RSE Interview
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 24 2008
Play2Compete scored an interview with RSE Creative Designer Jeff "Geridak" McGann. It's a good read covering lots of ground, read it at Play2Compete, and post comments in our forums here.

South Ossetian Autonomous Region April 16, 2008
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 16 2008
As Peace has pointed out in our forums, today is a special day - it's the date that the Ghosts' inserted for their first mission in the original Ghost Recon!

"South Ossetian Autonomous Region April 16, 2008 05:45 Welcome to Tbilisi, gentlemen -- I hope you got some shuteye on the flight from Bragg, because now that we're here we've got a lot of
work to do. "

Redstorm and Ubisoft are celebrating with the release of never seen before images and a competition.

Mystery Game Revealed
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, April 3 2008
The purpose of the mysterious flash advert that appeared on the official ghost Recon site has been revealed - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Watch the video at IGN for more details, and to see why Ghost Recon was involved the the marketing build up. Post your thoughts in our forums here.

New Teaser from Ubi
Posted by Rocky on Friday, March 28 2008
The appearance of a mysterious smouldering dossier on Ubisoft's Ghost Recon website has fans pondering its meaning. Ubisoft marketing are starting to show more and more interest in viral marketing, fans will remember the End War campaign started in a similar fashion.

The burning folder appears as a flash movie shortly after the Ghost Recon page has loaded. If you look  hard enough you can see some clues, a number 42, characters S08, and what looks like a smal circular logo or stamp. Check the forum link below on our thoughts about the S08 marking.

The sudden and simultaneous appearance of a new Ubisoft forum, in the General section, called MACSAT7 Recovery fuels speculation.

Make your guess in our forums here.

Ubisoft Buy Tom Clancy Name
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, March 20 2008
Thanks to Pave Low for catching this breaking news today...

"Paris, FRANCE – 20 March 2008 – Today, Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that it has concluded an agreement with Mr. Tom Clancy to acquire all intellectual property rights to the Tom Clancy name..."

Read the full press release and add your comments in our forums here.

Modelling Competition
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, March 16 2008
GhostRecon.net forum members have a great record for winning competitions over the years. Several members have won various prizes from Ubisoft (I even won a graphics card). More recently GRAW modder Rpghard won a load of cool stuff from Xfire for being a hardcore gamer, with a remarkable amount of time logged against GRAW.

Now there is a chance for the talented Ghost Recon modellers to use their skills to try and win some neat prizes from Codemasters in their "Design a Secret Weapon" competition.

"We are looking for outlandish and creative new designs for all sorts of weapons: planes, tanks, rifles, machine guns, ships, submarines, or whatever else you can imagine. "

Pictures have to be mailed to competition@codemasters.com, or in this thread at Codemasters. Good luck guys, I know you can do it!

Server Upgrade
Posted by Rocky on Monday, March 3 2008
We've had the GhostRecon.net server upgraded, so if you noticed some downtime a few hours ago - that's why! Hopefully you are enjoying the increase in speed the new server is providing. It's a great system that should make what has been a very reliable service even more reliable. Believe it or not, the new data centre it's housed in even has MoD trained guard dogs!

Co-op Too Difficult for Developers?
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, January 20 2008
The reward offered by co-op gaming is very familiar to many Ghost Recon fans, especially those have have enjoyed playing in any of the many co-op tournaments over the years. Nine team mates playing together against the AI enemy, multiple mission objectives, built in scoring, and modding tools to easily create an endless supply of new missions, are some of the reasons that Ghost Recon is arguably unmatched in gaming history for quality tactical co-operative gaming. Todays generation of gamers would be overjoyed to hear that their favourite franchise was about to release a title with the above features, and probably shocked to hear that those same features are already available in a game released seven years ago!

The thing is, with the orginal Ghost Recon, Red Storm Entertainment seems to have created a game more than eight years ahead of its time, as todays AAA releases can't match Ghost Recon's impressive co-op feature list, infact those features seem to deteriorate with every new release. Look at Rainbow six Vegas 2, while we might hope that the 9 man co-op limit with Ghost Recon had been surpassed, it has apparantly been decreased to two!

A recent article on C&VG highlights the difficulties faced by developers when creating a game with co-op functionality. The question we should be asking is, if Red Storm could code it seven years ago, why isn't every game developer striving to expand on those Game of the Year features, rather than cutting back? Or is co-op too difficult for todays developers to code in as the C&VG article seems to indicate - post your opinions in our PC Gaming forum!

Merry Christmas!
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, December 23 2007
Thanks to Krise for starting our Merry Christmas thread this year, drop in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas wherever you are in the world!

On behalf of all the staff here at GhostRecon.net, we'd like to wish you all the very best over the festive season, and for the coming Tom Clancy game filled year!

