Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 is to be released in Spring this year, so find out just what the game is about inside.

Another title in the long-running series of Tom Clancy games is to hit the shelves on March 31, 2005. Ubisoft have released a press release outlining this new game.

Ubisoft have pulled out all the stocks to make this game even more special. It is set in 2007, so they have based the single-player mode on the prototypical soldier-of-the-future combat equipment.

Other gameplay details that were outlined include the option to have not only the typical first-person camera angle, but also an other-the-shoulder angle. The game also features "unique special effects, cinematic sequences, supporting characters and industry-leading graphics."

"A brand-new team of Ghosts is storming the Nintendo GameCube" said John Parkes, EMEA Director Marketing for Ubisoft. "They will blow away gamers with near-future realism, intense action, and an original campaign that could have been ripped from today's headlines."

Information regarding the game's storyline can be found from the press release extract below.

On July 4, 2007, a North Korean missile base is hacked and used to launch a cruise missile against the USS Clarence E. Walsh in the Korea Strait. While U.S. Intelligence suspects that the North Koreans were not responsible for the attack, the U.S. decides to defend South Korea against possible North Korean aggression. While they amass troops to defend Seoul, the Americans also send Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher to North Korea to investigate. At the same time, the Ghosts are deployed behind enemy lines to carry out sabotage, reconnaissance and quick strikes against the North Korean Army (NKA) should the conflict escalate. Officially, not a single U.S. asset is in North Korea.

As the conflict rages, the Ghosts perform a series of missions, including the rescue of a dissident officer from a prison camp. During the course of these operations, the Ghosts learn that the architect of the attacks is Major-General Paik, who sees it as an opportunity to seize power and advance his ambitions.

On July 10, thanks to Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher, a cease-fire is signed between the U.S. and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). For the general public, the war is over, but the actions of Major-General Paik are troubling. Throughout the fall, U.S. Intelligence gathers evidence that Paik is not interested in the cease-fire. Instead, he is building a nuclear program. In November of 2007, Major-General Paik accelerates the program, planning to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike. He hopes to reverse what he sees as a cowardly ending to the July crisis, and force his government to go to war again.

The Ghosts are once again sent to the DPRK, and must now stop the DPRK nuclear program in its tracks.