Ghost Recon Wildlands' Fifth Anniversary Is a Reminder of The Potential For Open-World Shooters
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr., best known as Tom Clancy, was a prominent American novelist famous for stories set during and after the Cold War. Clancy has numerous best-selling novels that have gone on to inspired multiple video game series like Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, The Division, andSplinter Cell. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands turned five years old on March 7, 2022, having been a profitable endeavor for Ubisoft.
The Ghost Recon series of video games are military tactical shooters developed and published by Ubisoft, the first dating back to a work by Red Storm Entertainment from the latter half of 2001. Players, inhabiting agents called ghosts, have to carry out real-world operations. The original Ghost Recon sold over five million units by the year 2004, leading to a prominent sub-franchise that would expand via titles like Wildlands.
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Ghost Recon Wildlands was developed with the combined efforts of Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Milan. The game began production in 2012 and was revealed at Ubisoft's E3 2015 press conference. A 30-minute short film, "Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel," was released on its Twitch channel, followed by Amazon Prime. The third-person tactical game's beta reportedly saw over 6.8 million players, and it would go on to release via PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
Ghost Recon Wildlands was the first title in the Ghost Recon series to have an open-world environment. It puts players in control of members of the Delta Company, First Battalion, and the 5th Special Forces Group as they take on missions in a modern-day setting similar to Bolivia complete with mountains, salt flats, deserts, and forests; subject to numerous
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