<s>
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
EndWar	I-Application
is	O
a	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
all	O
seventh-generation	B-Application
platforms	O
except	O
the	O
Wii	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
timing	O
and	O
flow	O
of	O
gameplay	O
differing	O
across	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
and	O
PC	O
version	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
Shanghai	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
handheld	O
versions	O
feature	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
and	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
war	O
,	O
several	O
background	O
situations	O
arise	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
adverse	O
weather	O
,	O
conditions	O
like	O
typhoons	B-General_Concept
causing	O
people	O
to	O
become	O
homeless	O
and	O
rescue	O
teams	O
being	O
dispatched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
report	O
the	O
sinking	O
of	O
enemy	O
shipping	O
by	O
airstrikes	B-Application
and	O
weapons	O
of	O
mass	O
destruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
IGN	O
interview	O
,	O
De	O
Plater	O
said	O
the	O
setting	O
of	O
EndWar	B-Application
(	O
as	O
a	O
possible	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
now	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
poor	O
sales	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
global	O
battle	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
first	O
installment	O
is	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
North	O
Atlantic	O
theater	O
of	O
battle	O
:	O
Europe	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
De	O
Plater	O
confirmed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
strategy	O
war	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voice	B-Application
commands	I-Application
can	O
be	O
input	O
through	O
any	O
headset	O
that	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
console/computer	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
using	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
playable	O
factions	O
in	O
EndWar	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
units	O
are	O
lightly	O
armored	O
,	O
but	O
their	O
vehicles	O
move	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
other	O
factions	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
infantry	B-Protocol
can	O
capture	O
and	O
upgrade	O
control	O
points	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
ranks	O
notably	O
contain	O
many	O
previous	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
elite	O
counter-terrorist	O
unit	O
,	O
Rainbow	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
Rainbow	B-Application
veterans	O
from	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
serve	O
as	O
Battalion	O
commanders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
engineers	O
and	O
tanks	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
flamethrowers	O
,	O
while	O
artillery	B-Application
and	O
gunships	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
fuel-air	O
weaponry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
United	O
States	O
Joint	O
Strike	O
Force	O
(	O
JSF	O
)	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Ghost	B-Application
Recon	I-Application
main	O
character	O
Scott	O
Mitchell	O
,	O
is	O
modeled	O
after	O
today	O
's	O
Marine	O
Expeditionary	O
Units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
veteran	O
Ghost	B-Application
Recon	I-Application
members	O
serve	O
as	O
battalion	O
commanders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
seven	O
types	O
of	O
units	O
available	O
for	O
direct	O
command	O
:	O
riflemen	O
,	O
engineers	O
,	O
tanks	O
,	O
transports	O
,	O
helicopter	O
gunships	O
,	O
artillery	B-Application
,	O
and	O
command	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
De	O
Plater	O
,	O
Creative	O
Director	O
,	O
says	O
this	O
creates	O
a	O
"	O
Pokémon-like	O
"	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
units	O
and	O
will	O
have	O
a	O
large	O
effect	O
on	O
his	O
tactics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
related	O
unit	O
types	O
other	O
games	O
consider	O
a	O
different	O
class	O
have	O
merely	O
to	O
be	O
folded	O
into	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
eight	O
present	O
in	O
EndWar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
call	O
in	O
new	O
units	O
it	O
costs	O
between	O
one	O
and	O
six	O
CP	O
(	O
Command	O
Points	O
)	O
,	O
Command	O
Points	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
call	O
in	O
airstrikes	B-Application
,	O
force	O
recon	O
,	O
and	O
electronic	O
warfare	O
,	O
the	O
three	O
kinds	O
of	O
off-map	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
warfare	O
disrupts	O
enemy	O
communications	O
,	O
disables	O
shields	O
,	O
reveals	O
hidden	O
traps	O
and	O
infantry	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
immobilizes	O
enemy	O
vehicles	O
and	O
helicopters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
infantry	B-Protocol
units	O
,	O
two	O
FAVs	O
(	O
Fast	O
Attack	O
Vehicle	O
)	O
units	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
Tank	O
units	O
from	O
the	O
regular	O
army	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
mission	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
battle	O
reaches	O
DEFCON	B-Application
1	I-Application
two	O
supports	O
are	O
unlocked	O
for	O
the	O
losing	O
player	O
;	O
these	O
are	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
Crash	O
an	O
Uplink	O
and	O
deploy	O
a	O
WMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
during	O
DEFCON	B-Application
1	I-Application
,	O
units	O
used	O
as	O
reinforcements	O
only	O
cost	O
two	O
Command	O
Points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conquest	O
:	O
These	O
battles	O
are	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
,	O
as	O
Conquest	O
is	O
the	O
primary	O
mode	O
in	O
EndWar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
over	O
half	O
the	O
uplinks	O
are	O
controlled	O
,	O
DEFCON	B-Application
1	I-Application
initiates	O
and	O
access	O
to	O
DEFCON	B-Application
1	I-Application
supports	O
is	O
granted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
EndWar	I-Application
offers	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
voice	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
controlling	O
the	O
game	O
via	O
mouse	B-Device
and	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
the	O
player	O
may	O
optionally	O
issue	O
commands	O
using	O
a	O
microphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voice	O
