New RTS Tom Clancy EndWar World War III game footage

Tom Clancy's EndWar is a real-time strategy game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Playstation Portable, Nintendo DS, and PC platforms. It is set during World War III being designed by Ubisoft Shanghai. The special edition of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 included a video with the first live gameplay footage of this game.

Plot:
In 2011, the United States and the European Union sign the historic SLAMS (Space-Land-Air Missile Shield) Treaty, agreeing to co-develop technologies for a comprehensive, interlocking anti-ballistic missile system. Left out of the treaty, Russia accelerates development of its own system. SLAMS is activated in 2014. The US and EU launch test salvos against each other, which the SLAMS weapons completely destroy. Emboldened by the success of the tests, the US and EU pronounce "the end of strategic nuclear war," and the world celebrates a new age of peace and security.However, in 2015 it is found that major oil companies have overstated the amount of recoverable oil reserves. Energy security becomes the explicit priority of governments around the world. Russia, is the world's number one supplier of natural gas and crude oil, there economic stock goes up from the energy crisis, spending its oil profits on modernizing its armed forces and utilizing its returned power to influence world events. A quick nuclear war occurs between Saudi Arabia and Iran in 2016, this makes oil even more scarce and greatly starts causing much panic in the nations of Europe. Once an alliance of individual countries, Europe becomes the "European Fed." (EF). The the now fractured superpowers of the US and EF embark on a costly space arms race with each other.The militarisation of space reaches its peak in 2018, when the United States reveals plans to launch the "Freedom Star" space station into high orbit by 2020, in an effort to regain its position as the premier world superpower. While partly designed for civilian research purposes, the station will also house three companies of U.S. Marines, who can deploy anywhere on Earth within 90 minutes. International reaction is extremely negative, to say the least. In 2020, when the final module of the Freedom Star is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center amid international outcry, it comes as little surprise when a group of terrorists attack the launch site. In investigating the source of the attack, the US, the EF, and Russia find themselves at odds, rolling with unstoppable momentum toward full-scale global war.

Ubisoft has released a bunch of screensand a trailer for upcoming console RTS Tom Clancy's: EndWar, scheduledto be released sometime later on in the year.
The first EndWar trailer shows an overhead map of Europe with only Spain and half of France under US control, while the Russians occupy the rest of the continent. The camera then zooms to an ongoing battle in Paris, where a local Joint Strike Force commander, Major General Smith, directs the action from a mobile headquarters vehicle by touching and moving a holographic map display. Outside, US soldiers armed with modified M8 assault rifles, along with advanced M2 Bradley APCs, DPV Jeeps and M1 Abrams tanks attack Russian forces holding out at the Élysée Palace. Eventually, the US troops call in air support in the form of redesigned RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopters and V-22 Osprey transports, forcing the Russians to fall back. However, the assault is short-lived, as in addition to a mechanized counterattack, the Russian forces launch hundreds of UCAVs that shoot down the helicopters right on top of the soldiers. Realizing the desperate situation, General Smith issues voice attack commands to a Kinetic Strike satellite hovering over Europe. Russian soldiers surround him as he emerges from his vehicle.Just before the Russians take him in as a prisoner of war, the general says, "Now." The satellite fires a kinetic missile down on his position, obliterating himself and the Russians, as well a large section of Paris.The trailer depicts several major cultural icons from Paris, including the Eiffel Tower, a heavily damaged Luxor obelisk in the the battlefield of the Place de la Concorde, and the Louvre museum.

Official Game Homepage at ubi.com
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The trailer quickly sets the scene for World War III, before showing off some in-game action. It looks quite sweet.

After trying it ourselves a month ago, we were particularly impressedwith the voice-control and the interface that really made an RTS a joyto play on a console.

You'll have to take our word for it though, as none of that is demoed in the trailer or screenshots.