Ubisoft Speak Out
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 30 2004
Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot has spoken out regarding Electronic Art's recent acquisition of almost 20% of Ubisoft in an interview with Game Spot. During the interview Yves Guillemot confirms his view that the $85 million+ share purchase is a hostile move by one of their competitors, but also diplomatically adds ".... getting great games out there is a common goal".

These shares also give Electronic Arts a way in to the lucrative mobile games market as Ubisoft already have invested with Gameloft. Some of you might recall we were very impressed with Gameloft when we reviewed their Ghost Recon Jungle Storm for N-Gage QD here.

*UPDATE* CR6 has just linked us up to the very latest development....

"Ubi Soft Entertainment SA could receive government support in its fight against the threat of a takeover by US video games giant Electronic Arts"

This subject has stretched to four pages now in our forums, pick up the pace with this latest interview as posted by Zantar45 here.

Good Morning
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, December 29 2004
If you are in need of a quick Ghost Recon fix with a new mission, you could try out Recon's latest mission, called Good Morning. It's already getting good feedback in our forums here, try it out!

Mods Roundup
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, December 26 2004
This months Ghost Recon mods roundup by Stalker is ready for release. There is some really great news in this roundup about previously cancelled mods such as DYNACOMP and Starship Troopers, and some superb images from upcoming mods - Don't miss out on these! All the details and links can be found in our Mods Roundup No.8!

Merry Christmas!
Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 24 2004
Depending on what part of the world you are in, right now it's either already Christmas, or it's only a matter of hours away! Best wishes to every one of our visitors and forum members from all of the staff here at Ghost Recon.net. Here's hoping Santa brings you lots of goodies and perhaps one or two new games to tide you over, just until Ghost Recon 2 finally graces the PC in a few months time!

Have a safe, fun, and happy Christmas!

Geisterspaehtrupp
Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 24 2004
Dog Zebra has completed his Geisterspaehtrupp modification just in time for Christmas, and you can now download here.

Geisterspaehtrupp is a character mod that replaces original Ghosts with German operators. The kits include a compliment of HK weaponry, German voices that replace the standard Ghost communication and multinational specialists. There is also a nice selection of some of the best Ghost Recon modded weapons to choose from. View images and leave feedback here.

Film Gun Mod
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 23 2004
Biffa has released his Film Gun mod just in time for the holidays. This is a fun weapon mod that adds many new fun weapons...

"About 60 new weapons taken from films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Star Wars, Starship Trooper, Alien etc etc. A gun mod just for fun over the holidays! Weapons include proper working lazers, chaingun, moritas, blaster, pulse rifle, shotguns, knives, dynamite etc etc Some you've never seen in GR"

Read all about it here and download it from either Fileplanet or from an SAF Mirror.

Bill Brown CSI
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, December 21 2004
Fans of the Ghost Recon soundtrack will be interested to hear that the composer, Bill Brown, is now doing the music for the popular TV series CSI. There's a full interview with Bill Brown over at CSIFiles.com.

ViP maps
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, December 21 2004
ViP-PUNiSHER dropped us a line today to tell us about the latest version of their mod that is due out soon with 3 brand new Ghost Recon maps.  Here's what he had to say...

"Hi, just wanted to let you know me and a few other guys have been working on a mod for ghost recon called -ViP- Mod.  I just wanted to know if you could add the mod to your site, its available at http://vipclan.webhop.net.  We are currently working on Version 3.0 and hope to release it sometime soon, version 3 will have 3 new maps and one is based on Ghost Village from Ghost Recon 2. "

Sounds good, we'll have the download link here the day it's released!

SST Updates
Posted by Rocky on Monday, December 20 2004
If you've been keeping an eye in our modding forums you'll know that Chem's is making alot of progress with Starship Troopers - a mod that was nearly abandoned not too long ago. Check out these great new images showing the very latest renders.

EA buy into Ubi *updated*
Posted by Rocky on Monday, December 20 2004
This news just in!

"Electronic Arts is to buy 20 percent of French publisher Ubi Soft, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed this morning, at a reported cost of between $85 million and $100 million."

Neither publisher has made a public comment as yet, but that doesn't stop you from having your say!

Here's an update (from gametab) that puts a slightly more worrying slant on things....

"Update: Unsurprisingly, it's hostile: "Pending further information, we consider this operation as hostle," an Ubi Soft spokesman told Reuters. "

WWIII SOS
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 18 2004
Mr Pibbs is looking for some help to see Pt2 of his WWIIIFFF Ghost Recon mod complete. If you would like to get involved in this exciting 3 mission sequel, check this discussion out now!

US Army ACU
Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 17 2004
This mod from WP adds US Army ACU skins to Ghost Recon.

"Specialists Will Jacobs, Henry Ramirez, Lindy Cohen and Buzz Gordon in the ACU camo for original maps. Marines from Island Thunder reskinned to the real MARPAT (by wildcat) with darker tones than the original version. Reskinned non-playable characters to ACU- npc US soldier, US peacekeeper, POWs and tanker."

ACU also features XM8s and custom kits by Snowfella and Lancer.

Check out the images and feedback so far in this thread, and download the mod here.

