Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wins Game of the Year.Business Editors/High Tech WritersSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002 Ubi Soft Entertainment is proud to announce that PC Gamer PC Gamer is a magazine founded in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features , the world's largest PC game publication, has named Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon This article is about the Ghost Recon video game series. For the first video game in the series, see Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (video game). Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment, the game development (TM) Game Of The Year. Developed by Ubi Soft's Red Storm Entertainment Red Storm Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubisoft Entertainment, specializing in PC games, console games, and related merchandise mainly based on the works of the writer Tom Clancy. The headquarters for Red Storm is located in Morrisville, North Carolina. , Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a tense, action-filled war game where players control an elite Special Forces team. "Picking PC Gamer's Game of the Year winner from a slew of great titles is always a very difficult task. Ghost Recon stood out for creating an unparalleled tactical shooter A tactical shooter is a video game of the first-person shooter (FPS) and third-person shooter genres that generally simulate realistic, squad-based or man-to-man skirmishes. experience, full of compelling strategy and white-knuckle action," said Rob Smith, editor-in-chief of PC Gamer. PC Gamer also picked Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon for their Best Sound award, stating, "on a quiet urban street, you'll hear the unholy clanking clank n. A metallic sound, sharp and hard but not resonant: the clank of chains. intr.v. clanked, clank·ing, clanks To make a sharp, hard, metallic sound. of an enemy tank as it approaches from around the corner - and you'll flinch from the whoosh whoosh also woosh n. 1. A sibilant sound: the whoosh of the high-speed elevator. 2. A swift movement or flow; a rush or spurt. intr.v. of the anti-tank missile you launch in response." Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon was also recently named PC Game of the year by IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) .com, a leading internet website for interactive games. "To be recognized by people who truly love games as much as we do, is the highest honor," said Steve Reid For the game developer of the same name, see . Steve Reid (January 29, 1944) is an American jazz drummer who has played with a wide range of notable artists including Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Sun Ra, and as a session drummer for Motown. , vice-president of product development at Red Storm Entertainment. "We always strive for intense realism and attention to detail in our games and we believe Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon has set the bar a little higher for us all." About Ubi Soft: Ubi Soft Entertainment produces and publishes interactive games worldwide. The group is a leader in its field, and offers a diversified product range that is constantly growing. Ubi Soft develops its own products, and also works with famous developers. The group's ambition is to supply the public with games of excellent quality that allow the sharing of thrilling experiences. Set up in 1986, Ubi Soft has a presence in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany and China. The group distributes its own products and those of other publishers in more than 50 countries. In the 2000-2001 financial year, its sales reached 260 million euros, an increase of 39.4% over the previous year, with net earnings of 4.6 million euros. www.ubi.com (c)2001 Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Red Storm and Red Storm Entertainment are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is a Ubi Soft Entertainment company. All Rights Reserved. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a trademark of Rubicon, Inc. under license to Ubi Soft Entertainment. |
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