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Posted: Fri, 21st Mar 2008 08:07 Post subject: Ubisoft 'Ready To Go' On Clancy MMO

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Following French publisher Ubisoft's (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2) recent announcement that it acquired all IP rights to the name “Tom Clancy," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot held a conference call on what he called "a major step in the development of Ubisoft," revealing further details -- such as a Tom Clancy-branded MMO in the works.

The Details On The MMO

Guillemot revealed that the company had considered developing an MMO for some time, but had been held back by the royalty fees they will no longer have to pay.

"On the MMO, the investment is generally high, so you need to maximize the revenue. And with the royalties we had [been paying], it was another barrier not to create the game, because the return on investment was diminished by that," he said.

Continued Guillemot, "Having no royalties, it's going to help us to have a full return, so we are ready and decide now to go for an MMO on the Clancy name -- which is big, because you have on one side Splinter Cell, Sam Fisher, the Rainbow [Sixes] the GRAW and all the other new creations that we have. So this will make that product [a] really big product."

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Not a MMO guy myself but anyho, a Special Ops/End War MMO...why not

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