It's been over a year since we've heard anything from the sixth Rainbow Six title, called Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots.  The game was notably absent at E3 this past summer and many have wondered exactly what is going on with one of Ubisoft's most valued franchises.  So what's up with Ding Chavez and team?

Hello, my name is Samoza and I have a confession to make - I like single player games. Co-op experiences are fantastic, but sometimes you want to be alone.  One such case is the sublime Heavy Rain - a game so infused with emotion that my partner sat and watched it like a film as I played (not so alone then). Rainbow 6: Patriots is a game aiming to do something very similar.  Therefore, the news that Heavy Rain designer Jean-Sebastien Decant is taking over as creative lead must be a good thing.  Or is it a sign of the development struggling?

A typical conversation between Ubisoft and Co-Optimus goes like this; "What do you want?" - Information. "Who is Rainbow 1?" - you are Rainbow 6.  "Co-Optimus is not a number, we are free men!" We may consider ourselves free and not Prisoners, but we would still like more information on the upcoming Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots and some artwork if you please?  Ubisoft have duly obliged.

Confirming info from earlier this week - Ubisoft has officially announced the first details of the next Rainbow Six game.  Oddly, it's not called Rainbow Six, but rather Rainbow 6, replacing the word six with the number*.  All previous iterations of the franchise and novels used the full word.  As we previously reported, the name is Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots and yes...it has co-op.