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Next-gen Rainbow Six hitting Vegas

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Mar 6, 2006 1:29 pm PT

Ubisoft officially announces that its Tom Clancy-inspired tactical shooter series will storm unnamed "next-generation and current-generation" consoles later this year.

Las Vegas may be called "America's Playground," but the developers at Ubisoft Montreal are putting a dead-serious spin on the metropolis also known as "Sin City." Today, Ubisoft announced its flagship studio is working on a new Rainbow Six game set in the Nevada gambling Mecca.

Titled Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, the game will be released later this year on unspecified "next-generation and current-generation video game consoles." No specific platforms were identified, but the announcement date--3/6/06--has led many to suspect it is coming to the Xbox 360. A PC version was not mentioned.

Ubisoft's announcement had no details about Rainbow Six Vegas' gameplay, other than saying it will "push the envelope of technology through graphics, artificial intelligence, physics, and animation." It did, however, offer a few details about the game's story. After explaining that over 36.7 million people visit Las Vegas each year, the announcement rhetorically asks, "What happens when one of the world's most famous cities is held hostage by terrorists?" It then goes on to reveal that the game will follow its titular "elite counter-terrorism unit" as its members try and foil "a terrorist threat of global proportions."

GameSpot will have more details on Rainbow Six Vegas as they emerge. It is the third Tom Clancy-inspired game announced for next-generation consoles: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter will ship for the Xbox 360 on March 9, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent will hit the platform in September.

58 Comments

  • imustspy

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 1:01 am PT

    why do the game comes out in euro sep 30 and are date is nov 7 wtf .can it be that gears of war is out oct 2

  • player_leo

    Posted Mar 15, 2006 7:22 am PT

    Yeah I read about his on my EGM magazine.. The April issue.. As in April Fools. Hello .. Is anyone home.. Just think about how ridiculous this sounds !

  • punisher901990

    Posted Mar 15, 2006 2:34 am PT

    hehe damn sound hot

  • killermonkey49

    Posted Mar 13, 2006 1:18 pm PT

    When the next-gen Rainbow Six installment is released it will most likely be under a differnet name not the somewhat childish "Vegas" title. When the game does come out they better make it with amazing multiplayer.

  • 123kaney

    Posted Mar 12, 2006 8:46 pm PT

    What can i say i'm in dismay.....HEY!!!

  • UltimatumCHIEF

    Posted Mar 11, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    Lets wait and see what happens.

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 6:01 pm PT

    It is the worst name the series has ever been graced with. I hope it is set to change. Other than that - I have faith the game will be good.

  • BullDogSquad

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 9:54 am PT

    Hardcore, Show me More!!!

  • Mistpunkh2o

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 8:44 am PT

    the leader from rainbow 6 3's team is working on the game... hopefully it will play like rs3 and not lockdown.

  • Paul_TheGreat

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 7:46 am PT

    It better be good.

  • insane956dv

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 7:40 am PT

    as long as it's good as the original with better voice command and grafics

  • paradyme777

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 6:34 am PT

    What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas

  • ufopuller

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 6:04 am PT

    A PC version was not mentioned. Figures, PCer take a back seat again!

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:54 am PT

    it will be hard to sneak around with all those flashing lights at night in vegas

  • Slave123

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:28 am PT

    "push the envelope of technology through graphics, artificial intelligence, physics, and animation."

    Yeah but what about GAMEPLAY!!!!!!!!!! The serie's been sucking so bad lately... Raven Shield was the last Decent one... all the others sucked terribly...

    I mean... who gives a crap about graphics? Sure it's all fine and cute but good loocks doesnt make the game fun... I can't stand video companies that bets everything on graph, but not on core gameplay.

    This seems to be just another LOCKDOWN but with a face lift.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:24 am PT

    cool

  • ewjim

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:15 am PT

    I wonder, what will yhey change exept graphics? :thinking:

  • KiLLer_ba

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 1:17 am PT

    Wow, The game looks amazing.

  • Lgy

    Posted Mar 7, 2006 12:09 am PT

    A PC version was not mentioned.
    －_－!!

  • watercandle

    Posted Mar 6, 2006 11:57 pm PT

    Good.... but,
    No more Lockdown is allowed! Make vegas better than Raven Shield, m'kay?

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