Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Achmad Rachmani (talk | contribs) at 13:55, 12 November 2022 (Alter hatnote). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This article is about the franchise. For the first video game in the franchise, see Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game). For the novel with the same name, see Rainbow Six (novel).

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Genre(s)Tactical shooter
First-person shooter
Developer(s)Red Storm Entertainment
Ubisoft Milan
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Shanghai
Ubisoft Quebec
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Classic Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, macOS, Mobile phone, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, iOS, Xperia Play, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
First releaseRainbow Six
August 21, 1998
Latest releaseRainbow Six Mobile
TBA

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (often shortened to Rainbow Six) is a tactical first-person shooter video game franchise by Ubisoft, based on the novel Rainbow Six by American author Tom Clancy. Critically and commercially successful, the games in the franchise revolve around a fictional international anti-terrorist unit called the Rainbow.

Video games

The first game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment, while the novel was being written.[1] Red Storm was later acquired by Ubisoft.[2]

List of games

Overview of released games
Title PC versions Console
versions 		Handheld console and mobile Comments
Rainbow Six Windows (1998); Mac OS (1999) N64, PS1 (1999); DC (2000) GBC (2000)
Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch Windows (1999) DC, PS1 (1999) — expansion pack
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Windows (1999); macOS (2001) DC (2000); PS1 (2001) GBA (2002)
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Mission Pack Urban Operations Windows (2000) DC (2000) — expansion pack
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Covert Ops Essentials Windows (2000) — — expansion pack (stand-alone)
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Black Thorn Windows (2001) — — expansion pack (stand-alone)
Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea Windows (2001) — — Not released outside of South Korea (stand-alone)
Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf — PS1 (2002) —
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Windows, macOS (2003) Xbox (2003); PS2, GameCube (2004) Mobile phone (2004)
Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword Windows, macOS (2004) — — expansion pack
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow — Xbox (2004) —
Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath Windows (2005) — — expansion pack (DLC)
Rainbow Six: Broken Wings — — Mobile phone (2003)
Rainbow Six: Urban Crisis — — Mobile phone (2003)
Rainbow Six: Lockdown Windows (2006) PS2, Xbox, GameCube (2005) Mobile phone (2005)
Rainbow Six: Critical Hour — Xbox (2006) —
Rainbow Six: Vegas Windows (2006) PS3, X360 (2007) Mobile phone (2006); PSP (2007)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 Windows (2008) PS3, X360 (2008) —
Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard — — iOS, Xperia Play (2011); Android (2012) Based on the original
Rainbow Six Siege[3] Windows (2015) PS4, Xbox One (2015); PS5, Xbox Series X/S (2020); Luna (2022) — Online-only reboot
Rainbow Six Extraction[4] Windows (2022) PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Luna —
Rainbow Six Mobile[5] — — iOS, Android (2023)

References

  1. ^ "Postmortem: Redstorm's Rainbow Six". Gamasutra. 21 January 2000. Archived from the original on 4 August 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Life at Red Storm". Red Storm Entertainment. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft (US)". www.ubisoft.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction | Ubisoft (US)". www.ubisoft.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Mobile | Ubisoft (US)". www.ubisoft.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six&oldid=1121477030"