Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot told investors yesterday that the company is considering the name of Rainbow Six Quarantine because of the negative connotations of the subtitle while the world is still in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic.
“We are creating a product that is basically … what it is called today, it is something that we evaluate and we will see what comes in the future [Rainbow Six Quarantine], ”Said Guillemot after being asked if he had considered delaying the game due to the name (h / t VGC).
When contacted by Kotaku for comment, a Ubisoft representative said the company had nothing to add to Guillemot’s statement.
although Rainbow Six Quarantine used to be first revealed at E3 2019, life started as Pioneer, the doomed sci-fi project teased Watch Dogs 2. Since then, the world has been inundated with pandemic concerns due to the spread of covid-19, creating an uncomfortable environment in which to release a game primarily about the spread of an alien plague.
Ubisoft has not yet announced a release date for Rainbow Six Quarantine, but CFO Frédérick Duguet said during the same conversation with investors that the launch is planned sometime this year.