Ubisoft Announces EndWar XBL VIP Demo - Token Insert Begins Early October

by Chad Lakkis on August 26, 2008 at 4:27 pm

If you have been looking forward to Tom’Clancy’s strategy game, EndWar, and you own an Xbox 360, you will get your shot at a multiplayer beta come early October.

The catch (and ultimately what makes this a “VIP demo“) is that you will need to pre-order the game (I see a trend developing here) in order to receive a token which grants you access to download the game. The press release states that slots are limited and tokens will be given out on a first come first serve basis.

A full copy of the press release is available after the jump.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES TOM CLANCY’S ENDWAR(TM) PRE-LAUNCH VIP DEMO

San Francisco – August 26, 2008 – Kicking off the countdown to the game’s release this fall, Ubisoft announced today that a pre-launch VIP demo of Tom Clancy’s EndWar(TM) for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be made available to consumers prior to the game’s release. Tom Clancy’s EndWar was recently named the Best Strategy Game of E3 2008 by Game Critics Awards, the first time ever a console game has received this award.

“We believe EndWar will revolutionize the strategy genre on consoles and are thrilled gamers will be able to get a little taste of why we are so excited about EndWar’s release this holiday season,” said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. “With its innovative voice command and intuitive game design, fans will be able to learn first hand how a console game was able to win the judges over and win Best Strategy Game of E3 for the first time in a category previously dominated by PC titles.”

The pre-launch VIP demo will feature multiplayer functionality and serve as a final stress test for the online systems of the massive war game, allowing fans to try EndWar’s voice command¬ enabled strategy prior to its release. With only a limited number of slots available for access to the VIP demo, fans that pre-order the game at participating retailers will be given access to a unique token on a first-come first-served basis that will allow them to download the VIP demo from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360.

The Xbox 360 VIP demo of Tom Clancy’s EndWar will begin in early October.

Tom Clancy’s EndWar will ship in North America this fall for the Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Nintendo DS(TM). For more information go to www.endwargame.com or www.endwargame.com/vipdemo.