Red Storm Rising

The game company formed by Tom Clancy is finally spreading its wings. The noted author spent the morning telling E3News all about it.

This exclusive news story was part of Gamespot’s special E3 News coverage on June 20, 1997. I have fond memories of E3, and of this interview. When I called to set this interview up, I was told that I was the very first journalist to express an interest in Red Storm. When I met Mr. Clancy, he was very much protected by his people and I was only able to speak with him briefly. I wrote the article while sitting in “the fishbowl” – a glass-walled workspace that Ziff-Davis had set up so that people browsing the floor of E3 could look at us while we did our thing. Ah, good times.

Red Storm has been keeping a pretty low profile until recently, but it’s only because the fledgling company hasn’t had any major news to report. Lately, however, this has been changing: CEO Doug Littlejohns promises that from now on, Red Storm will certainly be rising.

The gaming company formed by author Tom Clancy doesn’t have a booth at E3–it’s camped outside the Hilton instead, a US$5 cab ride from the major action. Still it is promoting its two premier titles, Planet Texas and Tom Clancy’s Politika, both of which follow the company policy of stressing story over technology.