Ubisoft announces new release date for Rainbow 6 Lockdown

**MIG-31** · May 10, 2005, 06:36 PM

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Lockdown, the fourth installation of the multi-million unit selling franchise, will ship worldwide in September 2005 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube. The PC-CD Rom, developed by Red Storm Entertainment, is scheduled for an early 2006 release.

The developers are continuing to focus on polishing the game during this time and will be available for a US IRC Chat on 12th May, 2005 at 5 pm (San Francisco time). During this hour session, fans will have a chance to ask in-depth questions to members of the development teams.
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Source: Rainbowsixgame.com/uk

ericdrum · May 10, 2005, 07:49 PM

Is this going to end up like Ghost Recon 2?

MSX · May 10, 2005, 08:56 PM

No not really. It's more Raven Sheild with urban missions. Though now with the class system they have setup on xbox live(I'm assuming it'll be PC too) it will be kind of more TFCish. I'm just hoping the graphics get an overhaul before it comes out. As it is it looks like the same engine as RS.

I mean not that that's a bad thing really. It still looks pretty good. Though they are the company that owns the Splinter cell (heavily modded unreal) engine. So, my expectations are a little high.

I was also under the impression that it would not be coming out on PC. Glad I'm wrong.

ericdrum · May 10, 2005, 09:34 PM

No what I meant was that with Ghost Recon 2, Ubisoft told the PC fans that the game would be released a bit later than the console versions. Then they announced that it was cancelled for the PC. I'm hoping that with the next R6, that they don't end up cancelling this one.

Karlota · May 11, 2005, 12:26 AM

thats it, UBI is leaving the PC game biz. Consolitus is in a full pandemic.

pigdog · May 11, 2005, 09:04 AM

I agree. I would not be suprised to see it canned.

Shame.

May 10, 2005, 06:36 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Ubisoft announces new release date for Rainbow 6 Lockdown Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Lockdown, the fourth installation of the multi-million unit selling franchise, will ship worldwide in September 2005 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube. The PC-CD Rom, developed by Red Storm Entertainment, is scheduled for an early 2006 release. The developers are continuing to focus on polishing the game during this time and will be available for a US IRC Chat on 12th May, 2005 at 5 pm (San Francisco time). During this hour session, fans will have a chance to ask in-depth questions to members of the development teams. _______________ Source: Rainbowsixgame.com/uk __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

May 10, 2005, 07:49 PM	#2
ericdrum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The SLC Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	Is this going to end up like Ghost Recon 2? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra 2 gig Corsair XMS 3200 eVGA 6800 GT SB Audigy2 w/ KX Project Drivers 2-80 gig Western Digital SATA 7200 RAID 0 200 GB Seagate Barricuda 7200 for Storage Ultra Xconnect 500W Power Supply Windows XP SP2 Antec P160W case

May 10, 2005, 09:34 PM	#4
ericdrum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The SLC Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	No what I meant was that with Ghost Recon 2, Ubisoft told the PC fans that the game would be released a bit later than the console versions. Then they announced that it was cancelled for the PC. I'm hoping that with the next R6, that they don't end up cancelling this one. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra 2 gig Corsair XMS 3200 eVGA 6800 GT SB Audigy2 w/ KX Project Drivers 2-80 gig Western Digital SATA 7200 RAID 0 200 GB Seagate Barricuda 7200 for Storage Ultra Xconnect 500W Power Supply Windows XP SP2 Antec P160W case

May 11, 2005, 09:04 AM	#6
pigdog HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 471 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	I agree. I would not be suprised to see it canned. Shame. __________________

May 10, 2005, 08:56 PM	#3
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	No not really. It's more Raven Sheild with urban missions. Though now with the class system they have setup on xbox live(I'm assuming it'll be PC too) it will be kind of more TFCish. I'm just hoping the graphics get an overhaul before it comes out. As it is it looks like the same engine as RS. I mean not that that's a bad thing really. It still looks pretty good. Though they are the company that owns the Splinter cell (heavily modded unreal) engine. So, my expectations are a little high. I was also under the impression that it would not be coming out on PC. Glad I'm wrong.

May 11, 2005, 12:26 AM	#5
Karlota DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	thats it, UBI is leaving the PC game biz. Consolitus is in a full pandemic.