Ubisoft buys up Tom Clancy rights, announces Clancy MMO

42 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Mar 20th 2008 5:15PM
Filed under: Business

Publisher Ubisoft sealed a mega-deal today for the rights to the Tom Clancy brand name to "use in video games and ancillary products including related books, movies and merchandising products." No price tag was affixed publicly to the deal, but Newsweek spoke with Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter who guesses it was somewhere around $100 million.

GameDaily reports that in a follow up conference call to the announcement, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated the company is looking to make a Tom Clancy MMO. Guillemot also guessed the MMO would cost around $50 million to make. Yes, but will it have the prerequisite elves and dwarves in there to become a phenomenon?

Read -- Ubisoft Locks Up All Tom Clancy Rights, Plans for MMO
Read -- Newsweek talks to Pachter

Tags: BreakingNews, clancy, rights, tom-clancy, tomclancy, ubisoft

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Shagittarius: Mar 20th 2008; 5:18PM

Maybe it will be an MMO where the gameplay revolves around writing crappy mainstream best sellers Ala Tom Clancy.

TimDaleYo: Mar 20th 2008; 6:59PM

Ouch.
I never read any of his novels, but other than this, all I have heard are good things.

I have never played a Tom Clancy game though. So I don't have a very valid opinion anyway.

Abuzar: Mar 20th 2008; 11:55PM

Have you READ any of his novels? He writes a compelling story. So, yeah, his books are very straight forward, but then again he doesn't need to write like William Faulkner.

Fernando Rocker: Mar 20th 2008; 5:19PM

Meh.

Fernando Rocker: Mar 20th 2008; 5:20PM

Can I make a Nintendo fanboy comment? =p

ViagraFiend: Mar 20th 2008; 5:22PM

Fernando Rocker: Mar 20th 2008; 5:24PM

samfish (Brawl: 2793 0291 2277): Mar 20th 2008; 5:25PM

Just GO FOR IT!

Fernando Rocker: Mar 20th 2008; 5:28PM

Ok samfish =p

If Nintendo someday release an MMO with all the Nintendo characters, it will kill even WoW.

Just imagine all the Nintendo universe combined... =)

ViagraFiend: Mar 20th 2008; 5:30PM

Blast!

samfish (Brawl: 2793 0291 2277): Mar 20th 2008; 5:39PM

Nah, that wouldn't be a threat to WoW.

PokeMMO, however, would throw WoW to the ground, stomp violently on it's wind pipe and proceed to piss in it's open, gasping maw.

Shagittarius: Mar 20th 2008; 5:40PM

I would like a Nintendo property only if the game was titled and based around the concept of:

Nintendo Properties: Rape Island

Fernando Rocker: Mar 20th 2008; 5:43PM

Samfish...

PokeMMO... that would be a big threat for WoW =p

eldee: Mar 20th 2008; 5:48PM

Yeah, a nintendo MMO would be great. Instead of having diverse characters, we'll all be using cookie-cutter Mii's and won't be able to chat using text or voice. Instead we'll have to use pre-selected mommy-approved phrases and emoticons. heh..

Vcize: Mar 20th 2008; 6:05PM

haha...

DangerMouse: Mar 20th 2008; 6:42PM

As if Nintendo would put an MMO on the PC.

Kael: Mar 20th 2008; 9:00PM

PokeMMOn = awesome. Clancy MMO = huh?

What in the world would a Clancy MMO be like? What an unnatural fit! Seems like another soulless (and late) attempt to jump on the MMO bandwagon in the fool's hope to ride Warcraft's golden coattails. A PokeMMOn game makes immediate sense from a gameplay perspective and you can think of all kinds of possibilities and new ground for it to tread, but a Clancy MMO? Are you going to go out and kill 10 terrorists and collect their headbands as proof?

samfish (Brawl: 2793 0291 2277): Mar 20th 2008; 5:26PM

I can hear EA's drool dripping on the floor already.

WiiFTW: Mar 20th 2008; 5:29PM

Hmm...I'm fine as long as this doesn't bring a half-assed shooter with garbage controls to the Wii: see Call of Duty 3, Medal of Honor: Vanguard.

What I'm really hoping for is a real shooter on the Wii with real controls, similar to Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 or MP3: Corruption. If only...

NATO_Duke: Mar 20th 2008; 5:34PM

WOW!

I am just shocked on them sinking that much money into this with it being so far into his francises.

That being said, Ubi, I had this idea about a team of cops who shoot people for whatever reason at various places around the world because of...cold war issues, yeah, thats it. Can I have a few million please?

Kassu: Mar 20th 2008; 5:38PM

All your name are belong to us.

DangerMouse: Mar 20th 2008; 6:44PM

All your quote are belong to 4 years ago.

Alexisonfire: Mar 20th 2008; 5:45PM

So it's an MMO where everyone rolls rogues?

JimeneX: Mar 20th 2008; 5:52PM

Seriously, who would play an MMO full of Nintendo fanboys?

Fernando Rocker: Mar 20th 2008; 5:57PM

Me =)

NATO_Duke: Mar 20th 2008; 6:00PM

Sorry Fernando - it would be mindnumbing. It also would never dent WoW. You underestimate the PC gamers.

Lone Starr: Mar 20th 2008; 5:53PM

ahahahahaha

Syrant: Mar 20th 2008; 6:09PM

I think a Nintendo MMO would own, but they'd have to do it right. I don't think it'd hurt WOW though, because the games have two different audiences.

so um yeah nice tom clancy doubt i'd play it

Sintax: Mar 20th 2008; 6:11PM

A naruto mmo or a pokemmo that are more than just point and click or lock on target and hit hotkey, but actually action mmo's would run WoW in to the ground.. but we will see it? ...no..

Noshino: Mar 20th 2008; 6:28PM

I really doubt they would decide to change the pokemon formula, they have been using it for quite a while...

I got bored after Crystal, but yah, if they decide to change the way of playing it and it becomes more of an action game, then Im all up for it.

Wilhelm: Mar 20th 2008; 7:25PM

A Pokemon MMO would be crazy. Basically make it like the Gameboy/DS games, but in a huge 3D world.

Jonah Falcon: Mar 20th 2008; 7:06PM

I'd play an MMO that allowed you to kill elves and dwarves with modern firearms.

StuScotsLazyEye: Mar 20th 2008; 7:18PM

How little these games have come since Rogue Spear...pity.

Ihavepants: Mar 21st 2008; 6:41AM

Rogue Spear kicked ass.

The current "Rainbow SIX" games don't even have 6 people...

Ihavepants: Mar 20th 2008; 8:03PM

Why is noone talking about what a crappy idea turning a stealth game into an mmo is?

Ihavepants: Mar 21st 2008; 6:40AM

Oh... because it isn't a Splinter Cell mmo... thank god, but it will still be shite.

Kuuma: Mar 20th 2008; 9:19PM

Booo.

Kuuma: Mar 20th 2008; 9:21PM

How about a cool MMO idea?

Current count : 2

CJJB: Mar 20th 2008; 9:57PM

"WTF" springs to mind.

jaybcorreia: Mar 21st 2008; 12:42AM

for a PokeMMo couldn't they just make servers dedicated to a younger audience then have servers for adults? Just a thought.

Deck: Mar 21st 2008; 2:34AM

So...what will this actually be about? MMOFPS? I mean... really, what are they gonna do to it?

hvnlysoldr: Apr 12th 2008; 4:53PM

I'd go for a Pokemon MMO just to annoy others by asking if they liek mudkipz.

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