Tom Clancy's Endwar demo hits PSN

NEWS by Dan Cheer 3 Nov 2008, 10:10 am

Kicking off the countdown to the game's release, Ubisoft have announced that a playable demo of Tom Clancy's EndWar is now available via PlayStation Network.

The demo features both single-player and multiplayer gameplay. The single-player portion of the demo is part of the "Prelude to War” campaign, serving as a tutorial for players. The multiplayer portion contains one mode, Conquest, and one map, Kennedy Space Center.

"The EndWar demo is already a smashing success with more than 900,000 players participating and experiencing the game on Xbox LIVE – making it the biggest demo download in the history of the Clancy franchise,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. "Ubisoft is thrilled to now be offering PS3 owners an opportunity to experience such innovative gameplay for themselves before the game's release next week.”

Tom Clancy's EndWar

PS3 PREVIEW by Joel Lauterbach 14 Oct 2008, 5:33 pm

For a few lucky individuals, the Tom Clancy’s EndWar VIP demo went live recently. Gameplanet was lucky enough to score access to it, so we can now give you a run down on what you can expect from Tom Clancy's new real-time strategy game.

The story is that in 2014 the US and the EU signed the SLAMS (Space-Land-Air-Missile Shield) Treaty, effectively bringing nuclear warfare to an end as missiles could be destroyed before reaching their targets. The Russians were left out of these negotiations and effectively accelerated their own research & development. However when an energy crisis hit in 2015, as oil companies had been overstating the size of their reserves, a push for oil began as countries attempted to secure energy.

The EU morphed into the European Federation, then having the population of the US and far more resources. The US began a push to take control of space, and in 2020 (when almost set to launch a ground breaking space station) there was a terrorist attack. Due to the tension between the US, the EF and Russia they each began blaming each other, and as momentum increased they headed toward a full-scale global war.

Game info

Description: True to the Tom Clancy’s video games’ tradition of innovation and excellence, Tom Clancy’s EndWar is an all-new breed of strategy game. Designed from the ground up for consoles, it is a fusion of next-gen. technology, superior design and first-class production values. 2020, with resources g... (more info)

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True to the Tom Clancy’s video games’ tradition of innovation and excellence, Tom Clancy’s EndWar is an all-new breed of strategy game. Designed from the ground up for consoles, it is a fusion of next-gen. technology, superior design and first-class production values.

2020, with resources growing scarce every nation must look after themselves. Tensions between the US, Europe and Russia are near a breaking point. One spark will ignite the war to end all wars. ENDWAR lets players experience this geopolitical epic in two distinct phases:

A chillingly realistic vision of World War 3, in the fashion of the best techno-thrillers… Set in 2020, Tom Clancy’s EndWar explores a full-scale land war between superpowers. While the narrative engrosses the player in a massive global conflict, with battles taking place in American and European heartlands, on 40 real-life recognizable battlefields including Washington D.C., Paris and Moscow.

Tom Clancy’s EndWar exploits the capabilities of next-generation consoles to deliver production values comparable to the best action titles, rendering the chaos and grandeur of tactical combat more vividly than any game before it.

The game's intense depiction of land warfare never overwhelms the player because Tom Clancy’s EndWar’s console-based design and interface empowers him to constantly maintain situational awareness and execute orders with the dispatch of a tactical genius. Simplicity ensures that success depends on tactical decision-making, not manual dexterity.

In every way possible, Tom Clancy’s EndWar is designed for maximum replayability.

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.