On
March 4, 2002, Ubi Soft, who acquired RedStorm Entertainment, announced
that the newest release of the Rainbow Six franchise would be Raven
Shield. (Press release below)The Trailer for Raven Shield is here.
(Quicktime format)
Ubi Soft Unleashes
The Next Generation Of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
San Francisco March
4, 2002 Ubi
Soft® Entertainment,
one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, today announced
plans to develop and publish the next installment of the best-selling Rainbow
Six series of games with Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®:
Raven Shield.
Ubi Soft will release Rainbow Six®:
Raven Shield on both the PC and the Xbox video game system in the fall
of 2002.
Rainbow Six®:
Raven Shield is the sequel to the immensely popular Tom Clancy’s Rainbow
Six®:
Rogue Spear, 2000 Action Game Of The Year, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow
Six®,
1999 Action Game Of The Year*. It will be the third game in the Rainbow
Six line, which has sold more than 6.7 million copies worldwide.
The Rainbow Six franchise is known for its action-packed game play and
heart-stopping realism, and Rainbow Six®:
Raven Shield will continue the tradition. Developed by Ubi Soft’s
Montreal studio, in close collaboration with Red Storm Entertainment, Rainbow
Six®:
Raven Shield features a brand new Tom Clancy storyline in which Team
RAINBOW is led all over the world in a string of dramatic operations. The
game will utilize graphics technology provided by the next-generation Unreal™
engine to power 15 new single-player missions that include the discovery of
a cache of biological weapons and stopping an armed gang from terrorizing a
London bank.
“Fans have been pleading with us for a long time to come out with another chapter
in this blockbuster series of games, and Rainbow Six®:
Raven Shield will be worth the wait,” said Laurent Detoc, president
of Ubi Soft Entertainment Inc. “The secrecy behind this project has been
crucial to the evolution of the game. We’ll be ready to unveil all the action
at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this May.”
* Tom Clancy’s Rogue
Spear named 2000 Action Game Of The Year by PC Gamer and Computer Gaming
World. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six named 1999 Action Game Of The
Year by PC Gamer.
About Ubi Soft:
Ubi Soft Entertainment produces and publishes interactive games worldwide.
The group is a leader in its field, and offers a diversified product range
that is constantly growing. Ubi Soft develops its own products, and also works
with famous developers. The group’s ambition is to supply the public with games
of excellent quality that allow the sharing of thrilling experiences. Set up
in 1986, Ubi Soft has a presence in 20 countries, including the United States,
Canada, Germany and China. The group distributes its own products and those
of other publishers in more than 50 countries. In the 2000-2001 financial year,
its sales reached 260 million euros, an increase of 39.4% over the previous
year, with net earnings of 4.6 million euros. www.ubi.com
© 2002 Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Red Storm and Red Storm Entertainment
are trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. Red Storm Entertainment,
Inc. is a Ubi Soft Entertainment company. All Rights Reserved.
Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. Unreal Engine is a trademark of Epic Games Inc.
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