Year of inception 1987 | ||
Developers Red Storm EntertainmentUbisoft MontrealUbisoft ParisUbisoft MilanUbisoft ShanghaiUbisoft RomaniaUbisoft QuebecGameloftUbisoft MassiveUbisoft ReflectionsUbisoft SofiaUbisoft UkraineUbisoft TorontoUbisoft SingaporeUbisoft AnnecyDarkworksOxford Digital Enterprises Ltd.MicroProseImages Software Ltd.Beam SoftwareClancy Interactive EntertainmentKama Digital EntertainmentGrinVirtuosHigh Voltage SoftwareNext Level Games Publishers Red Storm EntertainmentUbisoftGameloftArgus Press Software LtdMicroProseGrandslam Interactive Ltd.Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.Simon & Schuster Interactive Platforms Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, PC-98, Amstrad CPC, Game Boy, NES, SNES, Microsoft Windows, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation Network, mobile phones, N-Gage, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Xperia Play, Android, Bada, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, BlackBerry PlayBook, Palm Pre, Symbian | ||
Tom Clancy's is a branding used by video game company Ubisoft for video games featuring the works of American author Tom Clancy (whilst a majority of the games are unrelated to Clancy's work).
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History
In 1996, Clancy co-founded the video game developer Red Storm Entertainment. He has had his name on several of Red Storm's most successful games. Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft Entertainment, which continued to use the Clancy name, though the extent of Clancy's actual involvement with creation of the games and development of intellectual properties, if any, was unclear. This game series includes:
In 2008, Ubisoft acquired the rights to Clancy's namesake.
Rainbow Six series
The Rainbow Six series: Squad-based first person tactical shooters, based on the novel of the same name, typically taking place in closed urban environments. 18 Rainbow Six games have been produced so far.
Ghost Recon series
The Ghost Recon series: Squad-based first- and third-person tactical shooters. As opposed to the Rainbow Six games, Ghost Recon usually takes place in larger, outdoor environments. There have been 13 Ghost Recon games so far.
Splinter Cell series
The Splinter Cell series: Third-person covert-ops stealth games; lately spawned a line of books written by a series of different authors, all writing under the pseudonym David Michaels.
EndWar series
The EndWar series: Real-time tactics strategic war game; set in a speculative World War III, taking place in 2020.
H.A.W.X. series
H.A.W.X. series: Combat-based arcade flight video games.
The Division
Tom Clancy's The Division is a 2016 online-only open world third-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Massive and published by Ubisoft, with assistance from Red Storm Entertainment, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Division is set in a dystopian New York City in the aftermath of a smallpox pandemic; the player, who is an agent of the titular Strategic Homeland Division, commonly referred to as simply "The Division", is tasked with helping to rebuild the Division's operations in Manhattan, investigating the nature of the outbreak and combating criminal activity in its wake. The Division is structured with elements of role-playing games, as well as collaborative and player versus player online multiplayer.
The game received positive reviews, and was a commercial success, with Ubisoft stating that the game broke the company's record for highest number of first-day sales. Furthermore, one week after the game's release, Ubisoft stated that The Division is the company's best-selling game, and the industry's biggest first-week launch for a new game franchise, generating an estimated amount of $330 million globally.