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.
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.
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.
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 50wiki 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
Vegas 2 First 10 Minutes Posted by Rocky on Thursday, March 6 2008 If you click here, you can download movies of various resolution of the first 10 minutes of Vegas on the X360!
The hi-res versions are well worth downloading - great quality.
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Co-op Mode Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, March 4 2008 Gamespy took a look at Rainbow Six Vegas 2 co-op mode this week and reported their findings in a one page report. After rightly pointing out that Ubisoft have dropped an awful clanger by reducing co-op from 4 player fun to a rather restrictive 2 player mode, the preview struggles to find anything positive to say about Vegas 2 other than neat map designs. Kudos to Gamespy for not being afraid to tell it like it is.
Feel free to discuss R6V2 Co-op, or the Gamespy preview in particular, in our forums here, where we've kicked off the discussion with a question about the viability of drop in play, when co-op is limit to 2 players.
G4 R6V2 Videos Posted by Rocky on Monday, March 3 2008 Over at G4 Morgan Webb takes a look at Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with Steve Masters from Ubisoft. The chat covers some of the new features in Vegas 2, and the video hints at thankfully improved graphics over the first title. Check it out here.
Once you've watched that, check out this additoinal clip that goes in to more details of the weapons on offer, including the weapons on offer and bullet penetration. If you are a weapons nut though, you won't want to miss the weapons specific video.
Gamespy Hands On Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, February 26 2008 Gamespy spent sometime playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on the X360 recently and have just posted up their opinion here.
Although they played the Xbox 360 version, there is some news of PC features too - like being able to have your own face represented in game. They also explian the cover system remains the same as the previous title, although some fans are already complaining that a cover bug from the original has been carried over to this sequel un-addressed.
For more details on the single player aspect of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 read Gamespy's two page report here.
RVS : Operation Ordnance Posted by Rocky on Thursday, February 21 2008 Raven Shield's weapons and equipment modification Operation Ordnance is recieving some more airtime these days, starting with this video on Youtube.
Hopefully this is an indication of more to come from this cool Raven Shield mod.
R6V2 Release dates. Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, February 19 2008 Ubisoft today confirmed the release dates for the console versions as being the 20th of March 2008. The PC version has ominiously slipped by 8 days to the 28th of March.
Win Rainbow Six Vegas 2 X360 Posted by Rocky on Friday, February 15 2008 Warfighters have two copies of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for the Xbox 360 up for grabs in a free draw closing next month, give it a shot here.
