Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Jungle StormDistributed by
Ubisoft

Posted: October 12th, 2003.

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BEST SELLING GAME FRANCHISE CHARGES ONLINE WITH TOM CLANCY’S GHOSTRECON(tm): JUNGLE STORM(tm)

Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of theworld’s largest video game publishers, announced that the company’sParis studio is currently developing a brand new game from the popular TomClancy’s Ghost Recon(tm) series–exclusively for the Playstation®2.Scheduled to ship for the 2003 holiday, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon(tm):Jungle Storm(tm) is poised to become the latest success story in a series ofhit Tom Clancy games from Ubi Soft.

Developed with PlayStation2 players in mind, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon(tm):Jungle Storm(tm) will fully exploit the capabilities of the platform withfeatures such as the wildly popular voice command, and voice chat systemsplus online statistics tracking and ladder ranking. Most importantly, thisgame will mark the first time that PlayStation2 fans can take their greatghost action online and learn firsthand why action-packed online game playquickly established Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon(tm) as the most popularlyplayed game on the Xbox LIVE online game service.

“The Tom Clancy games are built with gamers in mind, and Tom Clancy’s GhostRecon(tm): Jungle Storm(tm) is a great example of that fact. We knew theGhost Recon franchise offers great online gameplay and fans were demandingit so Ubi Soft spent several of its resources to bring Ghost Recon online tothe PlayStation®2 as quickly as possible.” said Alain Corre, Ubi Soft’sManaging Director for Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and South America. “Weare excited to deliver a great game to the PlayStation2. PlayStation fansdeserve the best and we think Jungle Storm will deliver it.”

About the Game
Havana, 2009:
Deep in the sweltering jungles of Cuba, an insidious revolution is brewing.Led by a drug-funded warlord, its aim is to take advantage of thepost-Castro power vacuum and seize control of the island republic.Enter the Ghosts, the elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets. Sent to Cuba aspart of a UN peacekeeping force, their mission is to destroy the warlord andhis mercenary forces, and secure the elections for a free Cuba.

Bogotá, a few months later…
While the Cubans revel in their newfound democracy, the Colombian drugcartel that financed the failed revolution has set its sites on a newtarget. Readying a retaliatory blow against its own American-alliedgovernment, the Columbian cartel rocks the capital with severe explosions,including one that severely damages the American embassy.Hearing the Colombian government’s cry for support, the U.S. sends in theGhosts to deliver deadly justice to the Colombian cartel and end theirever-accelerating agenda of terror.

Standout Game Features:

• The first ever online Ghost Recon experience for the PlayStation 2:
  • 31 multiplayer maps
  • 3 new multiplayer modes, for a total of 10 (tentative)
  • Online statistics tracking and ladder ranking
  • Direct your multiplayer squadmates with full voice chat capabilities.
• Full support for voice commands via the Sony PlayStation 2 Voice Communicator
• 2 distinct single-player campaigns:
  • All-new 8 mission campaign in Colombia
  • 8 mission single-player campaign, set in post-Castro Cuba
• New cinematics thrust you into the deadly world of Special Forces combat
• New, streamlined interface and controls

News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.

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