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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 
Summary
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a video game franchise published by Ubisoft that is based on American author Tom Clancy's 1998 novel Rainbow Six. The franchise and its games revolve around the fictional international counter-terrorist unit called "Rainbow".
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Tactical shooter |
| Developer(s) | Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Milan Red Storm Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation Network, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Mac OS X, Mobile phone, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, iOS, Xperia Play, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
| First release | Rainbow Six August 21, 1998 |
| Latest release | Rainbow Six Extraction January 20, 2022 |
Video gamesEdit
The first game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment, while the novel was being written.[1] Red Storm was later acquired by Ubisoft, who continues to publish the games, while mobile phone versions of the game are developed and published by Gameloft.
List of gamesEdit
| Title | Microsoft Windows release |
Console versions |
Mobile versions |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Six | 1998 | N64, PS1 (1999); DC (2000) | GBC (2000) | |
| Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch | 1999 | DC (2000) | N/A | expansion pack |
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | 1999 | DC (2000); PS1 (2001) | GBA (2002) | |
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Mission Pack Urban Operations | 2000 | DC (2000) | N/A | expansion pack |
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Covert Ops Essentials | 2000 | N/A | N/A | expansion pack (stand-alone) |
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Black Thorn | 2001 | N/A | N/A | expansion pack (stand-alone) |
| Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea | 2001 | N/A | N/A | Not released outside of South Korea (stand-alone) |
| Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf | N/A | PS1 (2002) | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003 | Xbox (2003); PS2, GameCube (2004) | Mobile game (2004) | |
| Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword | 2004 | N/A | N/A | expansion pack |
| Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow | N/A | Xbox (2004) | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath | 2005 | N/A | N/A | expansion pack (DLC) |
| Rainbow Six: Broken Wings | N/A | N/A | Mobile game (2003) | |
| Rainbow Six: Urban Crisis | 2004 | N/A | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six: Lockdown | 2006 | PS2, Xbox, GameCube (2005), PC (2006) | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six: Critical Hour | N/A | Xbox (2006) | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six: Vegas | 2006 | PS3, X360(2007) | PSP (2007), Mobile game | |
| Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | 2008 | PS3, X360(2008) | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard | N/A | N/A | iOS, Android (2011) | Based on the original |
| Rainbow 6: Patriots | N/A | PS4, Xbox One | N/A | Cancelled[2][3] |
| Rainbow Six Siege | 2015 | PS4, Xbox One, PC; PS5, Xbox Series X/S (2020); Stadia (2021) | N/A | Online-only reboot |
| Rainbow Six Extraction[4] | 2022 | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Stadia, Luna | N/A | |
| Rainbow Six Mobile | N/A | N/A | iOS, Android (TBA) |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Postmortem: Redstorm's Rainbow Six". Gamasutra. 21 January 2000. Archived from the original on 4 August 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
- ^ Crecente, Brian (23 June 2011). "New Rainbow Six Might Be the Most Innovative Shooter in Years". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Crecente, Brian (2 June 2011). "Rainbow Six Set to Invade New York With Home-Grown Terrorism". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Rainbow Six Quarantine's new name isn't Parasite". PCGamesN. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
External linksEdit
- Ubisoft Website