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{{short description|American video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
| logo = Red Storm Entertainment Logo.png
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1996|11|13}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Tom Clancy]]|Doug Littlejohns}}
| hq_location_city = [[Cary, North Carolina]]
| hq_location_country = US
| key_people = Elizabeth Loverso ([[managing director]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ubisoft Appoints Elizabeth Loverso as Managing Director of Red Storm Entertainment |url=https://www.redstorm.com/news-2/newmanagingdirector |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Red Storm Entertainment |date=September 20, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Justin |last=Carter |date=2022-09-20 |title=Red Storm Entertainment co-founder Steve Reid announces retirement |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/red-storm-entertainment-co-founder-steve-reid-announces-retirement |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Game Developer |language=en}}</ref>
| num_employees = 180
| num_employees_year = 2022
| parent = [[Ubisoft]] (2000–present)
| website = {{URL|http://redstorm.com/}}
}}

'''Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.''' is an American [[video game developer]] and studio of [[Ubisoft]] based in [[Cary, North Carolina]]. Founded in November 1996 between author [[Tom Clancy]], manager Doug Littlejohns, and software development company Virtus Corporation, Red Storm develops games in the ''[[Tom Clancy's]]'' franchise. [[Ubisoft]] (then known as Ubi Soft) acquired the studio in August 2000.

== History ==
Prior to founding Red Storm Entertainment, [[Tom Clancy]], an American [[novelist]], had developed ''[[Tom Clancy's SSN]]'', a video game based on his book ''[[SSN (novel)|SSN]]''.<ref name="rs press releases">{{cite web |url=http://www.redstorm.com/pressreleases.html |title=Press Releases |date=November 13, 1996 |website=Red Storm Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970629052550/http://www.redstorm.com/pressreleases.html |archive-date=June 29, 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The game was created over six years in cooperation with Virtus Corporation, a 3D animation tool development company based in [[Cary, North Carolina]], and its game development division, Virtus Studios.<ref name="rs press releases" /><ref name="rs clancy archives">{{cite web |url=http://www.redstorm.com/clancy_archive.html |title=Clancy Archives |first=Tom |last=Clancy |date=November 1996 |website=Red Storm Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970629053120/http://www.redstorm.com/clancy_archive.html |archive-date=June 29, 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Tom Clancy's SSN'' was released on November 12, 1996,<ref name="rs clancy archives" /> and on the following day, Clancy and Virtus Corporation announced the formation of Red Storm Entertainment.<ref name="rs press releases" /> The name was derived from that of Clancy's book ''[[Red Storm Rising]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/697/697083p11.html |title=GameSpy Retro: Developer Origins, Page 11 of 19 |first=John |last=Keefer |date=March 31, 2006 |website=[[GameSpy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609133138/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/697/697083p11.html |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The new company absorbed Virtus Studios, making for an initial staff count of nineteen.<ref name="rs press releases" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redstorm.com/littlejohns_archive.html |title=Littlejohns Archives |first=Doug |last=Littlejohns |date=November 1996 |website=Red Storm Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970629053436/http://www.redstorm.com/littlejohns_archive.html |archive-date=June 29, 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Red Storm moved into offices within Cary, with Clancy assuming the role of [[chairman]], while Doug Littlejohns (a retired [[Commodore (Royal Navy)|commodore]] in the [[Royal Navy]] who had previously acted as a technical consultant on ''Tom Clancy's SSN'') became Red Storm's [[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[chief executive officer]].<ref name="rs press releases" /><ref name="rs clancy archives" /> The company expanded from nineteen to thirty-two people by March 1, 1997, in the wake of which it moved to new offices on Aerial Center (close to the [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport]]) in [[Morrisville, North Carolina|Morrisville]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redstorm.com/littlejohns.html |title=Doug Littlejohns |first=Doug |last=Littlejohns |date=June 1997 |website=Red Storm Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970629052827/http://www.redstorm.com/littlejohns.html |archive-date=June 29, 1997 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The company released its first game – ''[[Tom Clancy's Politika]]'', the first in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Power Plays|Power Plays]]'' series – in 1997.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Long |first=Neil |date=11 April 2008 |title=Ten Years of Tom Clancy: The 50 million man |url=https://archive.org/details/mcv-482-2008-04-11/page/n11/mode/2up |magazine=[[MCV/Develop|MCV]] |issue=482 |pages=15–16}}</ref> Red Storm quickly gained a reputation with games like ''[[Dominant Species (video game)|Dominant Species]]'', one of the first [[3D computer graphics|3D]] real-time strategy games. However, it was with ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Rainbow Six]]'' (1998) that the company firmly established itself commercially. In contrast to the run-and-gun [[first-person shooter]]s (FPS) that had gone before, ''Rainbow Six'' was the first true tactical FPS, a game that rewarded patience and planning as well as good aim and a keen eye. Developed alongside the novel of the same name, ''Rainbow Six'' introduced terms like "one shot, one kill" and "tango down" into the gamer lexicon. Its ground-breaking multiplayer action, including a new form of cooperative gameplay, set the standard for tactical multiplayer.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Red Storm followed on the success of ''Rainbow Six'' with a mission pack, ''Eagle Watch'', and then in 2000 with a sequel, ''[[Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear]]''.<ref name=":0" /> The company also expanded into turn-based strategy (''[[Tom Clancy's ruthless.com|ruthless.com]]'' and ''[[Shadow Watch]]'') and military real-time strategy game (''[[Force 21 (video game)|Force 21]]''). In August 2000, [[Ubisoft]] purchased the studio.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 August 2000|title=Ubi Soft Acquires Red Storm Entertainment|url=https://www.bluesnews.com/a/60/ubi-soft-acquires-red-storm-entertainment|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Blue's News}}</ref> At the time of the sale, Red Storm was already producing ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001 video game)|Ghost Recon]]''.

