The name "Tom Clancy" was recently purchased by Ubisoft and now they are in the process of developing an MMO using his name, according to Gamasutra. By owning the Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell names, Ubisoft is exempt from paying royalties and can now develop a 'branded' MMO using Clancy's name.
Moreover, Guillemot revealed that the company has the technology in place to begin developing as soon as team sizes are appropriate. "We have the technology to create MMOs, and we have lots of our games that are on the Clancy franchise that are already multiplayer," he said.
"So to create an MMO, we need to have larger teams to actually spend the time and to create it. So it's more a question of decisions and teams, and now ,because we have the knowhow so we can go for it now."
Though Guillemot declined to say when the MMO might be coming, he estimated it would cost between $40 and $50 million to develop.
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