April 24, 2007
Ubisoft
Introduces Tom Clancy’s EndWar
Today Ubisoft 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(TM) 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(TM) 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
Hascot, 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.
