Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
Developer(s) Ubisoft
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Distributor(s) Ubisoft
Series Rainbow Six
Release date(s) August 5, 2004
Genre(s) Tactical Shooter
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Platform(s) Xbox
Media DVD

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow is a sequel to the console version of Rainbow Six 3. It was developed and published by Ubisoft and released for the Xbox on August 5, 2004. Like Rainbow Six 3, Black Arrow was created to take advantage of Microsoft's popular Xbox Live online service.

[edit] New Gameplay Modes

Black Arrow adds two new gameplay modes for multiplayer, "conquest" and "capture the flag". Since the release of Black Arrow, new content has been released and is available to download via Xbox Live. The content includes:

  • Bootcamp (Free 10 player map designed to tease the release of RS: Lockdown);
  • Village (Free map);
  • Assault Pack 1 ($4.99), consisting of:
    • Killhouse;
    • Winterlodge;
    • Petroleum; and,
    • Office2.
  • Assault Pack 2 ($4.99), consisting of:
    • Harbor Warehouse;
    • Prison;
    • Pumping Station; and,
    • Winter Base.

[edit] Trivia

Several maps in Black Arrow (notably the Subway Station map) have posters advertising Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia, both games developed by Ubisoft.