Rainbow Six Quarantinemight officially have a new name. Less than a week after Ubisoft said it was thinking aboutchangingRainbow Six Quarantine’s nameover concerns that it would remind some of the coronavirus pandemic, the new name appears to have hit the web.
Ubisoft first announcedRainbow Six Quarantineat E3 2019as a bit of a departure from other games in the series. The game was billed as a three-player co-op shooter that would have users go through a horror story. The short teaser trailer showed a first-person point of view, where the main player is shooting at ominous shadows that race by. Eventually, the main character is obviously in some sort of distress. As the unnamed soldier is swarmed by his teammates, a notice that he is “going into stasis” pops up on the screen.
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Since the official reveal, Ubisoft hasn’t shared a ton of info about the game. It was originally supposed to launch in 2020, but the companypushed the release date forRainbow Six Quarantineto “early 2021” alongsideFry Cry 6. Now, players are getting their first big piece of news about the game since people raised concerns about a title with the word quarantine in it.MP1streported that the new name,Rainbow Six Parasite,was uploaded to the PlayStation Network along with several images that are reportedly supposed to go along with the game.
The new name does need to be taken with a grain of salt, as it appears the file name was changed fromRainbow Six Parasiteback toRainbow Six Quarantinesince players first started noticing. One of the leaked images stands out from the others. That image shows the button prompts if someone was playing it on the PlayStation Vita. However,MP1streported this is for remote play and not any kind of a hint that the game would somehow be arriving on the handheld console.
Ubisoft hasn’t made an official announcement about the name change. So far, there’s still very little known about the upcoming title. Indeed, what was once thought of as the eventual newrelease date forRainbow Six Quarantineon March 21 isn’t correct. Ubisoft knocked down that rumor after it leaked online.
During its official reveal, Ubisoft did say what might be known asRainbow Six Parasitewould have some sort of tie-in toRainbow Six Siege. As the earlier game is strictly a military-style shooter, it’s unknown what sort of connections the game might offer.
Rainbow Six Quarantineis currently in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
