Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
GenresTactical shooter
DevelopersUbisoft Montreal
Ubisoft Milan
Red Storm Entertainment
PublishersUbisoft
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation Network, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Mac OS X, Mobile phone, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, iOS, Xperia Play, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
First releaseRainbow Six
August 21, 1998
Latest releaseRainbow Six Extraction
January 20, 2022

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a video game franchise published by Ubisoft that is based on American author Tom Clancy's 1998 novel Rainbow Six. The franchise and its games is about a fictional international counter-terrorist unit called "Rainbow".

List of games[change | change source]

Overview of released games
Title Microsoft Windows
release
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versions
Mobile
versions
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Rainbow Six 1998 N64, PS1 (1999); DC (2000) GBC (2000)
Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch 1999 DC (2000) expansion pack
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear 1999 DC (2000); PS1 (2001) GBA (2002)
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Mission Pack Urban Operations 2000 DC (2000) expansion pack
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Covert Ops Essentials 2000 expansion pack (stand-alone)
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Black Thorn 2001 expansion pack (stand-alone)
Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea 2001 Not released outside of South Korea (stand-alone)
Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf PS1 (2002)
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 2003 Xbox (2003); PS2, GameCube (2004) Mobile game (2004)
Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword 2004 expansion pack
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Xbox (2004)
Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath 2005 expansion pack (DLC)
Rainbow Six: Broken Wings Mobile game (2003)
Rainbow Six: Urban Crisis 2004
Rainbow Six: Lockdown 2006 PS2, Xbox, GameCube (2005)
Rainbow Six: Critical Hour Xbox (2006)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2006 PS3, X360(2007) PSP (2007), Mobile game
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 2008 PS3, X360(2008)
Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard iOS, Android (2011) Based on the original
Rainbow 6: Patriots PS4, Xbox One Cancelled[1][2]
Rainbow Six Siege 2015 PS4, Xbox One, PC; PS5, Xbox Series X/S (2020); Stadia (2021) Online-only reboot
Rainbow Six Extraction[3] 2022 PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Stadia, Luna
Rainbow Six Mobile iOS, Android (TBA)

References[change | change source]

  1. Crecente, Brian (June 23, 2011). "New Rainbow Six Might Be the Most Innovative Shooter in Years". Kotaku. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  2. Crecente, Brian (June 2, 2011). "Rainbow Six Set to Invade New York With Home-Grown Terrorism". Kotaku. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  3. "Rainbow Six Quarantine's new name isn't Parasite". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2021-02-16.