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Tropic Thunder Tie In
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, August 10 2008
Ubisoft are running a Scavenger Hunt promotion that ends shortly, so you if want to be in with a chance to win some prizes, get on it now. In a Tropic Thunder tie in, Ubisoft are showing a bunch of Scaveneger Hunt clues in Vegas 2 by displaying directions on the games advertising boards. Just fire up Vegas 2 and follow the directions shown on the billboards.This is a region limited deal for US customers only, so outside of the US these clues will not appear. For full rules including details of the mail in only entry, check here. To see the promo video that explains how this all works, visit RainbowSixGame and click the Tropic Thunder button, and wait for the movie to load.
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Vegas 2 Fan Pack Download
Posted by Rocky on Thursday, July 3 2008
The free Fan Pack download for Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is now out, download it from any of the mirrors listed on the official forums here.
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Free Prima Guide Extract
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 29 2008
Thanks to the guys at Prima Games, we have two free extracts to give away from their Rainbow Six Vegas 2 multi-format game guide. 
This weeks 10 page extract contains many details on the Pic Des Pyrénées Observatory Mission, download it here. Next weeks download will have multiplayer tips from Prima Games.
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R6V2 Fan Pack
Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 27 2008
Ubisoft are releasing a multi format free fan pack next month for Vegas 2! All the details including new maps and fixes are available in the Ubi forums here. If you prefer to see all the new content rather than read about it, download this movie! Discussion, details and clarification on the PS3 pack in our forums here.
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Ubisoft Canada Prima Visit
Posted by Rocky on Monday, June 23 2008
One of the guys who prepares books in the Prima Guides series records his visit to Ubisoft's Canada office for the Rainbow Six Vegas guide in his blog here. The blog entry is part of a series on game developer's cuisine, believe it or not, so there's not really that much here about Vegas, but still - worth a read!
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Vegas 2 Crash Logs
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, April 23 2008
PC users would be well advised to keep track of their Vegas installation folders. Users are reporting huge memory dump files that can exceed 1Gb in size. Potentially this could cause operating system errors if allowed to continue unchecked. Read more here.
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Vegas 2 Worldwide
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 19 2008
This weekend see's Vegas 2 available pretty much everywhere, you can even download it from Direct2Drive. Make sure and grab the release day patch, details of which are in our forums here.
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Charity Tournament
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, April 6 2008
Ubisoft have organised a Vegas 2 Charity Tournament, so you can play the game, hopefully win a prize, and donate to charity all at the same time. 
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For full details visit Xbox Game Zone.
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Vegas 2 Hits Wiki Top 50
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, April 5 2008
For all the wrong reasons Vegas 2 has hit the wiki top 50 wiki top 20 for edits this month. Vandalism and references to parts of a donkey's anatomy seem to be the order of the day. The Wiki police are doing a good job of keeping the Vegas 2 entry clean and up to date with comprehensive Vegas 2 information though.
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SimHQ reviews Vegas 2 X360
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, April 1 2008
What makes reading game reviews on niche sites such as SimHQ especially worthwhile is that they have staff dedicated to each genre of game, that really know their games inside out.Such is the case with Magnum's SimHQ review of Vegas 2. Magnum knows the Rainbow Six series inside out and it's that depth of knowledge that makes reading his review a bit special. The review explains the differences between the standard and limited editions of the game, XP and ACES explained, kit, weapons and armour, and there's a a pretty neat face scan screenshot. There's a huge section on single player and multiplayer that explains in some depth what is cool, what works, and what doesn't. The review goes on for eight pages and cover much more than listed above and is sprinkled with many screenshots. Check it out for a good unbiased and well informed review of the X360 version of Vegas 2.
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Rainbow Six on UT3?
Posted by Rocky on Monday, March 31 2008
KSK pointed out that there's a discussion going on over at the Red Orchestra forums about remaking Rainbow Six with the UT3 engine. That could be a project to keep an eye on.
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Vegas 2 Weapon Mechanics
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, March 26 2008
Popular Mechanics have just published a new article on video game weapon realism, featuring Vegas 2 and Call of Duty 4, read it here.
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Vegas 2 : X360 v PS3
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, March 25 2008
Gametrailers have posted a Vegas 2 Xbox360 v PS3 comparison video. As usual with these comparisons, you have to look pretty hard to spot any differences. What I did notice was softer shadows in the X360 version, the PS3 shadows looked quite harsh is some scenes, although the lighting seemed to be slightly better on the PS3 version. The video doesn't give any indication on frame rates unfortunately, as there have been reports of low FPS on the X360 version. If you have any views on the visuals or frame rates, post 'em up!
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Free Comcast Map for Vegas 2
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, March 18 2008
There's a free bonus "Comcast" map available to X360 and PS3 owners, just follow these easy steps. From the games menu screen, select the Extras option then select “Comcast Gift". To unlock the map simply enter "Comcast Faster", enjoy!
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Vegas Avatars
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, March 18 2008
Ubisoft have launched a site specifically for Vegas 2 avatar creation. At R6v2Avatars.com you can create a custom avatar and have it entered in a Ubisoft competion for (as yet undisclosed) prizes. You do not need a copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 to compete - have at it!
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Gamespy Vegas 2 Review
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, March 18 2008
Gamespy have published their review for the X360 version of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, PC gamers will need to wait until next month. Make sure and read the full review, but if you can't be bothered reading all three pages - here's a quick summary. Gamespy were disapointed to find some old Vegas 1 bugs still present, and also in the limiting of co-op to 2 players, or three for terrorist hunt. Things they liked included the new ranking and ACES rewards system, although they found ACES open to fairly easy abuse. They note a slight convergance of titles, with the appearance of a Ghost Recon type cross comm feature appearing in Vegas 2. Frustratingly in this era of next gen consoles, they also point out that iffy artifical intelligence continues to cause friendly characters to act with occasional mind numbing idiocy. This is one area where the Gamespy review itself seems confused, as they seem to think the AI has been improved, but then go on to list a few examples of AI madness. Gamespy conclude that Vegas 2 is "barely more than an expansion pack", but anyone who enjoyed the first game will more than likely be engaged by this follow up.
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Vegas 2 Clan Pack
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, March 12 2008
Ubisoft in collaboration with HMV are offering a 4 for the price of 3 deal for Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Xbox 360. Packaged as the Vegas 2 Clan Pack, and available exclusively from HMV, this pack is retailing at £119.97 including delivery, which makes for a genuine £39.99 saving.
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Vegas 2 PC Slips to April
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, March 12 2008
Today's release date schedule from Ubisoft UK reveal that PC owners have a little bit longer to wait for Vegas 2, as the title is now due to be released on the 11th of April 2008.
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