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| Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six Lockdown has shipped to retail stores for the Xbox and PlayStation2 Ubisoft announces that Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six Lockdown has shipped to retail stores for the Xbox video game system and the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system at the manufacturer's suggested retail price of $49.99. The Nintendo GameCube? version is projected to ship to retail stores on September 22, 2005. The Rainbow Six franchise, known as one of the best multiplayer experiences and hailed for its immersive single-player games, continues with Lockdown as Team Rainbow, the world?s most elite counter-terrorist unit, is called into action into unfamiliar territory as they battle a Bioterrorist threat. Developed by two of Ubisoft?s award-winning studios, Red Storm Entertainment, the maker of the original Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six, and Ubisoft?s Montreal Studio, Lockdown builds on the ingredients that have made the Rainbow Six franchise a runaway success. The addition of Persistent Elite Creation (P.E.C.) mode to the Xbox version and Rivalry mode to the PlayStation 2 version, Lockdown introduces new multiplayer elements that inject a vitality and depth into an already stellar multiplayer franchise. In addition to completely new, more ominous and groundbreaking multiplayer content, the single player experience contains a new personal darker storyline, state-of-the-art equipment, and offers gamers the chance to play as two members of Team Rainbow: Ding Chavez, the fearless leader of Team Rainbow, and a new sniper role portrayed by Dieter Weber, who must cover his team?s movement with deadly accuracy. His aim is matched only by his attitude. About Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six Lockdown: Stakes escalate as they are personally targeted by an evil terrorist organization, ultimately ending with the capture and torture of one of the team?s premier members. Used to protecting the lives of others, Team Rainbow must now embark on a mission to fight and save its own. Rainbow Six Lockdown features a thrilling single-player campaign that has you playing as either the confident team leader, Ding Chavez, who never leaves a man behind, or as the team?s arrogant sniper, Dieter Weber, who never misses a shot. The final result: a totally immersive experience ? which becomes even more compelling when gamers go online to play against other fans from around the world, using voice chat to communicate with one another. Additional game features include: - Immerse yourself in tense close-quarter combat, where -second decisions mean the difference between life and death. - Thrilling single-player campaign with dual perspective gameplay has you playing as Ding Chavez, the confident team leader who never leaves a man behind, or as Dieter Weber, the team's arrogant, relentless sniper who never misses a target. - New weapons and equipment ? Complete your mission with all of the tools of the trade including new items like motion trackers, battering rams, and the deadly MTAR-21 micro assault rifle. - Increasingly intelligent enemy A.I. where, with every mission, enemies get more dangerous using tactics like flanking, suppression fire and room clearing. - Stunning graphics and ultra-realistic "ragdoll physics" deliver staggering realism and spectacular close quarter firefights. Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six is pushing the limits of PlayStation 2 and will be the best-looking military shooter on the market. - Superior multiplayer experience ? One of the best multiplayer games ever returns with a revolutionary multiplayer experience on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox Live. - Xbox: The innovative Persistent Elite Creation Mode allows players to create their own operative, improve its? skills, and acquire extra equipment in all-new objective-based missions. - PS2: New Rivalry mode pits Rainbow operatives against trained mercenaries in objective-driven team-based adversarial gameplay. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |