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Tom Clancy's Rogue Spear
BLACK THORN::
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Date of Release: 2001 Nov 1
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This page was last updated on: 2002 Mar 3
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The world has seen copycat killers, but never copycat terrorists ... until
now. Some of history’s most infamous terrorist acts are being mimicked in new locations, but without any apparent motive.
Team RAINBOW is sent in to stop the trail of destruction.
Editor's note: It is important to note Black Thorn is still based on the Rogue Spear engine and is NOT
considered as "Rainbow Six III" or "Rogue Spear 2". The true sequel to Rogue Spear
(Rainbow Six III) has been announced as "Raven Shield".
Primary Features:
Black Thorn is a stand-alone product and does
not require a copy of the original Rogue Spear.
The story line focuses on a group of terrorists that are recreating terrorist actions from the past half century.
Black Thorn allows you to face these scenarios with current tactics and weapons.
Ten new missions
Six multiplayer dedicated maps
New weapons
Nov 1, 2001:
Black Thorn begins to appear on store shelves.
October 17, 2001:
Ubi Soft announces
that the modified version of Black Thorn has gone gold.
Sep 17, 2001:
Ubi Soft issues a
press release stating that the release of Black Thorn will be delayed because of the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.
The press release also states that Ubi Soft plans to "modify the content to avoid stirring emotions unnecessarily
and unwillingly offending the public."
August 8, 2001:
The official Black Thorn site
goes live.
July 23, 2001:
The official Red Storm website is updated with a new look
and reveals that October 9, 2001 is the release date for Black Thorn.
June 8, 2001:
The July 2001 issue of Computer Gaming World magazine reveals more
about the plot in Black Thorn: "New intelligence suggests that the leader of this group is in fact an ex-RAINBOW member!
Kicked out of Team RAINBOW by John Clark for torturing a captured terrorist, the madman has vowed vengeance and formed a
new well-armed and motivated group of terrorists - Black Thorn!"
May 25, 2001:
Serellan of Pie's Tactics returns from
E3 and publishes his in-depth preview of Black Thorn. His preview gives the first look
at the complete list of new weapons that will be included with Black Thorn.
May 19, 2001:
Well Rounded Entertainment reveals that Black Thorn will include a new "Lone Wolf" multiplayer mode
in their E3 preview. The addition of this new mode brings up the
question if Black Thorn will have a different executable than Urban Ops and Covert Ops.
May 18, 2001:
EuroGamer posts the first screenshots of Black
Thorn taken from the official Ubi Soft press kit. These pictures give us some idea about the locations of the new maps.
May 17, 2001:
The staff of Pie's Tactics report from E3 2001 that
Black Thorn is being developed by a Canadian Ubi Soft team based in Montreal under the supervision of Red Storm's John Sonedecker.
May 1, 2001:
The first public mention of "Rogue Spear: Black Thorn" appears when IGN.com updates their 2001 E3 list.
RSE's John Sonedecker confirms in the RS Retreat Forums that this title is a new product and is not the English version of the Korean R6: Take-Down.
Black Thorn will
have a total of 15 maps: 9 new single player missions and 6 multiplayer dedicated maps.
Black Thorn will include fourteen new weapons, two of which will be "terrorist guns" which will be available in
multiplayer only.
Pistols
FN Five-seveN
Sig P228
Steyr SPP
Submachine Guns
Beretta M12
FN P90
FN P90-SD
Steyr TMP
Assault Rifles
FAMAS G2
FN FAL
FN FNC
GALIL ARM (Terrorist)
Valmet M82 (Terrorist)
Sniper Rifles
Sig SSG3000
Heavy Machine Guns
M60
The game engine for Black Thorn is based on the 2.5x version of the Rogue Spear engine used for Urban Ops and Covert Ops.
Just like Urban Ops introduced "Defend", Black Thorn will feature a new multiplayer mode called "Lone Wolf". This mode will let a single player chose any weapon
to fight off up to eight other players armed with only pistols.
Serellan's Black Thorn preview at Pie's Tactics
Official Black Thorn E3 video trailer at Endi_Six Mods
IGN.PC's Black Thorn preview page
GameSpot's "Hands-on" preview
KGN's Black Thorn beta preview (German)
EuroGamer's screenshots from Ubi Soft's E3 press kit.
Blue's News eight screenshots from Ubi Soft.
IGN.com's eight screenshots from Ubi Soft.
Black Thorn is a
stand-alone product and does not need a copy of Rogue Spear to run.
- OS: Windows 95 or later with DirectX 6.0 or better installed
- Without Hardware Acceleration: Pentium II 266 or equivalent
- With Hardware Acceleration: Pentium 233 MMX or equivalent
- RAM: 32MB minimum
- 2D Video: 16-bit SVGA or better
- 3D Video: 4MB or better Direct3D compatible card recommended
- Audio: Sound Blaster 16 or compatible
- Hard Disk: Not yet known
- CD-ROM: 4x or faster
- Network Play: Properly configured low-latency TCP/IP connection
(28.8 kbps or faster)
- Input Devices: Mouse and keyboard
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