Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword Preview

Experienced online players should be thrilled to know that Ubi made certain revisions in the game's multiplayer code, fine-tuning the interface and AI, and addressing several other issues for online support. Also, in order to achieve realistic audio, Ubi hired an expert team of sound designers (the same blokes that were involved with the sound in Warchowskis' blockbuster, The Matrix).

Superb audio and a tuned version of the R6 engine should be sufficient evidence of a decent expansion pack to one of the world's favorite team-based tactical shooters. Gearing up for their primary project in 2004, Far Cry, Ubi Soft clearly opted to give Rainbow Six a well-deserved polish. As we mentioned before, this expansion pack doesn't bring any radical improvements to the Rainbow Six franchise. Regardless, it's pleasing to know that Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword brings about overall technical improvements as well as perk ups to the gameplay itself.

Expect the game to arrive on January 13, 2004.