RespawnAction: A brief update in the aforementioned rumor about a possible Rainbow Six in the works.
DP: Ubisoft's acclaimed tactical 1st person shooter, Rainbow Six, hasn't seen the light of day for a while, since Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. It seems like Ubisoft may be working on the title, despite silence from Ubi about the series for some time now.
Microsoft has announced a new starting price for Xbox 360 Classics in Europe, and three new blockbuster titles for the program, offering high quality experiences at outstanding value. From this month, Grand Theft Auto IV, Midnight Club Los Angeles: Complete Edition and BioShock will join the best selection of Xbox 360 games in the Classics range. A selection of titles, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: VEGAS 2 and Naruto: Rise of a Ninja will now be available with a Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of just £14.99.
Gi.biz: Microsoft has announced that it is dropping the recommended retail price of its Xbox 360 Classics range of games to £14.99. The budget range features re-releases of high-selling 360 games, and today adds Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV and Midnight Club: Los Angeles, as well as Take-Two's BioShock to the portfolio. Ubisoft has also added four titles to the series – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Naruto: Rise of the Ninja, Splinter Cell Double Agent and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.
Orgazzle online gaming community has been launched, early August 09. This is a revolutionary social network for gaming. You can create your own NCAA Football online dynasty, or Madden online franchise. You can also join other members custom groups if you would like. This is also set up to host clans from Rainbow Six, and Call of Duty. Create your own clan, and begin recruiting other members!
With the Tom Clancy series expanding to five titles this year with the releases of Hawx and Endwar, Ubisoft has said that it is looking into the possibility of creating a Megagame within the franchise in order to potentially interweave storylines between each major series.
Destructoid writes: Let the in-game advertising commence! Ubisoft (aka the EA of Europe) has signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to infuse the 360 version of Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 gameplay-reliant advertising that will take the shape of an in-game scavenger hunt promoting upcoming movie Tropic Thunder.
From NextGen Player: Major League Gaming, the largest organized league for professional gaming, has announced they will be returning to Canada as part of their 2008 Pro Circuit season. The event will be part of the 2008 Gaming Expo that we wrote about last month being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from August 22-24. Hobbystar, the organizers of the Gaming Expo, have added a ton of details on the MLG Pro Circuit competition on their website today.
Let the games begin! The doors have been opened, and thousands of gamers are now flooding into the third stop along the 2008 MLG Pro Circuit here in Orlando, Florida. They?'ll now begin to warm-up in preparation for the the Open Bracket to begin. The action is set to officially kick-off at 5:30 p.m. ET, so keep your browsers locked to mlgpro.com as MLG Orlando gets underway!
Ubisoft delivers a gift to Rainbow Six Vegas 2 gamers today. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Gift Pack DLC is now available as a free download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. See the details and a trailer video for it here.
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