Red Storm Entertainment
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| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | May 9, 1996 |
| Founder | Tom Clancy, Doug Littlejohns |
| Headquarters | Cary, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Key people
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Tom Clancy, Doug Littlejohns, Steve Reid, Christian Allen |
| Products |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series |
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Number of employees
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130+ |
| Parent | Ubisoft |
| Website | Red Storm Entertainment's official website |
Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. (also known as Ubisoft Red Storm) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubisoft, specialising in video games and related merchandise, mainly based on the works of writer Tom Clancy, who also co-founded the studio. The company develops and markets their own video games, and is currently located in Cary, North Carolina.
Tom Clancy and Doug Littlejohns founded Red Storm Entertainment in 1996. Originally part of Virtus, the company released its first game – Tom Clancy's Politika, the first in the Power Plays series – in 1997. Based in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, Red Storm quickly gained a reputation with games like Dominant Species, one of the first 3D realtime strategy games. However, it was with Rainbow Six (1998) that the company firmly established itself commercially. In contrast to the run-and-gun first person shooters (FPS) that had gone before, Rainbow Six was the first true tactical FPS, a game that rewarded patience and planning as well as good aim and a keen eye. Developed alongside the novel of the same name, Rainbow Six introduced terms like "one shot, one kill" and "tango down" into the gamer lexicon. Its ground-breaking multiplayer action, including a new form of cooperative gameplay, set the standard for tactical multiplayer.
Red Storm followed on the success of Rainbow Six with a mission pack, Eagle Watch, and then in 2000 with a sequel, Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear. The company also expanded into turn-based strategy (ruthless.com and Shadow Watch) and military RTS (Force 21). In August 2000, Ubisoft purchased the studio. At the time of the sale, Red Storm was already producing Ghost Recon.
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