Tom Clancy's is a branding used by video game company Ubisoft for a series of video games, most of which are based on the works of American author Tom Clancy. Various sub-series are often unrelated to each other with a few exceptions, although most are shooters set in modern or near-future military settings.
In 1996, Clancy co-founded the video game developer Red Storm Entertainment. He has had his name on several of Red Storm's most successful games. Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft, which continued to use the Clancy name, though the extent of Clancy's actual involvement with the creation of the games and the development of intellectual properties, if any, was unclear. This game series includes:
In 2008, Ubisoft acquired perpetual rights to use Clancy's name and works for video games and other related media including books and film. [2] [3]
The Rainbow Six series: Squad-based first person tactical shooters, based on the novel of the same name, typically taking place in closed urban environments. 15 Rainbow Six games have been produced so far.
The Ghost Recon series: Squad-based first-and third-person tactical shooters. Unlike Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon usually takes place in larger, outdoor environments. There have been 15 Ghost Recon games so far.
The Splinter Cell series: action-adventure third-person shooter covert-ops stealth games; lately spawned a line of books written by a series of different authors, all writing under the pseudonym David Michaels.
The EndWar series: Real-time tactics strategic war game; set in a speculative World War III, taking place in 2020.
H.A.W.X. series: Combat-based arcade flight video games.
Tom Clancy's The Division is a 2016 online-only action role-playing third-person shooter video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, with assistance from Red Storm Entertainment, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Division is set in a dystopian New York City in the aftermath of a smallpox pandemic; the player, who is an agent of the titular Strategic Homeland Division, commonly referred to as simply "The Division", is tasked with helping to rebuild the Division's operations in Manhattan, investigating the nature of the outbreak and combating criminal activity in its wake. The Division is structured with elements of role-playing games, as well as collaborative and player versus player online multiplayer.
The game received positive reviews, and was a commercial success, with Ubisoft stating that the game broke the company's record for highest number of first-day sales. Furthermore, one week after the game's release, Ubisoft stated that The Division is the company's bestselling game, and the industry's biggest first-week launch for a new game franchise, generating an estimated amount of $330 million.
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| Rainbow Six | |
| Ghost Recon | |
| Splinter Cell | |
| Ryanverse | |
| H.A.W.X | |
| The Division |
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