Video Gaming News - November 2004
San Francisco, CA (November 30, 2004) - Ubisoft today announced its
plans to launch the next installment in the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six series for
the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC in Spring 2005.
From Ubisoft:
With the Rainbow Six franchise known as one of the best multiplayer
experiences and hailed for its immersive single-player games, the next Rainbow
Six game follows Team Rainbow, the world’s most elite counter-terrorist unit, as
they are called into action into unfamiliar territory as they battle a
BIOTERRORIST threat. Stakes escalate as they are personally targeted by an evil
terrorist organization, ultimately ending with the capture and torture of one of
the team’ premier members. Used to protecting the lives of others, Team Rainbow
must now embark on a mission to fight and save its own. Team Rainbow does not
negotiate with terror. It destro ys it. The game is being developed by two of
Ubisoft’s award-winning studios: Red Storm Entertainment, the maker of the
original Rainbow Six, and Ubisoft’s Montreal Studio.
The next Rainbow Six game will build on the ingredients that have made the
Rainbow Six franchise a runaway success, and will introduce new multiplayer
elements that inject a vitality and depth into an already stellar multiplayer
franchise. In addition to completely new, more ominous and groundbreaking
multiplayer content, the single player will experience a new personal darker
storyline, state-of-the-art equipment, and offer gamers the chance to play as
two members of Team Rainbow: Ding Chavez, the fearless leader of Team Rainbow,
and a new sniper role portrayed by Dieter Weber, whose must cover his team’s
movement with deadly accuracy. His aim is matched only by his attitude.
“The next installment in the Rainbow Six franchise will take the best and make
it better. The Rainbow Six franchise enjoyed an unprecedented year run as a top
online title, and the next episode will deliver an even bigger multiplayer
punch, with the addition of two revolutionary modes that take the game in a
completely new direction,” said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing for
Ubisoft. “This time its personal as Team Rainbow becomes the target. They must
react in unprecedented ways to a direct threat Tom Clancy’s gut-wrenching
tension, pulse-pounding action, close-quarter battle and hallmark realism are
about to get a whole lot darker.”
About the Game
Command Team Rainbow in their toughest mission yet. When one of your own is
taken hostage, do you follow orders or do you break them in order to save the
life of one of your own men? The next Rainbow Six title features a thrilling
single-player campaign that has you playing as either the confident team leader,
Ding Chavez, who never leaves a man behind, or as the team’s arrogant sniper,
Dieter Weber, who never misses a shot. The final result: a totally immersive
experience which becomes even more compelling when gamers go online to play
against other fans from around the world, using voice chat to communicate with
one another. Additional game features include:
- Superior multiplayer experience: One of the best multiplayer games ever
returns with a revolutionary multiplayer experience for Xbox Live and the
PlayStation 2.
- Xbox Live: New Career Mode allows players to create their own operative,
improve their skills and acquire extra equipment in all-new objective-based
missions.
- PlayStation 2: New Rivalry Mode pits Rainbow operatives against trained
mercenaries in objective-driven team-based adversarial gameplay.
- New weapons and equipment: Complete your mission with all of the tools of the
trade including new items like motion trackers, battering rams, and the deadly
MTAR-21 micro assault rifle.
- Stunning graphics and ultra-realistic ragdoll physics deliver staggering
realism and spectacular close quarter firefights.
- Tension-building sound effects: Creaking floorboards, whispers and hostages
begging for their lives hint that a threat lurks around every corner.
- Increasingly intelligent enemy A.I.: With every mission, enemies get more
dangerous using tactics like flanking, suppression fire and room clearing.
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