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Ubisoft Announces Ghost Recon 4 For 2010
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | 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 »
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Ubisoft Firmly Believes Splinter Cell: Conviction Will Hit By The Holidays
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | 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 »
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Legal Mag Recognises Video Game Attorney As Outstanding Lawyer
10:00AM AJ Glasser | 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.
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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 »
Tom Clancy Games Prepare To Tactically Engage The Nintendo Wii
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Ubisoft’s current lineup on the Wii is…regrettable. Could do with a few more “proper” games. Like the Tom Clancy ones, most of those are pretty decent. Here’s what Ubisoft boss, the delightfully-named Yves Guillemot, has to say on the matter: Tom Clancy will appear [on the Wii] at one point. We need to make sure they [look good]. We have engines that were created for the next-generation consoles. We had to re-engineer a certain number of engines to be sure we could use the quality of the machine. Even without the [high-end] graphics, the experience can still be very interesting. … To make sure we can create good enough products [on Wii] or products better than Nintendo’s takes time. That’s why you don’t see many products, but you will see more and more in the future. Yves, screw the new games, just re-release the GameCube version of Chaos Theory (with MP intact), we’ll forgive the wait. Interview: Ubisoft CEO on Games and Hollywood, Tom Clancy, Casual Growth and More [GameDaily] More »
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Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Delayed
8:20AM Leigh Alexander | How quickly “Spring 2008″ becomes “Q1 2009.” Ubisoft is the next up to confess it’s shunted a title out of its fall lineup into next year, after we reported a similar delay for Namco-Bandai’s Afro Samurai. This time, it’s Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X, according to CVG, which sails right past Spring 2008 to land anywhere between January and March of next year. Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway has been bumped forward a bit to September as well, presumably to fill in the gap. More »Ubi Demoer: HAWX Will Respond to Voice Command
6:00AM Owen Good | Eurogamer reports back from Ubidays 08 that a demonstrator let slip word that voice commands will be able to order around your fellow fighter pilots in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. “Demonstrator Andrei Costin spilled the beans at the recent UbiDays event in Paris, but avoided elaborating on exactly how it will all work; we expect it will be a blend of EndWar and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter,” writes Eurogamer. More »
Ubisoft Starts With GRAW Teasing
1:30PM Michael McWhertor | Visitors to the official Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell and EndWar web sites may have notice something unusual today—a Flash overlay that features smoldering, bullet-ridden debris that links to the official Ghost Recon web site. There, a similar Flash overlay shows a smoking black box or dossier case, then a series of mysterious videos, some of which are playable, some still locked down. The video and audio files are said to come from a recovered MACSAT or Multiple Access Commercial Satellite. More »
Ubisoft Considering Tom Clancy MMO
12:00PM Mike Fahey | Following the news that Ubisoft has secured the rights to the Tom Clancy name, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed in a follow up conference call plans to look into creating an MMO using the Tom Clancy name. No word on which Tom Clancy brand would be involved or what sort of gameplay would be involved, but Guillemot did mention the possible cost of such a venture – upwards of $50 million. That’s quite a chunk of change to spend on creating a persistent world filled with people hiding behind things and shooting each other. I cannot even begin to imagine how such a thing would work…unless perhaps they went with a game model similar to PlanetSide, with instanced combat zones for players to team up and take on. It would certainly be a fresh take on the MMO sector, one way or the other. Intriguing. We’ll keep you posted. Ubisoft Locks Up All Tom Clancy Rights, Plans for MMO [Game Daily] More »
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