"The year is 2008, and the world teeters on the brink of war [...]. Radical ultranationalists have seized power in Moscow--their goal, the reestablishment of the old Soviet empire."
No, that isn't a quote from a recent news article; that's what the voice-over states in the opening of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, released in 2001. For those of you who don't turn on the television or visit any site other than OCC, fighting broke out in the South Ossetia region between Russia and Georgia. After Georgia attacked Ossetian rebels, not only inflicting heavy civilian casualties but also taking out several dozen Russian peacekeepers, Russia called upon its massive army, sending troops, tanks and helicopters. Russia has also armed and aided South Ossetian forces, eerily similar to the circumstances in Ghost Recon, where Russia aids rebel factions in Georgia. In the game, the player controls a squad of U.S. Special Forces called Ghosts to battle the South Ossetian rebels and Russians. In real-life, the U.S. has stayed out of the fight, though they have sent troops in to observe and provide aid to Georgia. Did Ubisoft know something the rest of us didn't?