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In 1996, Clancy co-founded the computer game developer Red Storm Entertainment and ever since he has had his name on several of Red Storm’s most successful games. Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft Entertainment, which continues to use the Clancy name.

This game series includes:

Red Storm Rising: A submarine sim game loosely based on the novel of the same name. Produced in 1990 by MicroProse for IBM PC Compatible, C64, and Amiga.
SSN: The novel of the same name is based on it.
Shadow Watch: Turn based strategy based on the Power Play novel.
Rainbow Six Series: Squad-based first-person shooters, based on the novel of the same name, typically taking place in closed urban environments.

  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six (1998)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch (1999)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (1999)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Operations (2000)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials (2000)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn (2001)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea (2001)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf (2002)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 (2003)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Broken Wing (2003)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Urban Crisis (2003)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (2004)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword (2004)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath (2005)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Critical Hour (2006)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2008)
  • Ghost Recon Series: Squad-based first-person shooters/third-person shooters. As opposed to the Rainbow Six games, Ghost Recon usually takes place in larger, outdoor environments.
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon (2001)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (2003)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (2003)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm (2004)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2 (2004)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike (2005)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (2007)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 4 (2009)
  • Splinter Cell Series: Third person stealth games, lately spawned a line of books written by a series of different authors, all writing under the pseudonym David Michaels.
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (2002)
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004)
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005)
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Essentials (2006)
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006)
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction (2010)
  • End War Series : Franchise set in a speculative World War 3, taking place in 2020.
  • Tom Clancy’s EndWar (2008)
  • Air Combat Series : Upcoming air combat.
  • Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. (2009)

There were also video games based on the novel The Hunt for Red October and the film adaptation thereof. The two games were published by Grandslam Entertainment. The version based on the film was available on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC, Amstrad, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES and Game Boy systems, whereas the version based on the book was available on the Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad 1512 pc, Amstrad CPC, Apple Macintosh, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 systems. In 2002 and 2003 a video game based on the film version of The Sum of All Fears was released for the PC and Nintendo Gamecube system. All though very similar to the Rainbow Six games, The Sum Of All Fears was poorly received.

Many of the games bearing the Clancy name have been very successful, spawning several sequels and expansions. It is unknown how much input Clancy actually has into the games.

Games bearing the Tom Clancy name, including Splinter Cell and the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon series, must receive approval from Clancy himself to earn his endorsement. Some of the aspects of games that he looks for include realistic weapons, military tactics, and health systems for the game’s characters.

World news media is a fictional news network that had been feature in many Tom Clancy’s video games.

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