Archief - Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6: Patriots

Ubisoft Toronto has finished working on its portion of Rainbow 6 Patriots, studio boss Jade Raymond has told VG247′s Sam Clay.


After a core development team shuffle back in 2012, it was reported that Ubisoft Montreal would continue work on the single-player portion, while the Toronto team would handle the MP missions.

The team working on the title is believed to be around 200 strong and while originally thought to be heading to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, it’s likely the game will be released on next-gen – either in tangent or exclusively.

Raymond’s studio is also collaborating on Splinter Cell: Blacklist along with the next Assassin’s Creed release after Black Flag and is working on two of its own IP.

Rainbow 6 Patriots is set to launch this year sometime.

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Ubisoft has broken its silence regarding Rainbow 6: Patriots. Speaking to IGN, North American president Laurent Detoc explained why Patriots suddenly went dark, plus why he feels that a switch to next-gen consoles has been good for the project.

“We had a core team. They had a good vision. They got started, and then the game wasn’t working. So [they had] to start again,” Detoc explained. “There’s an editorial group in Ubisoft, a big group, very influential. If the game is not good enough, they say it’s not good enough. Most of the time, the team will say, ‘yeah, I know.’ But sometimes they want to continue in a direction where you say, ‘no, it’s not going to work.’”

“Rainbow had to be remade,” he continued. “Now they’re going to have the benefit of the new consoles, if and when it comes out. It’s one of those examples where you try, it doesn’t work, you try again. If it doesn’t work, we’re not going to bring it to you.”

Detoc also responded to speculation that Rainbow 6 may no longer be called Patriots at all. “Could it become a shooter with another name in the end, because the team doesn’t want to do counter-terrorist guys? Say they want to be in a mercenary setting? That’s possible,” he said.

Rainbow 6: Patriots was announced back in 2011. At E3, Ubisoft's Tony Key confirmed to IGN that Patriots is now coming to next-gen consoles, and Ubisoft executive director Alain Corre more recently told us the project is “still cooking.”

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While Superannuation’s track record is solid, please do treat his as rumour until we hear from Ubisoft. We’ve sent them an email, but we’re not holding our breath.

Last we heard, Rainbow Six Patriots “wasn’t working,” and had to be remade, according to Ubisoft’s North American president Laurent Detoc.

At the time he said, “We had a core team. They had a good vision. They got started, and then the game wasn’t working. So [they had] to start again. There’s an editorial group in Ubisoft, a big group, very influential. If the game is not good enough, they say it’s not good enough. Most of the time, the team will say, ‘yeah, I know.’ But sometimes they want to continue in a direction where you say, ‘no, it’s not going to work.’

“Rainbow had to be remade. Now they’re going to have the benefit of the new consoles, if and when it comes out. It’s one of those examples where you try, it doesn’t work, you try again. If it doesn’t work, we’re not going to bring it to you.”

Back at E3 2013, we also heard that the shooter had moved to next-gen which, given that both PS4 and Xbox One have launched, seems obvious.

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UPDATE: We’ve just asked our local Ubisoft rep to respond to the rumour and to tell us if Rainbow Six Patriots is still in development at the company. The company declined to comment. Make of that what you will.

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StanTem zei:

Moet zijn dat ze er toch iets deftigs van willen maken.

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