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Ubisoft had high hopes for Tom Clancy's EndWar when it was first released for consoles in 2008 and for the PC in 2009. Before it came out the publisher said the near-future military RTS game would be a revolution for games due to its use of voice commands for controlling the game's units. However the final product was slammed by critics for being too simple in its gameplay design.

While Ubisoft creative director Michael De Plater stated last year that sales of the game were good enough to warrant a sequel, VG247.com now quotes him as saying, "It's on the backburner" when asked about the status of an EndWar sequel. It's possible that Ubisoft's worse than expected financial results have put a number of upcoming games on hold.

This trailer for Tom Clancy's EndWar emphasis the PC release of the voice-controlled real-time strategy game based in the Tom Clancy universe. Players will take command of squads and organize them using voice commands. The game is available now on store shelves, via Steam or through Ubisoft's own digital download store.

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During a gaming session at E3, Joystiq learned that Tom Clancy's EndWar will ship to consoles on October 14. The voice-controlled real-time strategy game is currently not scheduled to hit PC but UbiSoft reps say the publishing giant is considering bringing the franchise to the PC.

Ubisoft may have a serious contender with EndWar on consoles, the home of few RTS titles, but in the world of PC gaming rife with RTS titles, could barking orders into a microphone be enough? We suspect Ubisoft will wait for sales data to be the judge.

Also, to clarify, voice-command is an optional control method for the game but as the game was built with it in mind Ubisoft recommends using your voice to control EndWar.