Tom Clancy's EndWar will be publicly beta-tested later this year, judging by comments made by creative director Michael de Plater in an interview with Eurogamer.
"We really believe that as soon as anyone can get their hands on the controls and experience it, it'll be something new and it's a level of immersion and realism and accessibility that's never really been in a strategy game," he said during Ubisoft's Parisian showcase yesterday.
"We're really focusing on getting our beta-test out for November."
The PlayStation Network is back again for its weekly sale which currently features games from the Tom Clancy franchise like the recently released Rainbow Six Seige and Splinter Cell Blacklist.
The sale has a variety of titles spanning across the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. The sale will be starting today and will run until next Tuesday 11:00 am. This is the time for gamers to give the tactical Rainbox Six Siege shooter a chance as you can save up to 45%.
Forget discounts,If they want to compete with EA Access, they need to bump up the AAA Games that are on the PS Store and on PS Now. There weren't a lot of games on PS Now that interested me, especially for that price point.
Let's take a moment and think about this..
Sony, I love you, but take notes! EA Access has a lot of extras that sound great if you’re looking for a new loyalty program, that blanket 10% off digital video games will definitely save subscribers some money if they’re big fans of Electronic Arts’ video games. Users who purchase a brand new Electronic Arts Xbox One title a month will break even on that first game, saving $6 off a $60 purchase.
PSN store trying to compete with EA Access? What nonsense!
Total different things!
And they need to bump up the AAA games on the PSN store? What? All the AAA games can be bought on the PSN store.
And no, PS Now is also not trying to compete with EA Access, again something else entirely...
And no, EA Access is not good value at all if you do not live in the US! They give 10% off on digital game purchases, MSRP of games is €70, 10% off means they are €63 but I can buy physical copies during initial release for between €50-55. Then there are a gazillion sports titles for free that I have no interest in. The games I'm interested in I already buy so don't need free copies a year after their release. The only nice thing about it is the 10 hours early access, that's it!
Ubisoft have today announced that Tom Clancy’s EndWar Online has completed its Alpha and is kicking off the Beta Test phase. The Closed Beta will start on September 1 and will run until the beginning of November and will come with two brand new commanders on each side, a brand new PvE mode called Special Operations, support for multiple characters on an account, a new VIP system and tons of additional improvements.
Ubisoft Shanghai have announced that after some great feedback from Part #1 of their On the Front Lines: A Fresh Start Developer Blog for Endwar: Online, they have begun to include some suggestions into Alpha Update v0.5.0, and have now released Part #1.5, in which the development team says that one of the biggest advantages of being involved in the Alpha Test is the flexibility.
RTS, just not my thing.
I would like to see them innovate a bit with this genre.
Slapping some nice visuals over the same old game mechanic we've been using since... Well, for a long, long time.
How about a more interactive experience that isnt' all about multitasking the sh*t out of your team.
Maybe something that combines some real-time combat elements once you've given a directive.
What if you moved a squad of soldiers over to take out a manufacturing plant, and the camera zooms in to an over-the-shoulder view, or a first-person perspective where you get to actively combat and evade to have a little more say in the outcome instead of letting the HP, and Damage rating duel it out mathematically and determine the outcome... I dunno, just brain stormin' here folks, just brain stormin'
I really like the idea of EndWar and hope the game can live up to the promise of what Ubisoft is saying will be great about this game.
That being said I hope that the beta test is open to any one over a select few.
i wounder how this beta is gonna work... ya know with it being Xbox 360 and PS3
Just in case you didn't read the story on this game, your brainstorming ideas are just about in line with what Ubisoft Shanghai has in store for us.
Expect to see a RTS with smart units, you command entire groups of units that think and act on their own. You are just the general specifying the objectives and whatnot. Also, in the article I read it also pointed out that it won't be a traditional "eyes-over-top-of-the battlefield" RTS, but more looking from the actual vantage points of the units you are commanding so that you can get a good sense of their field of view, obstructions, potential cover, etc.
Don't be surprised to see over 1000 active units on screen either. Wowies sounds amazing to me. Can't wait to see more of this game.
They will innovate and personally I think they will revolutionize the RTS genre. Why? Because of the full voice support meaning you only a need a mic/headset and you command your units by actually talking to them, plus, like one site said (I dont remember which one) its RTS a la Madden, a la Madden cause you Madden you are always in the action and not viewing everything from a mile away in the shy