Forum Awards
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 16 2004
If you have not already taken a look at the upcoming Forum Awards section, now is the time to do it! We are at Nomination stage right now, which means you can nominate any forum member for an award in any of the many categories we have open. These nominations will then go forward for voting in the Award Polls next month.

In the General Forum Award section you can let us know which of our 25 forums you enjoy most, you can also nominate who you think should be considered for the most informative poster or most addictive poster.

In the Humorous Forum Awards there are 20 fun categories where you can make nominations for awards such as Best Name or Best Avatar, or even Poster With Most Typos.

Back to a more serious subject - modding. In the Modding Awards section there are a whopping 30 categories where you can nominate missions modders, campaigns, and weapons etc.

Of course you do not need to nominate in every category, if you have ever played a mod and enjoyed it - find a suitable category and post your nomination. This is your chance to say thanks to the communities extremely talented and hard working modders, don't pass it up, nominate someone, or something now!

Dark Star
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, December 15 2004
Blakarion's Operation Dark Star campaign is now available for download at Fileplanet. There are several pages of progress news and images in this forum discussion, remember to leave your feedback for Blakarion there too.

It's a great campaign (requires DS and IT), with some neat touches. It even comes with a training mission that includes learning how to use an EMU to disarm mines and eavesdrop on the enemy! We hope to have a full review shortly, but don't wait for the review, this is a campaign well worth the download.

Gamezone
Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 10 2004
Gamezone have reviewed Ghost Recon 2 Xbox and awarded it 9/10.

"I’m going to need a bib . . . I can’t stop drooling." ... "a solid action-packed shooter that will make you proud you own a Xbox" ... "Somebody give these guys over at Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment an award..."

KSK Patch
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, December 7 2004
Sixpense has released a small v1.1 patch for his KSK modification, pick it up at Fileplanet, or GR.net supporters can download it from their forum, discussion in this thread. The patch fixes the textures on the HK21, the sound on the shotgun and adds a new ModsCont.txt.

Xbox v PC Ghost Recon 2
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, December 7 2004
Now that the Xbox version of Ghost Recon has been out for a while, fans are starting to feedback what they would like see changed for the PC version. In an attempt to draw together all the various ideas spread across many discussions on the subject CR6 has started a new feedback thread for posting your precise suggestions.

"Red Storm does monitor fan forums, and has a solid history of implementing fan requests into their games. We want this wishlist to be a one-stop simple and clear list for the devs to read." CR6

If you have a suggestion for the PC version, post it concisely here, if you wish to debate or discuss any aspect of the PC version, please use the general Ghost Recon 2 forum, thanks!

Online Movie
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, December 5 2004
Gamershell have a new 2 minute Ghost Recon 2 movie showing the multiplayer aspect of the XBox version. Check it out. Also available at Fileplanet.

GamerDad
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 4 2004
The review site that takes a parental skew on things has awarded Ghost Recon 2 4.5/5 in their review, check it out here.

9/10
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 4 2004
Here's two new Ghost Recon 2 reviews, both scoring 9/10.

XboxCore say ...

"great gameplay surpassing even that of SOCOM, amazing Xbox graphics... highly recommended"

and Xbox3565 have prepared an interesting Ghost Recon 2 v Halo 2 comparison. Although both games socre very closely in each department, Xbox365 have scored Ghost Recon 2 a whole 20% better than Halo 2 for online play.

"The satisfaction of killing the enemy in Ghost Recon 2 is far bigger than the all out attack mode in Halo 2 - the pressure of getting nailed is also far more extreme...Ghost Recon 2 is
about as good as it gets online"

Xmas Goodies
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 4 2004
As you can see from the new graphic above we are getting right into the festive spirit here at Ghost Recon.net! If you still have some shopping to do or are looking for a few ideas, you might want to check out the collection of Christmas gift ideas I've added to our Store. I've linked to Tom Clancy games and books, and also the best selling DVDs and Books right now. I've also put together a list of personal recommendations including game gadgets, books reviews, DVD favourites, and games we are playing right now - so why not start there - check it out!

KSK
Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 3 2004
Sixpence has produced another equipment mod - this time based on the German KSK. Read all about it and view images in our forums here, and download here. There will be a full campaign released to go with this equipment mod shortly, stay tuned for details!

Roast Recon
Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 3 2004
No it's not a typo, it's Ubi Soft's latest advertising campaign for Ghost Recon 2! Currently showing at websites including Military.com the advert starts with a "Sir, we've spotted the roast" binocular clip.... wierd..!

Global Ops
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 2 2004
Here's a new version of Global Operations from Trench Soldier which has now doubled in size and includes 12 single player missions!

"There are 12 missions taking place at Horn of Africa, Central America and Central Asia. Missions are dynamic, packed with action, maybe even too fast paced for usual GR mission. It is about an international effort to destroy terrorist networks across the globe."

This mod requires IT and DS. Download at Fileplanet, or Supporters can download from our server. Please visit Trench Soldier and leave your feedback for him at his webpage here.

SST
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, December 1 2004
Good news today as Chems has decided to complete his Starship Troopers (SST) mod for Ghost Recon. This will please many fans who have been looking forward eagerly to this total conversion mod. Expect to see SST before Christmas, and until then, check out this 32Mb movie trailer.