So the exclusive offers are not so exclusive after all. Both Game Stop and Best Buy were offering supposedly exclusive codes.
Today Ubisoft announced that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 has shipped to retail stores and is now available for $59.99.
Comcast are giving all Rainbow six: Vegas 2 pruchases a free map called "Comcast Event", the map is avaible to anyone on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
With just a few days to go until its release, we are already getting some bonus content for Rainbow Six Vegas 2. GameInvasion is hosting a special "Comcast Event Map" that can be downloaded from their site as soon as the game hits your PS3 or 360. No word on exactly what the map will contain, but I have to admit, the title has me scratching my head. "Comcast Event Map" dredges up some strange thoughts involving dicey connections, rude customer service and an On-Demand system that only works about 40% of the time. Let's hope this map involves none of these.
Highlights for this week include the return of Rainbow Six Vegas as it releases to Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers. In addition, the Metal Gear Solid Essential Collection makes its way to the Playstation 2.
Kotaku writes: "Packed in with the retail version of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is this neat little surprise: A Sneak Preview disc for upcoming, voice-command, real-time strategy game EndWar".
Brighton, England, March 12th, 2008: Eurogamer Network and Ubisoft® are happy to announce that Philippe Therien, Game Designer on Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, will face questions from Eurogamer.net readers in the site's latest LiveText Interview on March 14th.
Ubisoft seems to be pairing up with everyone these days to promote the upcoming 10th Anniversary title in the Rainbow Six franchise, Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Ubisoft and the Guinness World Records have teamed up to bring the gaming world the first official marathon session of multiplayer gaming, where a few gamers will get to play Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on Xbox 360 for a solid 24 hours stretch.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is just about set for its March 20th release. Interestingly enough, Ubisoft has announced two new features that should get fans of the series all riled up.
Publisher Ubisoft will try to get a spot in the Guinnes Book of World Records by organizing a 24-hour Rainbow Six Vegas 2 multiplayer marathon...
Videogamer reports that Ubisoft has today revealed a great way for RB6 fans to club together and save some money when buying Rainbow Six Vegas 2. HMV Online has a special Clan Pack offer which includes four copies of the game for the price of three. This offer only appears to be available for the Xbox 360 version.
From PALGN:
Ooooooohhhh, Ubisoft's latest 360 Vegas title list is so similar to its previous list, its unreal. There are a lot of new achievements that require other players to be present... i.e. the 1000 multiplayer kills, but the rest are very, very similar!
From the article: "Today Major League Gaming (MLG), the professional videogame league, announced its collaboration with Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, on the development of the highly anticipated Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2."
Given its status as one of GameSpy's Most Anticipated Games of 2008, it's probably not surprising that the folks at Ubisoft decided to create a special edition of a highly-anticipated FPS that will be landing on store shelves on March 18th. The Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 Limited Edition will have an MSRP of $69.99 ($10 more than the standard version) and will include a number of special features. Be sure to check out GameSpy's exclusive video for more info, including a sneak peek at the equally anticipated Tom Clancy's EndWar!
Its finally Friday which means for most gamers its that time off the week when you can game for 2 days non-stop. Obviously with the quick break to check out what has been released onto the Xbox Live Marketplace. Today this includes new themes, trailers, picture packs and videos. So take a look!
Upcoming Xbox 360, PS3 and PC military FPS Rainbow Six Vegas 2 "is possible" on the Nintendo Wii, its developer has said.
Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer reports, Ubisoft's Rainbow Six series will be finished with Vegas as a location once the team completes work on Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.
Ubisoft has today revealed that its upcoming sequel, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, is to be released on March 21. The game had previously been confirmed for release during March, although no firm date had been announced.
To get Vegas fans salivating, we've parsed out some of the juicier details from the print article.