amidst a global battle for power; World War III. You'll play the role of commander in this real-time strategy game, ordering around the most technologically advanced war machines of the 21st Century.

The biggest announcement to surface from Ubidays yesterday was that it will be completely voice activated, although you'll also be able to use a pad - meaning you can literally shout commands into the microphone and have your units carry them out. Plater insists this will work in several languages and that you won't have to learn "Shakespearean English" to have fun with it.

"I think EndWar is the epic war experience that every strategy game and every shooter - for the last decade - has been trying to make you imagine with computer-generated intros. Well now you don’t have to imagine, as EndWar creates that experience in real time.

"Combine that with the incredible 3D gameplay; the voice command system; the strong online multiplayer component; the apocalyptic World War III scenario; the ultimate 21st Century war machines; the Unreal 3 powered graphics; and I think we’ll offer strategy gamers something they have never experienced before."

Head over to Eurogamer TV to get a look at the very first trailer (http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=2918&s=l), or pop into our gallery for the EndWar screenshots (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76806).

EndWar beta test in November (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76858)

News
by Tom Bramwell

24/05/07 13:30

Tom Clancy's EndWar will be publicly beta-tested later this year, judging by comments made by creative director Michael de Plater in an interview with Eurogamer. Ooh, that's us.

"We really believe that as soon as anyone can get their hands on the controls and experience it, it'll be something new and it's a level of immersion and realism and accessibility that's never really been in a strategy game," he said during Ubisoft's Parisian showcase yesterday.

"We're really focusing on getting our beta-test out for November."

De Plater also made it clear that the Tom Clancy World War III scenario outlined in EndWar could form the basis for other projects. "As you can see from looking at World War II [games], World War III is something that can be big enough to be explored from loads of different directions, loads of different theatres, genres - we really see this as the beginning of that," he said.

EndWar - a console strategy title that offers voice command support as well as pad controls, and has been developed from the ground up for consoles - is previewed elsewhere on the site today (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76854). Now, actually. Get.

[Cherubim1324]

EndWar Beta Marching Onto Xbox 360 (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/877/877951p1.html)

Help Ubisoft test WWIII this summer.
by Ryan Geddes (http://xbox360.ign.com/email.html)

May 30, 2008 - Ubisoft will hold a private beta for its upcoming real-time strategy console game Tom Clancy's EndWar (http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/902/902336.html) this summer to help ready the title for its scheduled October launch.

Xbox 360 gamers with an Xbox Live gold membership, a broadband Internet connection and 3 GB of free hard drive space are invited to apply at the official Ubisoft EndWar beta Web site (https://www.endwarbeta.com/signup/default.html).

The beta will run for a three-week period in June and July and will feature three maps playable only online in 1v1 and 2v2 matches.

EndWar takes place in 2020, after strained resource supplies bring the nations of the world to war. In EndWar, players represent one of three national armies (U.S. Russia or Europe) and participate in massive multiplayer battles.