Rainbow Six Vegas 2 to release March 2008

Ubisoft once again aims to take their Rainbow Six franchise to new heights with the expected release of the game’s latest installment, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, scheduled for release in March next year. Gamers who are fans of both the game and the novel of critically acclaimed political thriller author Tom Clancy will be glad to know that the game’s release date will coincide with the novel’s 10th anniversary.

Wish to know more? Read on after the jump.

Paris-based publisher Ubisoft has announced over press wire that development of the latest installment of their successful Rainbow 6 franchise, Tom Clancy‘s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, is already near completion. The sequel to Rainbow Six Vegas (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) is scheduled for release come March next year, and its expected to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Tom Clancy novel it’s based from.

Since it first came out in 1998, Rainbow Six has gained much prestige through the years and has cemented its status as an innovator in the first-person shooter genre after putting a focus on stealth and tactics than run and gun. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 will not be an exception to that rule.

Aside from a having a higher visual quality, fans of the popular franchise will be glad to know that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 offers a fresh perspective to the classic squad-based game with new and intense solo campaigns that offers a wider avenue for tactical approach around Sin City. Not only that, the game is also expected to conquer new territory in terms of co-op and as well as adversarial game modes while at the same time offering solo and multi-player mode interaction unseen in past Rainbow Six titles.

With the coming release of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Ubisoft once again aims to raise the FPS bar for the tactically apt, though as of press time we haven’t a clue on what specific platforms it will be releasing on. More on that as they develop.