interface	O
is	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
a	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
supporting	O
at	O
least	O
the	O
English	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officials	O
at	O
Ubisoft	O
Shanghai	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
only	O
voice	B-Application
commands	I-Application
;	O
Jeff	O
Bakalar	O
of	O
CNET	O
concurred	O
,	O
saying	O
the	O
demonstration	O
he	O
watched	O
ran	O
for	O
twenty	O
minutes	O
without	O
any	O
perceptible	O
faults	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemy	O
units	O
will	O
only	O
be	O
detected	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
within	O
the	O
Line-of-Sight	O
of	O
a	O
unit	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
more	O
realistic	O
type	O
of	O
fog	O
of	O
war	O
than	O
is	O
found	O
in	O
most	O
other	O
strategy	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
private	O
beta	O
test	O
version	O
was	O
playable	O
among	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
Gold	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VIP	O
demo	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
users	O
who	O
pre-ordered	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
week	O
late	O
on	O
October	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
features	O
one	O
single-player	O
story	O
mission	O
,	O
one	O
map	O
that	O
is	O
playable	O
in	O
Skirmish	O
mode	O
with	O
either	O
1	O
vs.	O
1	O
or	O
1	O
vs.	O
AI	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Voice	B-Application
Command	I-Application
Trainer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
Marketplace	O
on	O
October	O
15	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Store	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
special	O
edition	O
of	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Six	I-Application
Vegas	O
2	O
included	O
a	O
video	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
live	O
gameplay	O
footage	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
online	O
advertisements	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
EndWar	B-Application
website	O
at	O
Endwargame.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Endwar	B-Application
's	O
release	O
date	O
was	O
pushed	O
back	O
three	O
times	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
pushed	O
back	O
to	O
March	O
2008	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
EndWar	B-Application
trailer	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
displays	O
an	O
overhead	O
map	O
of	O
Western	O
Europe	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
large	O
part	O
of	O
Spain	O
and	O
half	O
of	O
France	O
under	O
Joint	O
Strike	O
Force	O
control	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Russian	O
Federation	O
Spetsnaz	O
has	O
engrossed	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
continent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
camera	O
then	O
zooms	O
to	O
an	O
ongoing	O
battle	O
in	O
Paris	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
local	O
Joint	O
Strike	O
Force	O
commander	O
,	O
Major	O
General	O
Smith	O
,	O
directs	O
the	O
action	O
from	O
a	O
mobile	O
headquarters	O
vehicle	O
by	O
using	O
an	O
interactive	O
holographic	B-Algorithm
map	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
before	O
the	O
Spetsnaz	O
take	O
him	O
in	O
as	O
a	O
prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
war	I-Application
,	O
the	O
general	O
says	O
,	O
"	O
Now.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
's	O
death	O
would	O
be	O
mentioned	O
in	O
passing	O
in	O
the	O
EndWar	B-Application
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Endwar	B-Application
was	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
novel	O
,	O
on	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
paperback	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
back	O
cover	O
says	O
"	O
Based	O
on	O
Ubisoft	O
's	O
bestselling	O
game	O
,	O
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
EndWar	I-Application
"	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
game	O
not	O
yet	O
having	O
been	O
released	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
EndWar	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Hunted	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
by	O
Berkley	O
Books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
sequel	O
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
EndWar	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Missing	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
,	O
Endwar	B-Application
has	O
received	O
the	O
"	O
Escalation	O
"	O
downloadable	O
pack	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Network	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
Marketplace	O
which	O
contains	O
three	O
new	O
unit	O
upgrades	O
(	O
one	O
per	O
faction	O
)	O
and	O
four	O
new	O
maps	O
playable	O
in	O
skirmish	O
mode	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
additional	O
achievements/trophies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EndWar	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
www.gametrailers.com	O
gave	O
EndWar	B-Application
a	O
9/10	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
Console	O
strategy	O
done	O
right.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
rated	O
EndWar	B-Application
as	O
an	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
taking	O
marks	O
away	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Uninspired	O
single	O
player	O
campaign	O
"	O
but	O
still	O
saw	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
more	O
than	O
solid	O
RTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Spot	O
's	O
Kevin	O
VanOrd	O
rated	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
EndWar	B-Application
as	O
a	O
7.5	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
praising	O
its	O
"	O
Innovative	O
voice	B-Application
command	I-Application
mechanic	O
"	O
and	O
stating	O
"	O
Persistent	O
online	O
campaign	O
makes	O
matches	O
feel	O
meaningful	O
"	O
but	O
berated	O
it	O
for	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
story	O
and	O
"	O
simple	O
rock-paper-scissors	O
skirmishes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Ubisoft	O
Shanghai	O
is	O
working	O
on	O
EndWar	B-Application
Online	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
a	O
browser-based	B-Protocol
free-to-play	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
indefinitely	O
on	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
