'Ghost Recon Alpha' short film sets stage for 'Future Soldier' May 22nd

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Alpha, a 25-minute short film which serves as a prequel for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, will launch on Blu-ray and DVD on the same day as Ubisoft's shooter, May 22nd.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Alpha, a 25-minute short film which serves as a prequel for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, will launch on Blu-ray and DVD on the same day as Ubisoft's shooter, May 22nd.

The film, which will debut on G4's X-Play tonight at 6:30 pm ET, introduces the phantasmic heroes of Future Soldier, and sets the stage for Ubisoft's upcoming strategic shooter. Quick rundown: A Russian ultranationalist by the name of Chevchenko wants to set off a bomb big enough to blow up everything ever, and it's up to the U.S. Army's most elite and discreet team of operatives to stop that from happening.

Check out a trailer for Ghost Recon Alpha below, so long as you can stomach seeing like, fifty dudes get shot to death in nine seconds.