Tom Clancy Series to Merge?
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 15 2007
An article in an Xbox 360 magazine this month all but confirms rumours we'd heard about an interesting development on the cards for the Ghosts, Rainbow Six, and Ubisoft's new RTS title Endwar.

What this means, is possible plot interaction between each of the new Tom Clancy releases next year. Members of Rainbow Six, the Ghosts and perhaps even characters from Splinter Cell might be involved in the Real Time Strategy End War title.

As the next titles in both the Rainbow Six series and the Ghost Recon series are likely to be released next year there's every chance Ubisoft will be confirming this speculation sometime after Christmas. Chances are that this announcement could confirm a new game engine for GRAW3, and a change in development house, possibly taking GR back to it's roots....

Luckily, we have an entire End War discussion forum here, and our sister site AGR-S.com covers the Rainbow Six Series, so whatever develops, we've got it covered!

SCAR Movie
Posted by Rocky on Monday, November 19 2007
We've an exclusive movie from Special Ops 2007 today that features the SCAR assualt rifle. The movie takes us through the assembly of the components and also the grenade launcher attachment. Many thanks to Dick Splash for making the movie!

You can view it or download it from our SCAR 2007 download entry. More photo's and discussion from Special Ops 2007 in our Military forums here.

Audio FX Headphones Review
Posted by Rocky on Monday, November 12 2007
eDimensional (PC gaming gadget gurus) have released a new version of their popular Audio FX headphones. The new set is designed exclusively by well known modder Ben Heck and sports a new design and 5.1 surround sound.

I've been testing them for around 8 weeks now and they've become my preferred headphones - read why in my Audio FX5.1 headset review!

Half a Million
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, November 11 2007
It's quite a landmark occasion in our forums this weekend, as we crossed the 500,000 post mark! Our forums now have over 16,000 members and half a million posts, remarkable going since we installed the current forum software four years ago. I've posted an image showing how the forums have grown over the years since we first launched back in 2001 in this forum thread. Thanks to you all for making the forums such a massive success!

Ubi Beat Targets
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, October 25 2007
GRAW 2 is credited with helping Ubisoft maximise sales and beat targets, in the latest financial report.

"Ubisoft said that the PS3, PSP and PC versions of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2 drove sales..."

Read more here.

Ubisoft Contest
Posted by Rocky on Friday, October 19 2007
Last time Ubisoft ran a major promotional contest quite a few members here at GhostRecon.net came away with cool prizes. The latest Ubisoft competition is for its blockbuster title Assassin's Creed. The prize list is worth a look...

3 XBOX360, 20 Assassin’s Creed figurines, 15 PS3 Assassin’s Creed, 15 XBOX360 copies, 150 t-shirts, 100 hoodies, 100 faceplates, 500 5% discount vouchers, and more!

To play visit the competition site here (Europe only).

Ubisoft, Next Gen Gaming, and Immersion
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, October 13 2007
The BBC recently visited Ubisoft at their Montreal Design Studios and taked with some of the team there about next gen gaming. Check out the video here.

Ghost Recon Live Action in the UK
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, October 9 2007
Warfighters.co.uk have secured a brand new 100% wireless weapons system that looks and behaves just like the real thing.

To celebrate their new weaponry they are offering a special discounted rates for warfighting this Saturday. So if you are in the UK and fancy trying out the very latest technology in warfighting, head over to their booking page now.

For more information on the days entertainment, and the all important mission list, visit the official Warfighter site here.

Ghost Recon for Free
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 1 2007
Ubisoft have just released four full games for free, ad supported, and Ghost Recon is featured in the line up. The other three titles are Farcry, Rayman Raving Rabbits, Prince Of Persia: Sands of Time. The Ghost Recon version is only available to residents of the US, but the download is available everywhere at Internode. Questions about the extent of the advertising and whether it is compatible with retail versions are unanswered at the time, but if you know, post it up in our Ghost Recon 1 forums!

Ubisoft Partner With Microsoft
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 26 2007
It's an alliance that may surprise PC gamers critical of Ubisoft's apparent lack of dedication to the PC platform, but it's true; Ubisoft have joined forces with Microsoft to publish games under the "Games for Windows" brand. What does this mean? It means that Ubisoft is committed to publishing exclusive PC titles such as Far Cry 2, and also PC versions of each of its console titles. More at CNN.

GRAW ACU Badge up for Grabs
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 17 2007
Staff member Dick Splash has secured a fantastic GRAW ACU badge up and put it up for grabs in our latest competition.

To win one of these badges all you have to do is design a similar badge, but for GhostRecon.net. Dick Splash has posted more details in the official entry thread here. Make your image any size you like, and have your entry posted before the end of September. Good luck, great prize!

