Gaming News - April 2004
San Francisco, CA (April 8, 2004) - Ubisoft today confirmed
development of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2.
From Ubisoft:
With this title and two other key announcements to come in the next few days,
Ubisoft is expanding its lineup of war games to every segment of the military
category, from historical to near future, and aggressively positioning itself in
the competitive war games market which accounted for 5 out of the top 10 shooter
franchises in 2003. The Ghost Recon(tm) franchise contributed greatly to the
strength of this segment with more than 5 million copies sold worldwide.
"Our ultimate goal is to become the primary player in the military shooter
game arena, thanks to both our internal studios, proven to be amongst the best
in the world in this category, and also through strategic alliances with high
profile 3rd party developers," said Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's President and CEO.
"Stay tuned for more announcements that will significantly expand this area of
the industry and further reinforce our overall military strategy."
Developed by Ubisoft's award-winning Red Storm studio, Ghost Recon 2 launches
on next-generation consoles and PC this Holiday season. The game is set in the
chaotic battlefields of tomorrow, and will offer gamers an insider's view of the
way large scale conflicts will be fought in the near future.
"Ghost Recon has established itself as a mega-selling franchise, and we've
retained the core elements that made the first game such a success," said
Laurent Detoc, President of Ubisoft, Inc. "But for Ghost Recon 2, we wanted to
dial up the intensity and adrenaline to create an experience of total war. We've
retooled and improved every aspect of the game, and have integrated a host of
incredible new features - and the result is amazing. You will truly feel like
you are the hero of a near-future war movie when playing this game."
Ghost Recon 2 will continue the tradition of intensity and realism associated
with Ubisoft's Tom Clancy brand, with an emotionally charged storyline, a
completely redesigned graphics engine and the most intuitive gameplay to date,
to fully immerse gamers into the chaos of a high tech war. The game will offer
more action than ever before, as it puts players in command of an elite squad of
special forces thrust into a tense political situation in East Asia. In
addition, the top-notch multiplayer action that gamers expect from Red Storm
will once again place Ghost Recon at the top of online console and PC gaming and
will be a must-have for all online gaming fans this holiday season.
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