Before Call of Duty (or even Halo) ruled the world of online console shooters, Tom Clancy games were all the hotness. Recently, the Tom Clancy games have suffered somewhat of a decline in popularity—mostly because of the paradigm shift in the industry away from tactical, squad-based shooters and in part because the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games just don’t feel as fresh as they once did.
Well, Ubisoft announced today what everyone knew was inevitably inevitable. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is officially on its way sometime later this year. And since it’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, you can probably expect some nifty, high-tech weaponry and other future-y gadgets. Not much more has been revealed at this time but you can bet that co-op and competitive multiplayer modes will be back—both are Ghost Recon staples, after all.
Development duties are being handled by the same team that brought us GRAW and GRAW 2, Ubisoft Paris. Hopefully, they will be able to bring back Ghost Recon’s glory days and deliver the intense action and story-line gamers have become accustomed to since the last time a Ghost Recon game hit the shelves way back in 2007. The teaser trailer shows promise, but I’ll wait to see the action for myself when the beta opens for owners of Splinter Cell: Conviction this summer.
