I called it first: Tom Clancy flight combat game in development!

[Timstuff]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6179825.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;4

As with the rest of the Tom Clancy franchise, the as-yet-untitled game takes place in the near future, with America under attack by a powerful private military group. However, diverging from the infantry-based warfare found in the rest of the franchise, Ubisoft's latest takes to the skies for futuristic flight combat.

At the helm of high-tech jet fighters, players will engage in "all the action and excitement of modern air combat, from intense dogfighting to tactical strikes," said Ubisoft managing director Sébastien Delen. The game will also support online multiplayer combat and have a gradient learning curve through adjustable player-assist features.

Ubisoft has tasked its studio in Bucharest, Romania, to develop the game. Ubisoft Romania's previous work includes Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII and Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific.

Ubisoft plans to launch its latest Tom Clancy series in 2008 on consoles and the PC.

YESSSSSSSS! I've been clamoring for this game for ages, and they're finally making it! About darned time, I should say! t:

 

[Fenrir]

Well I'm pretty much in crazy love with Tom Clancy games - Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six and ESPECIALLY Ghost Recon, so this is great news.

 

[Zenien]

It's probably the same team behind Blazing Angels, and they're probably discontinued the Blazing Angels series in favor of rebranding it as a Tom Clancy series.

 

[Fran]

Tom Clancy's Flaming Halos

 

[Timstuff]

It's probably the same team behind Blazing Angels, and they're probably discontinued the Blazing Angels series in favor of rebranding it as a Tom Clancy series.

Modern flight combat is a lot different from WW2 combat. Also, the use of the Tom Clancy liscense probably means there will be a lot more resources put towards the game, since Tom Clancy's is Ubisoft's biggest brand. I don't think they're gonna go half-@$$ed with it, and it's not like Blazing Angels was bad, just underwhelming.