Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Thermal Video Bonanza

Ubisoft today released a pair of videos showing off new thermal features in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The tactical shooter is set to hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 18, with the PC version following a bit later.

"Thermal Vision goggles combined with a smoke grenade are quite useful against lesser equipped enemies that have no goggles of their own," says Vegas 2 product manager Carl Caldareri. "You or your teammates can throw a smoke grenade into a room filled with enemies to visually impair them so you can flank them with ease."

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Click on through for a look at the thermal scan feature.

"[The thermal scan] feature is shown through a picture-in-picture (PIP) interface at the top right hand corner of the screen," explains Ubisoft Montreal designer Philippe Therien. "The PIP shows a blueprint of the area you are navigating and identifies all enemy targets using their thermal signature. You and your teammates are identified differently using white and green symbols respectively."

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