Confirmed: Ubisoft Announces New Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Game, Beta Details

A few days ago, we analyzed the 140 character tweets of two Ubisoft community managers, which described them as excited to be working on a great new project. We speculated that it could be as big as a new game announcement (like Ghost Recon) or as small as an update to their community site and/or Uplay. We’re happy to report that Ubisoft announced on Xbox Live today the existence and development of a new Ghost Recon game, subtitled Future Soldier.

The company was poised to make this grand announcement on Xbox Live in the form of a teaser, but that didn’t come to fruition at the time of this writing. No more details have been announced, but you can tag the Xbox 360 as one of the platforms this title will be released on (otherwise, an exclusive Xbox Live announcement would be foolish, indeed). When asked about what other platforms the game would be coming to, Ubisoft made haste in letting VG247 know that those details, if any, couldn’t be discussed at this time. The game is being developed by Ubisoft’s Paris studio.

We also learned that the game will be enjoying a public beta, but you’ll have to own a copy of the upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction to take part in it. The beta will kick off sometime this summer, with the game heading to stores this Holiday season. Already, 2010 is looking to be a great year for games with so many new titles announced just this week, and I’m sure there’s a lot more to come in the next few months.

We’ll pass along more info as it becomes available, as well as the official teaser from Xbox Live (whenever it actually comes up). Full press release is just ahead.

*UBISOFT^® EXPANDS TOM CLANCY PORTFOLIO WITH TOM CLANCY™’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER™*

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/Exclusive Multiplayer Beta Available This Summer/

*LONDON – February 9, 2010 –* Today Ubisoft announced that /Tom Clancy™’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™/ is in development at Ubisoft’s Paris studio and is scheduled to be released worldwide Holiday 2010.

Created by the award-winning team behind /Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter^® / and /Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter^® 2/, the game will feature cutting-edge technology, prototype high-tech weaponry, and state-of-the-art single-player and multiplayer modes. /Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier/ will go beyond the core Ghost Recon franchise and deliver a fresh gameplay experience, with an unparalleled level of quality that will excite long-time fans and newcomers alike.

Ubisoft is offering gamers a chance to be the first to play /Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s/ Multiplayer Beta this summer 2010. This exclusive beta invitation will be available for a limited time to customers who purchase /Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction/™ for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, which releases on 16 April 2010.

For ongoing updates about Tom Clancy™’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, please visit: www.GhostRecon.com<http://www.GhostRecon.com>