Listening to feedback from hardcore RTS fans has driven complexity up and sales days in the genre.
End War has officially gone gold! End War will be shipping to North American retail on November 4th.
Voice controls wouldn't work with Ensemble RTS Halo Wars, EndWar boss Michael de Plater has told VG247, as it's too complex a game.
With the Tom Clancy series expanding to five titles this year with the releases of Hawx and Endwar, Ubisoft has said that it is looking into the possibility of creating a "Megagame" within the franchise in order to potentially interweave storylines between each major series.
Tom Clancy's EndWar's voice-controlled antics took their cue from the "natural" input methods of Guitar Hero and Wii, Ubisoft Shanghai boss Michael de Plater has told VG247.
The demo is out on X360, but DailyGame has distinct confirmation from Ubisoft that the PS3 will not be getting a demo: "The demo, exclusively available for Xbox 360, is free and offered for download on Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360." Doesn't get more clear than that.
CVG: " A demo of Ubisoft's Tom Clancy RTS has just appeared on Xbox Live Marketplace.
Ubisoft shows off their upcoming games to the Australia press!
Ubisoft Shanghai creative director Michael de Plater has told VG247 that his team's take on RTS with EndWar follows a path BioWare forged with Knights of the Old Republic and the RPG genre, in that his franchise will lead on console before making its way to PC.
Platform Nation is giving away a total of 100 codes for the new Tom Clancy's EndWar VIP Demo
VG247 writes: Ubisoft has dropped as an email telling us that the Tom Clancy's End War VIP 360 demo has finally gone live, and as a reward for your patience you get an extra VIP key for a friend. Isn't that nice.
Console Monster writes: "We have just added the Achievements for Tom Clancy's EndWar on the Xbox 360. The achievements reward players for finishing World War III on all three difficulties and for playing in all of Tom Clancy's EndWar's game modes.
With the big hitting news from TGS still rattling inside the brains of Xbox 360 gamers everywhere, there are still many local events and announcements taking place over the coming week.
Videogaming247.com reports that the VIP beta for Tom Clancy's End War, which was originally slated to be released on October 7th, has been delayed. It is also said that everyone will be receiving a second code for a friend. "As a thank you for your continued patience we will be sending a second code for you to share with a friend. So start calling in those favors now - the second token will be sent at the same time as the one that is already reserved for you."
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Ubisoft Shanghai creative director Michael de Plater has told VG247 that a PC version of EndWar would most likely be shipping alongside the console SKUs if it wasn't for rampant PC piracy, and that copyright theft is essentially destroying the PC games market.
That Aussie Game Site have wrapped up the day in games reporting on Bungie's Kojima talent aquisition, new DLC for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and a swag of demos coming to the PSN. They've also got information on the free DLC for Gears of War 2, information regarding the Resistance 2 Beta, Dead Space colour-coded suits and a bunch of new media for Tom Clancy's End War. What a day!
Ubisoft has just confirmed to VG247 that voice-controlled RTS EndWar will release on November 7 in Europe.