Fans of Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's games took a hit this past week when Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction was delayed from September this year into 2022. The Rainbow Six Siege spin-off will offer a fresh sci-fi spin, rare in the Tom Clancy's franchise. Ubisoft appears to empathize with those let down by this news, it seems. While Rainbow Six Extraction may be delayed, Ubisoft is lining up something else new in the Tom Clancy's franchise, instead, and it is set to be revealed tomorrow.
The confirmation from Ubisoft came as a complete surprise, dropping on the official Ubisoft Twitter account with little fanfare. The tweet is short and simple, promising the worldwide reveal of a brand new Tom Clancy's game at 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET on July 19. The only other hint from the text of the tweet is that "things are going to get wild," a hint that doesn't have a clear tie to any past Tom Clancy's game, as any tie to Ghost Recon Wildlands is certainly unintentional.
Rather than leave fans pondering what the new project could be, however, Ubisoft spoiled the surprise a bit early. A clip was shared by IGN shortly after Ubisoft's announcement. The clip confirms that the new Tom Clancy's game is a first-person shooter with what looks like team-based gameplay, not unlike Call of Duty. As such, it seems like Ubisoft could be announcing a new type of competitive multiplayer game tomorrow.
What's different about the new Tom Clancy's game, setting it apart from Call of Duty, is that the player appears to have several abilities reminiscent of a class from The Division. For example, the player has an activatable shield fired from a gun that blocks enemy gunfire for a brief amount of time. They also have a grenade, which likely has a special effect, and an ultimate ability that isn't used.
Those who have been following rumors regarding Ubisoft's in-development projects may recall a leak recently about an in-development FPS based on The Division. That project's name was BattleCat and features elements both from The Division and Splinter Cell. At its heart, however, it is supposedly a team-based PvP game. The announcement was expected to come at E3 2021, but it's possible Ubisoft's development team needed extra time.
Fans of the Tom Clancy's games will find out exactly what Ubisoft is teasing tomorrow at 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET via Ubisoft's streaming and social media channels. Whether it's tied to Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Endwar, HAWX, The Division, or is something entirely new, it's going to be exciting to find out what Ubisoft's doing with the Tom Clancy's series next.