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Ubisoft's EndWar to get 'VIP demo' early October

9:50 AM on 08.27.2008, Nick Chester 13 comments

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If you're looking to scratch that "yell orders at a bunch of troops" itch, Ubisosft has just the thing for you. The publisher has announced that a demo for their upcoming voice-controlled EndWar will be made available this October for the Xbox 360. The catch? VIPs only, baby!

The demo will be available in limited numbers to fans who pre-order the game at participating retailers. The demo can only be downloaded by redeeming your super secret, ultra VIP code you receive upon pre-ordering. You're very important; don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 

It doesn't look like there will be a PlayStation 3 version of the demo, but EndWar will be coming to Sony's console and the PC this October, so the wait to order troops around shouldn't be too long. PS3 and PC owners just aren't "very important." Hey, Ubisoft said it, not me.

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.

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SLiFE at 08/27/2008 10:28
I never did understand pre-order exclusive demos.
I need to try this game before I make any sort of decision about it. Without a readily available demo, it's just gonna get lost among the flood of games over the next 3 months.
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Fusiontr at 08/27/2008 10:53
This is a stupid idea
Those that were sceptical about the voice command systems won't be able to try out whether it is to them and they obviously won't buy it since they're going in blindly
thus Ubisoft loses money

What a stupid, stupid idea
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bVork at 08/27/2008 10:54
Well, maybe they're not releasing a public demo because of this study that says games that don't have public demos sell better. It's really irritating for those of us that will NOT buy most games sight unseen, but it sadly makes good business sense to only give demos out to people who are already going to buy a game.

I'm interested but there's no way I'm going to buy this game without playing it first. There are too many games coming out this fall (isn't that always the case?) to risk spending some money on a turkey.
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Emrah at 08/27/2008 11:25
I agree public demos can hurt sales. I know I wouldn't buy the shi**y game that is Pain, if I had tried. I tried PES2008 demo, and hated it due to its technical glitches (unwatchable replays due to frame drops etc..) even tho I wanted to like it so much.

I won't be caught another time, tho. No buying without trying demos, unless I am utterly and incredibly hyped for it.
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TUoAnonymous at 08/27/2008 11:36
A similar thing happened with COD4, the beta was up for the select few. Thinking about it, Endwar will likely go the same way over time, no demo up even after launch.
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GC Riot at 08/27/2008 11:54
So basically they're giving the demo to people who have already bought the game and screw the ones sitting on the fence?
Great move, Ubisoft! Great move!
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Twosixteen at 08/27/2008 12:14
Public demos only hurt SHITTY games.
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king3vbo at 08/27/2008 13:15
Preorder demos are lame, but I'll use the excuse that I was planning on preordering it anyway
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MechaMonkey at 08/27/2008 15:40
Someone should send me their demo code, because if you're preordering you will be playing the full game eventually anyway. I, on the other hand, have not the financial means to do so.

This way, everybody wins.
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Dexter345 at 08/27/2008 20:39
So wait, will the rest of us get it without having to preorder? I'm interested, but this is definitely a title I want to demo before I buy.
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