Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is an American series of military tactical shooter video games created by Red Storm Entertainment, the game development studio founded in part by American author Tom Clancy. Ghost Recon has also been novelized by Grant Blackwood under the pseudonym David Michaels. In the series, the player is in charge of a fictional, newly-conceived squad of United States Army Special Forces operators from Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (5th SFG) stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Except for the "1st Battalion, 5th SFG" designation, this unit is entirely fictional, as Special Forces Battalions currently only support three Companies (A, B and C). They are sometimes referred to as "the Ghosts". Their role is not unlike other real world special operations forces, in that their operations are kept highly classified.

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While Ghost Recon Online is decidedly a video game (unlike some of Ubisoft's other experiments of late), it's clear the French publisher is eager to invest in new markets like, for example, the free-to-play shooter market. Ghost Recon Online (GROnline?) is a third-person, cover-based tactical shooter –- that's what Ghost Recon games are, after all. The big difference in this Ubisoft Singapore-developed title is that, unlike its console-based counterparts, GROnline will be freely downloadable when it launches "in the second half of 2011." Too long to wait? A closed beta kicks off this summer.

Like most other free-to-play titles, Ghost Recon Online will allow microtransactions, giving players the ability to purchase "premium items" to "personalize their experience" (and enhance their abilities). "The online market has evolved into an important new frontier for video games and for gamers," Ubi CEO Yves Guillemot said in a press release. "With Ghost Recon Online, as well as with other important upcoming projects, Ubisoft is confident that we're creating high quality, innovative online experiences, and that our customers will benefit from the choice and creativity that Ubisoft brings to the market."

If you want to get in on that beta, head over to the Ghost Recon Online site and share that email! If you just want to watch a trailer for the game, that's okay too – you'll find it just past the break.

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As a soldier in the United States military, you are often tasked with the most difficult jobs and put in the most dangerous situations. Take the fight to the enemy and complete your mission...


Ghost Recon Online is a free-to-play third person shooter MMOG that lets you live the life of a soldier in the modern-day military. You have a massive weapons arsenal at your disposal in order to get the job done and powerful skills to help.

In Ghost Recon Online, you will earn experience as you complete missions and take down your opponents. By doing so, you can raise your level and unlock new skills as well as abilities. These can make a serious difference in a life or death situation.

In addition to customizing your character with skills, Ghost Recon Online gives you the opportunity to change your equipment as well. If you want to be a heavily armored and be able to protect your comrades, you can outfit yourself appropriately or you could equip some very stealthy camouflage and move into a better position to fire on the enemy. The choice is yours.

Join up with your friends in order to complete harder missions and participate in intense player versus player sorties. Ghost Recon Online requires that your team works together well to complete the stated objective, whether it being eliminating the other team or taking a control point.

The future is now and you must conquer tomorrow’s battlefield with superior tactics and equipment. In Ghost Recon Online, you must play alongside your teammates and work together in order to complete the missions you are given and be victorious on the battlefield.