Also at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show is Tom Clancy's EndWar, the voice-controlled strategy game from Ubisoft Shanhai due on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 November 4.

Here are new screenshots featuring action in such cities as Copenhagen, Paris and Washington.

Following up on yesterday's report that a PC release of Tom Clancy's EndWar is likely, creative director Michael de Plater has now revealed that piracy is to blame for the delayed PC version of the Ubisoft Shanhai-developed voice-controlled RTS game.

"To be honest, if PC wasn't pirated to hell and back, there'd probably be a PC version coming out the same day as the other two," Plater told VG247. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of EndWar arrive November 7.

"The level of piracy that you get with the PC just cannibalizes the others, because people just steal that version," he elaborated. "Piracy's basically killing PC."

In addition to Ubisoft, publisher Electronic Arts is also known to delay PC versions until after a game hits consoles, though it has not explicitly cited piracy as the cause.

For example, EA Redwood Shores' Dead Space hits PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 14, with the PC version coming the next week. And DICE's Mirror's Edge, once slated to ship simultaneously on consoles and PC, will now hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 11 while the PC version is targeted for a vague "winter" release window.

EndWar creative director Michael de Plater has said that a PC port of the Tom Clancy voice-controlled strategy game is likely. When asked whether the RTS game--which has seemed an ideal candidate for the PC from the beginning--would be ported to the PC in the future, de Plater told videogaming247: "Yeah. There's no reason not to."

Tom Clancy's EndWar is set to release November 7 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Publisher Ubisoft has issued two new trailers for Ubisoft Shanghai's voice-controlled World War III strategy game Tom Clancy's EndWar, which arrives in PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 form on November 4.

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Stronger European currency has caused French publisher Ubisoft to view Europe's market as more important than that of the US, CEO Yves Guillemot has revealed.

"Turnover in Europe is actually more important than the US now, and by more than 5%," Guillemot told GamesIndustry.biz, owing the shift to the strength of the pound and euro. "It's become a very strong market for us."

Echoing Nintendo's mission statement with its Wii and DS hardware, the Ubisoft executive expressed his belief that games such as Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Ubisoft Shanghai's upcoming voice-controlled RTS effort EndWar (PS3, 360) are increasing the popularity and appeal of games by making them more accessible.

"A game like EndWar, for example, which you can control by voice--it's totally changing the industry because it gives you the opportunity to command what's happening, and to have a quick answer to the orders you give," he explained. "I think this market has no limit in the growth it can have if we can make sure that the people that are coming in are staying."

Yet more from the Leipzig Games Convention as Ubisoft has also issued new screenshots from their upcoming sci-fi strategy game Tom Clancy's EndWar (PS3, X360).

Additionally, a new "Theater of War" trailer for the game is available featuring cinematic and in-game footage.

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Developed by Ubisoft Shanghai, Tom Clancy's EndWar is scheduled for an October 15 release.

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Also coming from Ubisoft later this year is Tom Clancy's EndWar, the voice controller strategy game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Check out screenshots here, and a new trailer below. Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream.

People interested in beta testing Ubisoft's voice-controlled strategy game Tom Clancy's EndWar (PS3, X360) can now sign up at this website, provided they have an Xbox 360 with an Xbox Live Gold subscription, and 3GB of free space.

The private beta, which will run for three weeks in June and July, will include three maps and the ability to play 1v1 and 2v2 matches. For more on EndWar check out our recent impressions and interview.

At the recent Ubisoft press event, I got a chance to try out the Ubisoft Shanghai-developed Tom Clancy's EndWar, that voice command-enabled, real-world RTS for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

At its core, EndWar is fairly simple. You command tanks, infantry, helicopters and artillery, all arranged in small unit groupings a la World in Conflict. You capture points. You call in reinforcements. You say things like "task force one, attack hostile three." You feel kind of cool, and a little ashamed at the same time.

The voice recognition works surprisingly well, picking up my words on a noisy show floor without much trouble. In fact, the only bothersome aspect of the whole thing was remembering to hold down the right trigger before talking, and to let it go afterward. Unfortunately, the game does not recognize wanton cursing.

A few minutes into my demo, I had most of the basic voice commands down. The thing is, I'm not sure it actually saved me much time, as the controller works pretty well for basic commands. Often I ended up using a combination of the two... Read more

Tom Clancy's EndWar plays a bit like a voice-controlled version of World in Conflict. And like World in Conflict, it features an assortment of weapons of mass destruction.

In speaking with Ubisoft representative Julian Gerighty, I learned that the development team turned to an unlikely source of inspiration for WMD usage in their real-world RTS: Nintendo's Mario Kart.

"One of the big, big cheeses at Ubisoft is called Serge Hascoet," explained Gerighty. "He's the guy behind Rayman, he's the guy behind hundreds of things. He's a very creative guy, and a little crazy.

"So we were working on this game, and we found that at the end--one of the problems with strategy games is that when you're dominating, it's no fun for you or [your opponent]. It's just mopping up the one, and trying to avoid being mopped up for the other.

"So we wanted to give it this reversal, and the reversal came in the form of the last lap of Mario Kart." ... Read more

Ubisoft just sent over a new trailer for its upcoming voice-controlled strategy title EndWar.

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Developed by Ubisoft Shanghai, Tom Clancy's EndWar will arrive on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 within the company's next fiscal year, which runs April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009.

Recent Tom Clancy games have been building towards a major world conflict, and now Ubisoft Shanghai plans to tie all that together with its upcoming Tom Clancy's EndWar, a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 real-time strategy game set in the near future of World War III. Ubisoft has shown little of the game so far, but during a recent press event I was able to chat with Ubisoft Shanghai's Julian Gerighty to learn more about EndWar and how the studio plans to take such a traditionally PC-oriented genre to consoles. Ubisoft also released some new Tom Clancy's EndWar screenshots. ... Read more