For more details on these excellent multicam ACU badges, check out this ebay power user's selection.

We Have a Winner
Posted by Rocky on Friday, August 17 2007
Congratulations to forum member InsolenceAndHeresy for winning our popular competition to win a special edition game music CD from Game Music Central.

This exclusive Collector's Edition Best of the Best CD features 18 all new tracks inspired by some of the greatest games ever made. It also contains a 6-page booklet featuring photographs and printed autographs of all 20 celebrity composers.

For more details visit Game Music Central here where they have some streaming media of the contents.

Christian "Serellan" Allen Moves On!
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, August 15 2007
In a statement to the Ghost Recon community Christian "Serellan" Allen has announced his departure from Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft to join Bungie Studios.

Serellan's rise from the "Roosters Nest" bedroom modder to Creative Director with RSE, and now Design Lead with Bungie has been remarkable, but well deserved. Always active in the community Serellan on occasion supplied competition prizes for fans and was interviewed three times by GhostRecon.net, once in September 2004, again in May 2005, then once in the RSE NC design studios. GR-Retreat also interviewed Serellan here. Anchorage Daily News also scored a really good interview covering Serellan's rise through the ranks, you can read that here.

One of the highlights must have been collecting the BAFTA last October for Game of the Year, you can watch that on youtube here.

On behalf of everyone at GhostRecon.net I'd like to thank Serellan for his dedication over the past 5 years, which has clearly gone above and beyond, and is very much appreciated by all.

Please add your best wishes for Serellan in this forum discussion.

Serellan and the Bear
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 27 2007
Christian "Serellan" Allen of RSE has posted a pretty cool movie on youtube showing his camping trip in Alaska. Highlights include pistols and an inquisitive wild bear! Thanks to CR6 for spotting it, watch it here!

Best of the Best Game Music
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 6 2007
Game Music Central have an exclusive Collector's Edition Best of the Best A Tribute to Game Music CD available on their site now. The CD features 18 All new tracks Inspired by some of the greatest games ever made. The full press release is in our forums here.

One of the tracks is by Tom Salta, the man behind the superb Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter soundtrack, and because of that Game Music Central are offering one of the Collector's Edition free to one lucky Ghost Recon.net member!

The Collector's Edition that is sent to the lucky winner will contain a 6-page booklet featuring photographs and printed autographs of all 20 celebrity composers.

To stand a chance of winning all you have to do is visit Game Music Central and find the answer to this question.

"Which track number is Tom Salta's work featured on?"

Mail the correct answer to rocky@ghostrecon.net before Wednesday the 13th of June 2006 to have your name entered in the draw! This is a really neat prize, so send in your answer now, good luck!

Ubisoft to Announce PS3 Exclusive
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, May 20 2007
Ubisoft's CEO has revealed to Routers that they will be announcing an exclusive title for the PS3 shortly. I'm guessing the title may be revealed during the Ubidays event, scheduled to open in three days.

Is Ghost Recon the Best of Stuff?
Posted by Rocky on Friday, May 18 2007
The Best Stuff in the World is a cool new Web2.0 website that appeals to everyones fondness for lists. Anyone can create a list, add an entry, or vote in an existing list. Of course, there is a Best Computer Game list, and Ghost Recon is already listed.

As the site is quite new, although there are many games listed most only have a handful of votes, so sign up now and give Ghost Recon a vote - let's get it up there into the top ten for the launch of GRAW 2 PC next month!

Once you've done that, entertain yourself by typing anything you like into the home page, and see which lists it appears in!

Download Comments
Posted by Rocky on Monday, April 30 2007
The commenting feature in our Downloads Section has not been working correctly for a few weeks. It's all fixed now though and ready to recieve your feedback for any mods you have downloaded and enjoyed. Please take a moment or two to leave some feedback for the modders who have worked so hard to increase your enjoyment of Ghost Recon!

Site Issues
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 14 2007
Since yesterday (Friday the 13th), technical issues have prevented some users from accessing GhostRecon.net, while some can still access it as normal. The cause is being investigated.

Red Horse Ubi Viral Update
Posted by Rocky on Friday, April 6 2007
Ubisoft's current viral campaign, now suspected to be the build up to the announcement of a new Tom Clancy series by Ubisoft, took an interesting turn with the uncovering of the official viral website - rev64.com. Clicking around that page will take you to this new forum. Discussion on this possible Ghost Recon / Rainbow Six crossover game can be found in our forums here.

Ubi Viral
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 3 2007
There seems to be a viral campaign for an as yet undiscovered project underway at Ubisoft. The first clue was a malformed graphic that appeared on Ubisoft game portals, including the Ghost Recon series. Fans then noticed some text, and now Dannik has discovered a mysterious face!

Join in the mystery in our forums here!