Not-so-undercover operations
A recent blog post by publisher Ubisoft appears to have leaked a street date for the frequently delayed monster zapperRainbow Six Extraction. In a write-up on the Ubisoft blog, it was noted that the title will launch July 17, 2025.
The since-removed blog postwas spotted by VGC, and offers the first potential street date for the sci-fi/military shooter which, (among several other Ubisoft releases), was hit with amajor delay back in 2020, followed bya further delayin July of this year.Rainbow Six Extractionsees the counter-op specialists of multiplayer shooterRainbow Six Siegeform up to investigate a strange, parasitic virus that is infiltrating the planet, taking the form of a gooey gallery of strange monsters and beings — all of whom have a date with the business end of a SPAS-12.
While I’m a hugeRainbow Six Siegefan, and I really dig its roster of doorkickers, the jury is out onExtraction. Footage duringUbisoft’s E3 presentationwas somewhat, well, boring. I’m not yet convinced that the combo of twitchy, stealth-based gameplay andLeft 4 Dead-esque monster mashing will form the same “strange bedfellows” synergy that it did in a previousSiegeevent, “Outbreak.” Still, I’m looking forward to giving it a shot — literally — whenever it hits the scene.
Rainbow Six Extractionis currently in development for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms.
