14 DAY TRIAL // Video game publisher Ubisoft has made it clear that, despite a recent change at the top of the development team, the actual process of creating Rainbow Six: Patriots is still going forward and the launch date is still being set for 2013.
Yannis Mallat, who is the chief executive officer at the Montreal studio of Ubisoft, has told Game Informer that a number of developers, including director David Sears, were moved off the project but added that “We’re definitely going on with Rainbow, too, evolving the vision that came from David’s initial input.”
David Sears also talked about the shake-up, saying, “To paraphrase Mark Twain, I’m not dead, and Rainbow is still very much alive. One of the things that’s really important for everyone to understand is senior management and the editorial group challenged me to create something plausible, relevant, and that touches on the current fears of the U.S. citizens to the point that I was almost surprised myself we were taking these creative risks.”
The developer is still part of the overall Ubisoft structure and is working on a new but unannounced project that could be linked to Rainbow Six.
Some fans of the Rainbow Six franchise believed that the change in leadership when it comes to the development of Patriots is a sign that the game is not currently up to standards and that Ubisoft might push it back.
The game will deal with internal terrorism and features a movement called the True Patriots, who are conducting attacks inside the United States, claiming to be acting for the lower classes of society.
The game will see the player assume the role of a Rainbow Six operator and will include more moral choices that others in the series.
Patriots is expected to launch on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.