Rainbow Six Vegas Red and Black edition now free

Yes, Ubisoft rocks. But as a gamer who is only mildly interested in online multiplayer, they will rock even harder when they announce the next iteration of R6 so that I can finally get my campaign fix. I would have thought that we would have at least heard something by now, but nada.

I need something cleared up, is the Red pack free on the 6th or on and after the 6th? I will be gone the 2nd through the 8th.

Whooo!!!

Downloading Black as I type!

I knew it was worth waiting. Now I can't wait till the 6th...(: (:

CHINESE BABON, it'll be free after the 6th. The 6th is just when it starts to be free.

This is probably The koolest thing I have seen a company do in the Market place. The only thing that comes close to this is Aegis Wing for free.

UBI Soft U have earned total and complete respect from me. Now if only Redoctaine would learn and do something like this, or at the very least reduce the cost of the songs downloadable 2 300 points instead of 500.

Thanks YoRone22, Id be pissed if i couldnt download the Red Pack, and thanks Ubi.

Well Ubi is awesome for doing this but I do not see the black edition on the marketplace. Is anyone else having the same issue?

Why the heck would reimbursement take up to 10 weeks?

@7 It's in the Featured Downloads section.

Doesn't appear on mine. Maybe it's taking a while in Canada.

I figured they would do this since the PS3 just got these for free. I'm glad since i did by the first pack when it came out. This is great.

Ubisoft has just gone up a few notches in my book. :)

Not here in the UK...

wow.....gonna pop in the disc right now!!!

Now it's just clear that Epic Games isn't at the same level of costumer respect anymore...

drdre74 (11) is right. This is all because this content is included in the PS3 version, and M$'s policy is that we wouldn't ever have to pay for content that was free elsewhere. All these "UBI Rocks!" comments are funny--they got caught trying to charge for free content. They already got away with it for the Red Pack.

You mean how like Bethesda made all their content free on the market place because PC users can download it without cost already?

Haha oh wait.

Can't complain about the glitches if it's free. Now how about some refund love for Red buyers.

@8 Remember, ten weeks is just the maximum of what it could take. Ubisoft would have to get Microsofts permission to look at peoples records to see who download what and when. They would most likely than have to give Microsoft the info so they can go to peoples accounts and refund them. It may even take just a few days for all we know. But thats just my thoughts on it so don't take my word for it, its just usually how it goes.

wow what a surprise that a comp makes content for free.. I don't really have anything to make me wanna play all summer. This might be it!! I have been holding on to the game for the single player, but I m left speechless to the generosity of ubisoft.... I think I know what I going to download now... hmmm I wonder if I remember how to shoot..?

That's a really great move. Somewhat restores my faith in the potential of Marketplace.

Now Bethesda needs to make Knights of the Nine free since it's on the PS3 version.

@17 - Like what exactly? Every official add-on for Oblivion costs money for the PC as well.

The only things that are free are user-made.

what i dont understand is why was ubisoft able to give out these packs for free so soon after release, but we have to wait until september for the hidden fronts map to get the same deal.

did i...miss something?

Different companies call for different situations... The main thing is that these were supposed to be free in the first place, whereas MS never had any intention of the GoW maps to be free right away.

O ok, thanks for the clear up Tony. I had some sort of inkling that Epic wanted to make this free but MS intervened.

The reason why these maps are free and the hidden fronts map pack from gow were not is because the black edition is free on the ps3. I guess microsoft dont want to look bad.

AWESOME!

I have been enjoying Rainbow Six: Vegas on my Xbox 360 ever since November of 2006! I decided to get the Red Edition Expansion in April, and it helped get my attention again with a couple of extra modes and it made it so I have been playing Rainbows Six: Vegas again for the last couple of months. Now I will be getting the Black Edition expansion for free because of the policy Microsoft has where people don't pay extra for stuff that is included in another version of the game. Since the PS3 version came out SEVEN MONTHS later than the Xbox 360 version, the maps from the Xbox 360 expansion were included in it...so that means Xbox 360 owners now get thos Expansions for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And we Xbox 360 owners are STILL the ones with the BEST version of Rainbow Six: Vegas, because only the Xbox 360 version uses the Face Mapping technology where you take pictures of yourself and put them on the body of your character!

And only the Xbox 360 version rumbles and shakes! Without rumbling and shaking, it feels fake.

This really is an awesome deal!

Well, That's Mighty White of ya' Ubi..I Download the Black free..'Thanks", then figure well, might as well dump 800ms on the Red....Now that's free a week later, ya' say...& lucky me no refund...Eat fat one Ubi & MS.. It's bad enough I gotta I have to stare @ your marketing posters all day in Casino..This crap should have been free day 1!!!!!!!!!

@JayXXX

Then why did you pay for it?

This will hopefully change the current system of ms wanting a piece of everything. (don't they have enough?, they're richest company in the world for gods sakes)

I'd be pissed if I bought the red pack. lol

We need to see this more often!! Not to sound like a cheap-O here but this is a really nice way to thank the gamers who contiune to support LIVE and the games on it!!!
Hats off to Ubi-Soft, way to go!!!

Well free is good but I don't think I'll buy any more downloadable content because I paid for the red pack and now it's free. Love it, but all people how paid for it should get a refund as well and I hope that this does not become common place. The people who pay early get burned. Don't use the excuse that it would be to hard to refund all people who bought the red pack all it takes is some one to check the list of gamertags that have downloaded it and give them a credit. So get to it ubisoft and microsoft you guy's got some work to do...

@ Btex, i bought the red pack and i'm pissed. I thought it would be worth it w/ the 2 new game modes and maps... played the new game modes 2 or 3 times then wasn't able to find games. Everyone was still playing A&D calypso casino. Half my friends bought red pack and half didn't so we couldn't play with eachother either. Not to mention the maps on the (free) black pack are far superior to any of the red pack maps. I don't think these packs being free has anything to do w/ good will from Ubi.

I think I have a theory about why ubi might have refunded the money. First they put the black pack online, and charged for it. Then with that money, it funded a portion of the red pack being developed, although I'm sure they were in production simultaneously. Anyhow, next they continue to make money from rainbow six vegas owners from the black pack, and also new customers who bought the game because they learned there was free maps for download. They are making such a profit on rainbow six vegas that they can afford to refund everyone's money. In fact, I see it as you are essentially an ubisoft investor, lending them money for projects, and you get your money back too. Although, no interest, which is a small price to pay. Hopefully this will give ubi the chance to blow our minds with the next installment of rainbow six.

i know im late on the download but does anyone know where i can find the red pack to download? i just got the black pack down but didnt see the red pack anywhere someone let me know whats up with that