Word on the interweb this afternoon suggests that - perhaps unsurprisingly - are planning to confirm new Tom Clancy-themed shooters, with the next iterations in the and Rainbow Six series' set to step into the light.

CVG were apparently told of the forthcoming revelations by Ubisoft insiders. The games in question will be unveiled later this year, and could be available in time for Christmas.

We're not sure whether the new titles will continue in the Advanced Warfighter or Las Vegas furrows previously ploughed by the French publisher, although it seems unlikely we'll be heading back to the city of sin, given past hints that the next Rainbow Six will take the elsewhere.

More on this idle gossip as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge