Ubisoft's getting into the free-to-play shooter space with Ghost Recon Online for PC, the publisher has announced today.

It's exactly what you'd expect: a full-featured, online multiplayer, third-person, cover-based tactical shooter. Oh, and did you catch the part where it's free-to-play? Ubisoft will offer optional "premium items" to "personalize" the game experience, however.

I had a chance to get an early hands-on with the game at Ubisoft's pre-E3 event, and came away impressed by what Ubisoft's Singapore studio is building. We were able to choose from one of three classes -- Assault, Recon, Specialist -- before fiddling around with the game's weapon customization and load outs. For a free-to-play title, the game looked surprisingly sharp. Ubisoft tells us its aiming for Ghost Recon Online's minimum specs to hit the bar for most mid-range PCs.

Applications to get in on this summer's beta are open now on the game's official website; the title is slated to be fully launched by year's end.

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Isshak Ferdjani

Hm for some reason I had a feeling Ubisoft was making MAC version of their games now. Guess not :/
I'm starting to get used to Brink's SMART system, other FPSs feel so restrictive now lol!

Mr Andy Dixon

"We were able to choose from one of four classes -- Assault, Recon, Specialist"

Let's see here... 1 + 1 + 1... carry the 0... subtract the dividend... find the square root of -7... multiply that by the amount of time it takes 2 trains to meet halfway when one is driving 60 MPH and the other 70... factor in the strength of the solar winds in December...

Yeah, that's only three classes.

asjr13

ima try it out

Isshak Ferdjani

@mrrandydixon: the fourth class is "--" obviously duh

Nick Chester

The fourth class is your mom.

RedQueensAce

Goodbye Ghost Recon.

Isshak Ferdjani

oh no he didn't!
:p

Mr Andy Dixon

@Nick Chester

"The fourth class is your mom."



Touché.

Dhaos

So this is a new ghost recon and not the o.g.?

B4DKARM4

How about ubisoft stop dicking around with this F2P bullshit and finally get around to shitting out future soldier before it becomes Ghost Recon Vaporware Soldier?

Bobthecatlol

what special skills will Andy's mum bring to the Ghost Recon team?

Linfosoma

What's a "tactual shooter"?

Mr Andy Dixon

@Bobthecatlol

"what special skills will Andy's mum bring to the Ghost Recon team?"

Let's just say her weapons are of the... "biological" nature.

Max-

This looks like it could be fun, though I'd rather have Future Soldier right now thanks :)

Nick Chester

@Linfosoma:

I want the answer to be "it's your mom," but it's just a typo.

Linfosoma

I dont know, I would play a tactual shooter, it sounds kinky.

Xzyliac

@Bobthecatlol
She bangs dudes and poops out babies which you can then send to attack your opponents en masse.

Hawks

Meh, 3rd person. Pass.

tahmidk

hope it runs ok on my beast intel pentium 4 3.0 ghz with a 256mb graphics card and 2gb ram

stevesan

Huh color me interest!

The Cast

So it's Future's setting but with GRAW gameplay?

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