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'Rainbow Six: Extraction' brings alien co-op shooting on September 16th
As promised, Ubisoft showed off Rainbow 6: Extraction, a new spin on its popular first-person shooter.
Declassified: Ubisoft's 'Rainbow 6: Patriots' goes back to the drawing board
Ubisoft's Laurent Detoc admits Ubisoft has had to scrap Rainbow Six: Patriots and take the game back to the drawing board. "We had a core team. They had a good vision. They got started, and then the game wasn't working. So [they had] to start again," Detoc told IGN. "Rainbow had to be remade," he went on, saying it's "one of those examples where you try, it doesn't work, you try again. If it doesn't work, we're not going to bring it to you." Detoc also specifically called out next-gen consoles as possible recipients for the new Rainbow Six game, though that's admittedly something that's been on Ubisoft's mind for over a year. "Could it become a shooter with another name in the end, because the team doesn't want to do counter-terrorist guys? Say they want to be in a mercenary setting? That's possible," Detoc added. Rainbox Six: Patriots, first announced on the cover of Game Informer in 2011, has presumably been in development for over two years now. A year after the announcement, Ubisoft restructured the team building Patriots and decided to keep the setting that focused so heavily on the moral grey area of counter-terrorism.
Black Edition DLC flanks from behind cover on XBLM
A new Player's Pack is ready for download for Rainbow Six Vegas that came out of center field. For 800 MS points, the Player's Pack Black Edition brings you get 5 new maps, including classic from the original Rainbow Six 3, Presidio. Other new maps include a remixed Streets, as well newcomers Wartown and Red Lotus. All in all the whole pack comes to 705.5 MB. Did you get the previous Red Edition, which also included new gametypes with its release, and would you pick up the latest, as its only maps this time around?
Bet on it, Rainbow Six Vegas delayed [update 1]
You'll have an extra week to exercise your slot machine arm and practice your craps throwing wrist action, because today Ubisoft announced that Rainbow Six Vegas would ship in December. Rainbow Six Vegas was originally announced to ship on November 24th, but according to their updated list of release dates it has been delayed to release one week later. I guess it's just one week, nothing to big. But I have a feeling that Ubisoft has something against November and Thanksgiving. Ubisoft hates turkeys and that's not a fact.Update: I forgot to mention this delay affects only Europe. My bad.
Rainbox Six character creation video
Xboxyde scored a video about the Rainbow Six Vegas character creation system. Called P.E.C. (Persistent Elite Creation), it offers many, many choices for the discerning gamer -- over 5 million if you believe the devs. Everything is customizable on your character, right down to the weapons. It's not all for show either. For example, heavier armor will slow you down, and weapon upgrades like laser sights will help you play. Another feature explained in the video: Live Vision support! Map your face onto your avatar and your buddies will always know who killed 'em. Anybody excited yet?