Released in 2001, ''Ghost Recon'' won multiple "Game of the Year" awards. The [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] version also marked the first time Red Storm Entertainment ventured into in-house console development and was the first [[Xbox Live]] title to take advantage of the possibilities of console multiplayer. Follow-up [[Plug-in (computing)|add-ons]] like ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder|Island Thunder]]'' continued to expand the world of the Ghosts, while Red Storm itself grew and moved offices to a new location in Morrisville, North Carolina. By 2003, [[Ubisoft]] was ready to consolidate its North Carolina operations. Ubisoft's other area studio, Sinister Games in downtown Raleigh, was integrated into Red Storm, with the central base of operations remaining at the Morrisville location.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/30/red-storm-acquired-by-ubisoft |title=Red Storm Acquired by UbiSoft |author=IGN Staff |date=August 30, 2000 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713123928/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/30/red-storm-acquired-by-ubisoft |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, Red Storm released ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2|Ghost Recon 2]]'', the follow-up to the original game, designed by now lead designer Christian Allen. Released on Xbox, it signaled the company's transition to primarily console development. It produced an add-on, ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike|Summit Strike]]'', in 2005, as well as downloadable content. Red Storm has also developed the [[multiplayer]] aspects of both iterations of the ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]'' series. It won the [[BAFTA]]'s Game of the Year and Best Technical Achievement awards in 2006.

In December 2008, Red Storm acquired the lease for the CentreGreen One building in Cary, which had previously been occupied by [[Qualcomm]] until earlier that year.<ref name="bizjournals 2009">{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/02/02/story6.html |title=Red Storm, Epic Games growing in vibrant Triangle sector |first=Amanda |last=Jones Hoyle |date=February 2, 2009 |website=[[The Business Journals]] |access-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109032104/http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/02/02/story6.html |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Red Storm subsequently moved to CentreGreen One in May 2009, relocating from its previous offices on Gateway Centre in Morrisville.<ref name="bizjournals 2009" />

Red Storm continued development on [[Tom Clancy]] games such as ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier|Ghost Recon: Future Soldier]]'' (2012) and ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division|The Division]]'' (2016), while co-operating with [[Ubisoft Montreal]] on the ''[[Far Cry (series)|Far Cry]]'' franchise.

In 2016, Red Storm released their first [[virtual reality]] (VR) game, ''[[Werewolves Within]]'', followed by a May 2017 release of another, ''Star Trek: Bridge Crew''.

