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[HarryDemeanor]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/9/5792660/rainbow-six-patriots-canceled-replaced-by-rainbow-six-siege

Rainbow Six: Patriots, the controversial, long-delayed anti-terrorism shooter, is officially, and permanently dead, Ubisoft confirmed this week.

"It's not in development anymore," said Alexandre Remy, Rainbow Six brand director. "The main decision was some months after Patriots was announced in 2011 that was the first moment we knew the first generation of new consoles were coming. So obviously at that moment and for a franchise such as Rainbow we needed to decide if we could make something for next-gen and we were already pretty advanced in the development of Patriots.

 

[PAULINK]

Ubisoft is dead to me.

 

[fader]

My heart will go on.

 

[PixelNinja]

Shit.

 

[CoffeeExpress]

shame, the prerendered demo shown looked promising.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

good

it didn't look good. the new R6 looks closer to what a R6 game should be

 

[giancarlo123x]

That's okay, Siege looks amazing so I forgive them.

 

[TangibleDream]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/9/5792660/rainbow-six-patriots-canceled-replaced-by-rainbow-six-siege

 

[Sentenza]

It never looked interesting in the first place, so I won't cry for it.

 

[AuthenticM]

meh, I'm sure they recycled the assets into Siege.

 

[Persona7]

damn

that sucks

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Well at least we have another Rainbow Six to look forward to.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

The La-li-lu-le-lo?! How is that possible?!

 

[Spineker]

Why the hell did it take them so long to say?

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Bummer.

 

[BHK3]

some months after it was announced? IT'S BEEN 3 YEARS UBI

Fuck this company, instead they fucking give me R6: home invasion!?

 

[Dabanton]

meh, I'm sure they recycled the assets into Siege.

Yeah it looks like it's taken elements from what we saw in the concepts of Patriots.

 

[Spongebob]

That's okay, Siege looks amazing so I forgive them.

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[MetroidPrimeRib]

I guess Patriots did turn into The Siege.

 

[Broken Joystick]

 

[JayEH]

Who cares? We got Siege now!

 

[18-Volt]

I was waiting for this one, concept was very interesting. I don't think I'll try Siege, though I'd like to have a confirmation if there is a single player mode.

 

[Tevos]

I always assumed Patriots was turned into The Division, so I'm not really that surprised..

Siege looks great, though. So I'm okay with it.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

It gets to join this Rainbow Six game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCy5Zou0eAw

 

[ButchCat]

Such a shame, I was really really looking forward to that one.

 

[Gaz_RB]

I didn't realize people actually liked how Patriots looked. I always thought it looked horrible. I'm not usually one to yell "they are straying from their roots too much!!!1111!!", but what we saw of Patriots seemed too COD for me.

Siege looks really nice though. Hopefully they could bring a lot of what they worked on over to the new RS. Just glad it isn't cross gen.

 

[Spectromixer]

All we got was that VGX trailer, right?

 

[Always-honest]

Eh yeah duh....

We got a new game now. That looks better in terms of gameplay.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Why the hell did it take them so long to say?

Considering how long many of their games are in development hell/reworked (look at Splinter Cell Conviction - goes from being a story about a homeless drifter searching for answers with partly destructible environments, to the same stealth shoot-em-up with less gadgets), Patriots must have been pretty fucking dire to warrant being scrapped entirely.

That, or they just harvested what they could, renamed it Siege and called it a day.

 

[Pandemic]

Bye bye bebe.. I'll miss you.

 

[Canis lupus]

This was the target trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-ucVWHmYk

Between that and Siege gameplay, Siege looks way more interesting. I'm sure they're recycling assets from Patriots though.

 

[MechDX]

Probably had nothing to do with the first E3 showing of a player throwing a hostage strapped with a bomb over a bridge.

 

[TheSeks]

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Were you and others REALLY expecting it after four years? As it is, Siege is taking the concepts of in-nation terrorism in America and making that the multiplayer from the gameplay they showed off.

 

[Jason Frost]

I wanted Patriots!

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

edit: wrong RB6 thread

 

[The Last Wizard]

Was pretty obvious.

 

[robotrock]

rip

 

[Werewolf Jones]

It looked edgy as hell anyway.

 

[LNBL]

Rainbow Six is dead, long live Rainbow Six

 

[Revven]

Expected, once I saw Siege I was like, "yeah they canceled Patriots." They gave up and decided to just do a multiplayer game. Makes sense to me.

 

[Ambient80]

Expected, once I saw Siege I was like, "yeah they canceled Patriots." They gave up and decided to just do a multiplayer game. Makes sense to me.

Yep same. I even messaged my friends who were looking forward to Patriots telling them it was highly unlikely we would see it now that Siege had been announced.

 

[Accoun]

You know, I think I wouldn't be against them rebranding it as a new IP or something instead of cancelling.

 

[unempLLOYD]

 

[epmode]

The new game is so much more interesting than the old one. Good call on the reboot.

 

[ComputerMKII]

At least they have the guts to confirm their game is dead. Take notes, Sony

 

[Bugz]

Patriots looked terrible, great decision.

 

[Volotaire]

Well it's the Seige now so it's not really a loss.. I did like the original concept though.

 

[the cake is fake]

that's too bad. I thought it looked a lot more interesting than Siege...

 

[AppleMIX]

At least they have the guts to confirm their game is dead. Take notes, Sony

I was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I like the look of the newly announced one so no big deal.