Rainbow Six Vegas Announced for 360 and PS3

[bapenguin]

Ubisoft (http://www.ubisoft.com) has officially announced their next generation Rainbow Six title called Rainbow Six: Vegas.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in “Sin City” threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. The future of global security hangs in the balance as you battle to defend classic Vegas locations and environments like Fremont Street, the Strip and casinos. Experience Las Vegas like never before – through revolutionary next generation technology as you work against the clock to protect one of the world’s most recognizable cities from utter devastation.
We've also posted up 3 NEW Screenshots (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11437).


http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/rb6_vegas/thumb.rsvegas_fremont_attack_3_screenshot.jpg (http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/image.php?image=www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/rb6_vegas/rsvegas_fremont_attack_3_screenshot.jpg)


Full Press Release Inside.

Viva....Las Vegas!

[bapenguin]

Ubisoft Releases First Information and Screenshots for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas

London, UK — APRIL 7, 2006 — Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, released the first information and screenshots for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 system. Scheduled for a fall 2006 release and developed by Ubisoft’s award-winning Montreal studio, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas is the fifth iteration of the multimillion-selling tactical shooter franchise.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in “Sin City” threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. The future of global security hangs in the balance as you battle to defend classic Vegas locations and environments like Fremont Street, the Strip and casinos. Experience Las Vegas like never before – through revolutionary next generation technology as you work against the clock to protect one of the world’s most recognizable cities from utter devastation.

Key Features

# Ubisoft Montreal Returns – Rainbow Six is back in the hands of Ubisoft’s Montreal studio, creators of the award-winning and highly acclaimed Rainbow Six 3 on Xbox® and PC, promising traditional tactical gameplay.

# New Leader, New Team – Team Rainbow ushers in a new breed of heroes. With a new team, comes added responsibility. Tactics play a MAJOR role in your team’s success, as each member comes equipped with his own skill set.

o Logan Keller – Team leader and recon expert.

o Michael Walter – Heavy weapons and demolition expert.

o Jung Park – Long range and electronics specialist.

# Special Order Location – Experience a new level of squad-based realism as your teammates, Michael and Jung, offer you real-time tactical suggestions like busting through walls or hacking computers, all in a race against time to locate the heart of the terrorist cell.

# Observe - Plan - Assault – Use tactical planning to maneuver through multiple-path Vegas environments while utilizing high-tech equipment such as snake cams to strategically “tag” terrorist targets to your teammates, prior to entering a room.

# Real-Time Immersion – Prepare yourself for a new level of in-game immersion with real-time mission briefings, all in the midst of the most intense combat ever played.

# Advanced Gameplay Animations – Motion-captured assault and recon techniques such as fast roping, rappelling, window entry, blind-cover fire and more. All captured by an experienced Hollywood animation expert.

# Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence – Next-generation technology brings a higher level of artificial intelligence to Rainbow Six. As you get past the grunts and advance closer to the center of the terrorist cell, encounter deadlier, more skilled enemies who work together as a group to counter every move you make.

# Customizable Multiplayer Experience – Create your own multiplayer character that evolves as you play online, while unlocking new equipment and achievements as you go.

A PC version is also in development by the same team, but this version - while sharing the same settings and story - will have a specific design and gameplay. Further details on the PC version will be revealed at a later date.

© 2006 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Persistent Elite Creation, the Soldier icon, Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Rainbow Six, Red Storm, and the Red Storm logo are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is a Ubisoft Entertainment company. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family, "PLAYSTATION" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

About Tom Clancy:
With over 80 million books sold, Tom Clancy is arguably the world's most recognized author. His works include fiction such as The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Rainbow Six, Red Rabbit, and The Teeth of the Tiger. Clancy also writes non-fiction works about weapons and various military units. Four of his books have already been adapted into highly successful feature films.

About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through its strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 21 countries and sales in more than 50 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. Ubisoft generated revenue of 538 million Euros for the 2004-2005 fiscal year, an increase of 8 percent over the previous fiscal year at constant exchange rates. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

[phantomhitman]

looks good. keeping low expectations though.

[Morratut]

Loved RB6 3 avoided the 4th installment though because it was terrible.

Fingers crossed it'll be great like RB6 3.

Does next gen AI mean they will be able to shoot you? :D

[Borys]

Looks like hot sex.

[Zeal]

Ill graphics.

Yes, I said ill.

[StoneGut]

Oh boy! It looks very pretty ... that's for sure.

[bapenguin]

Ill graphics.

Yes, I said ill.

Do you have a license for that? :)

[antoniogaud]

Ubisoft is quickly becoming the graphics guru in the gaming industry. King Kong, GRAW, Splinter Cell... sheesh!

[AntB]

King Kong, wasn't that good looking.

But this... this is hot sex, did you people see the skyline shot?

*drool*

[AzN.Homeboy]

I have hope that the PC version being developed separately will be less like the Lockdown catastrophe, and more like the goodness that GRAW PC is looking to be.

[absolut taco]

I'm guessing those are PS3 shots, since the res (~1500x850) is a bit higher than the 360's... Hope it looks as good on the 360 though.

[sebastard]

It's too bad that they can't use all the real casinos. I guess they would have needed a license from them, and I doubt any casino operator would have allowed them to have terrorist actions and gun battles in actual reproductions of their buildings.

That skyline shot looks nice, but it's not Las Vegas... They did a good job of approximating though..

[mpsmith]

These screens are old. I'm not the only one who's seen these before, right? And I'm also hoping it's not the console crap that Lockdown was (I played the demo for all of about 30 seconds before uninstalling it).

[absolut taco]

That skyline shot looks nice, but it's not Las Vegas... They did a good job of approximating though..
Now that you mentioned it I had to go back and look at it. They really fooled me with that very MGM-like building on the right. And I've been to Vegas 5 times.

[Kermit]

It's too bad that they can't use all the real casinos. I guess they would have needed a license from them, and I doubt any casino operator would have allowed them to have terrorist actions and gun battles in actual reproductions of their buildings.

That skyline shot looks nice, but it's not Las Vegas... They did a good job of approximating though..

Yup looks nice but it's not Vegas. Check out the Vegas tracks in pgr3 for a good 3d Vegas, I was really impressed with that one (although the Wynn has another name on it I think?)

[TrackZero]

http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/rb6_vegas/thumb.rsvegas_fremont_attack_3_screenshot.jpg ([url=http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/image.php?image=www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/rb6_vegas/rsvegas_fremont_attack_3_screenshot.jpg)


Noone's mentioned it yet bap, but you might wanna fix that picture link. ;) I don't think you need two 'url='.

[AversionFX]

Looks good. Playing Lockdown made me want to pound a nail through my dick. So hopefully this isn't anything like Lockdown.

[Intruder]

Looks good yes, but it seems every RB6 drifts farther from the original, lack of planning phases and such. Not getting my hopes up for this one after Lockdown.

[MajSheppard]

I am very disapointed they haven't anounced this for Revolution. The controller makes this a perfect game to showcase this. Plus the Online would put it over the top.

[outfromoutwhere]

Wow, that's a hot pic. And from what I've heard/seen/inferred is that they're returning to the style of the older games, after what was 4...