In May 2018, Red Storm acquired the Weston Office Campus (located on Weston Parkway in Cary), which it planned to move to after renovations and co-occupy with Ubisoft's NCSA Customer Relationship Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2018/05/02/video-game-developer-expanding-into-new-space-in.html |title=Video game developer expanding into new space in Cary |first=Ben |last=Graham |date=May 2, 2018 |website=[[The Business Journals]]}}</ref>

In September 2020, Ubisoft announced that Red Storm was developing a VR game in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'' series, but the game was cancelled in July 2022.<ref name="SCVR">{{cite web |last1=Reporter |first1=Matt Wales News |title=Splinter Cell VR and Ghost Recon Frontline cancelled |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/splinter-cell-vr-and-ghost-recon-frontline-cancelled |website=Eurogamer.net |access-date=13 March 2025 |language=en |date=21 July 2022}}</ref> In May 2021, it was announced that Red Storm was working on a free-to-play spinoff of ''The Division'', called ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=2021-05-06 |title=Ubisoft announces The Division free-to-play spin-off Heartland |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-announces-the-division-free-to-play-spin-off-heartland |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref> However, after multiple delays and public play testing, Ubisoft cancelled the game in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=2024-05-15 |title=Ubisoft Cancels The Division Heartland |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-cancels-the-division-heartland |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> Ubisoft subsequently laid off 45 employees between the company's San Francisco and Cary offices in August.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schreier |first=Jason |date=2024-08-16 |title=Ubisoft Entertainment Cuts 45 People From Its US Staff |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-16/ubisoft-entertainment-cuts-45-people-from-its-us-staff |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Games developed ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Platform(s)
! Note(s)
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Politika]]''
| rowspan="3" | [[Microsoft Windows]]
| rowspan="5" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| ''[[Dominant Species (video game)|Dominant Species]]''
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's ruthless.com]]''
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Nintendo 64]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1999
| ''Aironauts''
| [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
| Expansion pack for ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six''
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
| Co-developed with [[Ubisoft Milan]]
|-
| ''[[Force 21 (video game)|Force 21]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2000
| ''[[Bang! Gunship Elite]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Sega Dreamcast]]
|-
| ''[[Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear|Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Operations]]''
| rowspan="5" | [[Microsoft Windows]]
| rowspan="2" | Expansion pack for ''Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear''
|-
| ''[[Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear|Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Covert Ops]]''
|-
| ''[[Shadow Watch]]''
| rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Freedom: First Resistance]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear|Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn]]''
| Expansion pack for ''Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear''
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001 video game)|Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[GameCube]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon#Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (2002)|Ghost Recon: Desert Siege]]''
| rowspan="2" | Expansion pack for ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon''
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon#Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (2002)|Ghost Recon: Island Thunder]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
|-
| ''[[The Sum of All Fears (video game)|The Sum of All Fears]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf]]''
| [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
| Co-developed with [[Ubisoft Milan]] and [[Ubisoft Montreal]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm]]''
| [[PlayStation 2]]
| rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2]]''
| [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[GameCube]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike]]''
| [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Athena Sword]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
| Co-developed with [[Ubisoft Milan]] and [[Ubisoft Montreal]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
| [[Xbox 360]]
| rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]''
| [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]]
|-
| ''[[America's Army: True Soldiers]]''
| [[Xbox 360]]
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2008
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield: Iron Wrath]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
| Co-developed with [[Ubisoft Milan]] and [[Ubisoft Montreal]]
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]]
| Co-developed with [[Ubisoft Paris]]
|-
|2016
| ''[[Werewolves Within]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[PlayStation 4]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Crew]]''
|-
|2023
|''[[Assassin's Creed Nexus VR]]''
|[[Quest 2|Meta Quest 2]]
|
|-
| {{N/A}}
| [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell|Untitled ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' VR game]]
| [[Oculus Quest]]
| Cancelled in July 2022<ref name="SCVR"/>
|-
| {{N/A}}
| ''[[Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland]]''
| [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S]]
| Cancelled in May 2024<ref name="Heartland">{{cite web |last1=Valentine |first1=Rebekah |title=Ubisoft Cancels The Division Heartland |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-cancels-the-division-heartland |website=IGN |access-date=15 May 2024 |language=en |date=15 May 2024}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://redstorm.com/}}

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