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Ubisoft Looking To Combine Tom Clancy Franchises Into A ‘Megagame’
1:20PM Luke Plunkett | This is real pie-in-the-sky stuff, so remain seated while reading, but here goes: Ubisoft are looking into turning their five Tom Clancy series – Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, Endwar and Hawx – into a “megagame”. How’s that going to work? Here’s how. They’ll do it in baby steps. For example, in the next Ghost Recon and the next Endwar, they’re hoping the missions will be interwoven, a mission in Ghost Recon 3 being given context in the larger conflict by a mission in Endwar 2. And that’s just the start. Eventually – tech and public interest allowing – the Endwar “universe” would act as the overarching Clancy universe, within which the storylines of each new Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell and HAWX missions would be played out, ultimately leading to the direct linking of each game’s campaigns. Like I said, it’s pie-in-the-sky stuff. Details are thin. But hey, even if you can’t stand the thought of a Clancy-branded Katamari sweeping the globe rolling up piles of cash money, you have to admit, it’s a pretty neat idea. Ubisoft to merge Tom Clancy range into Super Game [Gameplayer] More »
Two New Tom Clancy’s Endwar Trailers
6:30AM Adam Barenblat | Today we get to take another look at Tom Clancy’s Endwar and if you’re in the market for a new Odama style voice command strategy game – you might want to keep your eye on this one. The first video covers command points and explains how the more you acquire, the more mission command can offer you support in case you get yourself in a bind. The second video has explosions, tons of explosions! In the event that all else fails, defcon 1 is triggered and you can nuke your enemy back to the stone age. You can pick it up November 4th on PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 and DS. Second video after the jump. More »EndWar Launches Private Beta
8:01AM Brian Crecente | Ubisoft’s voice-command real-time strategy game EndWay is getting a private beta this summer. A site set up for those invited into the beta says that it will take place for three weeks in June and July and only be in English. The three gig download will feature three maps for 1v1 and 2v2 matches, but no offline play. I hope they launch a public beta as well. As with most new ideas, the concept of voice-command mixing with real-time strategy isn’t easy to wrap your head around without trying it first hand. As I mentioned in my preview of the game earlier this year, it seems to work quite well and despite the reduced unit types, I think there’s enough depth in the game to keep things interesting. EndWar [Via Joystiq] More »
Tom Clancy’s EndWar Voice-On Impressions
4:00AM Brian Crecente | I got a chance to sneak over to Ubisoft’s San Francisco office during the Game Developers Conference and sit down with Michael de Plater, creative director Tom Clancy’s EndWar, to talk about the upcoming voice-command strategy game. Better still, I also got a chance to actually play it—and what I saw impressed me. More »
EndWar Gameplay
4:00AM Brian Crecente | Ubisoft just sent over this trailer for EndWar which features a snippet, a very short snippet of gameplay. What it doesn’t show, for some reason, is their super cool user interface which uses, almost entirely, your voice. So far this game is shaping up to be a must get for me if for no other reason than I like the idea of pacing around in front of my television issuing “commands” to my troops. I totally need to figure out where I can buy a swagger stick. More »EndWar May Actually Work
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | While the choice of hosts is…regrettable, those able to withstand the obtrusive chit-chat may see instances in this video where console RTS EndWar’s much-hyped speech command system actually works. There aren’t many of them, but those precious few there are, well, they’re enough to give you the chills. After all, real generals don’t tap buttons on a controller, they say stuff, and stuff gets done. More »
EndWar Sneak Preview Packed in R6 Vegas 2
6:40AM Brian Crecente | Packed in with the retail version of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is this neat little surprise: A Sneak Preview disc for upcoming, voice-command, real-time strategy game EndWar. My excitement was quickly deflated when I realised that while the disc does have some neat EndWar stuff, it doesn’t include a demo. Dammit! You do get the announcement trailer, a GameTrailers special about the game called “the future of war” and an EndWar sneak peek preview, featuring the Frag Dolls. Sucks about the demo, but it’s free and still a neat idea. More »
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