Closed beta testing for Ghost Recon Online (PC) begins on March 5. Those looking to enlist in Tom Clancy’s near-future military warfare can sign up for the beta at the game’s official website.
After a two-game vacation in Vegas, Tom Clancy’s elite counter-terrorism unit takes on an all-new threat threatening to destroy the U.S. government in Rainbow 6: Patriots now in development for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. More »
Tom Clancy’s royalty cheque will expand by an undisclosed sum next year, as Ubisoft has reconnoitered the first quarter of 2010, announcing that Ghost Recon 4 will likely arrive before March 31st. More »
The 100% more grizzled adventures of super spy/hobo Sam Fisher will continue this calendar year, according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, as the publisher has dated Splinter Cell: Conviction for a pre-Christmas release. More »
Attorney Stephen Smith got a nod from legal magazine Los Angeles Daily Journal today in their “20 Under 40″ feature for his impact on the interactive gaming industry.
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]
