Ubisoft Shuts Down Red Storm Amid Massive Game Development Load: What's Next for Tom Clancy's Legacy?
Last week, Ubisoft Shuts Down Legendary Red Storm Studio: 105 Developers Out of Work, which was founded by writer Tom Clancy back in 1996 and was the creator of the spy sub-series of Tom Clancy's games.
In recent years, the studio faced a series of high-profile failures, and Ubisoft did not give it a chance to prove its worth, even though the team was working on many projects.
Work was in full swing at Red Storm
Insider Gaming Weekly podcast participants reported that, according to their data, the Red Storm studio was involved in at least ten Ubisoft projects.
According to journalists, the team performed the following work:
- seasonal content for Rainbow Six Siege;
- a new Ghost Recon installment code-named Project OVR;
- support for Brawlhalla;
- development of Beyond Good & Evil 2 (yes, it has been ongoing for almost 20 years!);
- a small Rainbow Six spin-off — Slice & Dice;
- an unnamed Splinter Cell series game;
- sound for The Division 2;
- conceptualization for The Division 3;
- an expanded edition of Watch Dogs: Legion;
- an unannounced project at the concept stage.
The studio is closed, but work continues
Obviously, all these tasks are now distributed across other Ubisoft divisions, but it is nonetheless regrettable to see the closure of the studio that gave gamers the Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six franchises, and without it, there would not have been Splinter Cell either.
The remaining Red Storm employees will support the Snowdrop engine, but game development for this studio has ended.
And although Red Storm is closed, and Ubisoft is moving away from the Tom Clancy's brand in game titles, the series will continue, with its development being taken over by Massive Entertainment (The Division), Ubisoft Montréal (Rainbow Six Siege), Ubisoft Paris (Ghost Recon: Wildlands), and Ubisoft Toronto (Splinter Cell remake).
Source: Insider Gaming Weekly
