FIELD REPORT 0116.03.02
Rainbow Six : Raven Shield Press Release
Ubi Soft
Unleashes The Next Generation Of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
San Francisco - March 4, 2002 - Ubi Soft®
Entertainment, one of the world's largest videogame publishers,
today announced plans to develop and publish the next installment
of the best-selling Rainbow Six series of games with Tom Clancy's
Rainbow Six®: Raven Shield.
Ubi Soft will release Rainbow Six®: Raven Shield on both
the PC and the Xboxä video game system in the fall of 2002.
Rainbow Six®: Raven Shield is the sequel to
the immensely popular Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six®: Rogue Spear,
2000 Action Game Of The Year, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six®,
1999 Action Game Of The Year*. It will be the third game in
the Rainbow Six line, which has sold more than 6.7 million copies
worldwide.
The Rainbow Six franchise is known for its action-packed
game play and heart-stopping realism, and Rainbow Six®:
Raven Shield will continue the tradition. Developed by Ubi Soft's
Montreal studio, in close collaboration with Red Storm Entertainment,
Rainbow Six®: Raven Shield features a brand new Tom Clancy
storyline in which Team RAINBOW is led all over the world in
a string of dramatic operations. The game will utilize graphics
technology provided by the next-generation Unreal engine
to power 15 new single-player missions that include the discovery
of a cache of biological weapons and stopping an armed gang
from terrorizing a London bank.
"Fans have been pleading with us for a long
time to come out with another chapter in this blockbuster series
of games, and Rainbow Six®: Raven Shield will be worth the
wait," said Laurent Detoc, president of Ubi Soft Entertainment
Inc. "The secrecy behind this project has been crucial
to the evolution of the game. We'll be ready to unveil all the
action at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this
May."
* Tom Clancy's Rogue Spear named 2000 Action Game
Of The Year by PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World. Tom Clancy's
Rainbow Six named 1999 Action Game Of The Year by PC Gamer.
About Ubi Soft:
Ubi Soft Entertainment produces and publishes interactive games
worldwide. The group is a leader in its field, and offers a
diversified product range that is constantly growing. Ubi Soft
develops its own products, and also works with famous developers.
The group's ambition is to supply the public with games of excellent
quality that allow the sharing of thrilling experiences. Set
up in 1986, Ubi Soft has a presence in 20 countries, including
the United States, Canada, Germany and China. The group distributes
its own products and those of other publishers in more than
50 countries. In the 2000-2001 financial year, its sales reached
260 million euros, an increase of 39.4% over the previous year,
with net earnings of 4.6 million euros. www.ubi.com
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Games Inc.