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{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3:<br />Raven Shield
| image = Rainbowsix3.jpg
| developer = [[Ubi Soft Montreal]]<br/>[[Ubi Soft Milan]]<br/>[[Red Storm Entertainment]]{{efn|Mac OS X version developed by i5works.}}
| publisher = [[Ubi Soft]]{{efn|Mac OS X version published by [[Aspyr]].}}{{efn|Mobile version developed and published by [[Gameloft]].}}
| producer = Mathieu Ferland<br>Chadi Lebbos
| designer = Mike McCoy<br>Carl Lavoie
| programmer = Eric Bégin
| artist = Carol Bertrand<br>Josef Sy
| composer = [[Bill Brown (composer)|Bill Brown]]
| series = ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six]]''
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 2]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Mobile game|mobile phone]]
| released = '''Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|March 18, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield ships |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-ships/1100-6023418/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214222/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-ships/1100-6023418/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|EU|March 21, 2003<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-03-21 |title=What's New? |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/article-47602 |access-date=2023-03-31 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214222/https://www.eurogamer.net/article-47602 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
'''Mac OS X'''<br />{{vgrelease|EU|October 31, 2003|NA|December 17, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aspyr ships Raven Shield, Jedi Academy |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/169183/raven.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Macworld |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214222/https://www.macworld.com/article/169183/raven.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
'''Mobile'''<br />January 12, 2004
| genre = [[Tactical shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}
'''''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield''''' is a 2003 [[Tactical shooter|tactical]] [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] developed by [[Red Storm Entertainment]] and published by [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[MacOS|Mac OS X]]. It is the third entry in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six|Rainbow Six]]'' series. The game's plot follows Rainbow, a secret international [[Counterterrorism|counterterrorist]] organization, as they respond to a wave of [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attacks threatening [[South America]].

Based on [[Unreal Engine 2]], ''Raven Shield'' is a tactical shooter with realistic properties. ''Raven Shield'' moved toward mainstream [[first-person shooter]]s like ''[[Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]'', adapting various features absent in previous versions. These included the ability to see one's weapon while in the first-person view, new weapons and upgrades (including [[Magazine (firearms)#High-capacity magazines|larger magazines]] and [[Sight (device)|sights]]), and a revamped multiplayer.

A [[video game console|console]] version, '''''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3''''', was developed and published by Ubisoft<!-- Spelling is intentional; the company was renamed from "Ubi Soft" to "Ubisoft" in September 2003. --> for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[GameCube]]. This iteration of the game features the same basic engine, models, textures, and artwork, but with significantly different game mechanics, gameplay, and storyline.

Due to the console version's success on the Xbox and the popularity of [[Xbox Live]], an Xbox-exclusive semi-sequel was released in 2004 titled ''[[#Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow]]''. The next full game in the ''Rainbow Six'' series, ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown]]'', was released in 2005.

== Windows and Mac ==

=== Plot ===
In 1945, two [[Ustaše]] members escape the [[Independent State of Croatia]] with [[The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia|Holocaust]] loot, leaving documents relating to it in a Croatian bank. Sixty years later, in 2005, a group of assailants enter the bank overnight, kill its occupants, and destroy the documents.

Meanwhile, Rainbow, led by [[John Clark (Ryanverse character)|John Clark]] and advised by Kevin Sweeney, responds to a series of [[Neo-fascism|neo-fascist]] terrorist attacks targeting South American oil interests and European financial institutions. They are soon deployed to intervene in shootouts in the [[Cayman Islands]] between [[Illegal drug trade|drug smugglers]] and the [[Royal Cayman Islands Police Service|Cayman Islands Police Force]], including one at the mansion of Croatian billionaire Nikola Gospić, who claims the smugglers broke in.

Rainbow's suspicions arise after a series of raids and terrorist attacks on locations across South America connected to Gospić and the smugglers, including an unusually violent attack on a [[Meat-packing industry|meat-packing]] facility in [[Argentina]] which Gospić owns a minority stake in, and a raid on an import-export company in [[Brazil]] storing [[chemical weapon]]s components. Rainbow finds a link between Gospić and [[Far-right politics|far-right]] Argentine presidential candidate Alvaro Gutierrez, who is himself tied to an earlier attack on a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] bank. After killing a British [[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazi]] with ties to Gospić and Gutierrez during a hostage situation, and stopping the contamination of meat at the meat-packing facility with [[VX (nerve agent)|VX]], Rainbow deduces Gospić is stockpiling chemical weapons and raids the meat-packing facility and his mansion.

Rainbow learns that Gospić is an escaped Ustaše official, one of the two men in the opening cutscene. Dying of [[liver cancer]], Gospić intends to use his vast wealth to resurrect global [[fascism]] before he dies: by buying South American oil fields and killing swaths of people across the continent, he would spark an economic crisis, then use his oil profits to raise an international fascist movement and form [[Greater Croatia]] under fascist rule. To bring about the crisis, he plans to attack [[Festa Junina]] celebrations in [[Rio de Janeiro]] with [[Blister agent|blister gas]]. Rainbow assaults a garage where Gospić is preparing a [[Float (parade)|parade float]] filled with blister gas, killing Gospić and preventing the attack. Gutierrez is promptly arrested, and he admits everything to Clark in interrogation.

=== Expansions ===

==== ''Athena Sword'' ====
[[Image:RS3AthenaSword.jpg|thumb|right|Box art for ''Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword'' on Microsoft Windows]]
''Athena Sword'' is the first expansion for the PC version of ''Raven Shield''. ''Athena Sword'' builds upon the original by adding eight new missions, five new [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] maps, three new multiplayer game modes, and seven new weapons. ''Athena Sword'' was developed by [[Ubisoft Milan]] and released on March 9, 2004. A Mac port was released on November 23, 2004. ''Athena Sword'' was packaged with the original game as ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Gold Edition'' in 2004.

===== Plot =====
In 2007, a few months after defeating Gospić and imprisoning Gutierrez, Rainbow responds to a series of consecutive terrorist attacks in [[Italy]]. Rainbow learns they possess chemical weapons and that they are followers of Gutierrez; when questioned, Gutierrez promises a "surprise", suggesting his complicity. Rainbow finds an informant in arms dealer Giovanni Bagattini, and rescues him from several attempts on his life. The terrorists raid a warehouse where the [[Polizia di Stato]] have stored their confiscated chemical gas; Rainbow repels them, but finds the terrorists have stolen a barrel, which they intend to use for Gutierrez's "surprise". Rainbow tracks the terrorists to [[Athens]], [[Greece]], and prevents them from releasing the gas in an [[agora]]. In the aftermath, Gutierrez is delivered a newspaper reporting the terrorists' defeat; two days later, he hangs himself in his cell.

==== ''Iron Wrath'' ====
''Iron Wrath'' is the second expansion for the PC version of ''Raven Shield''. It was in production for almost 2 years before [[Ubisoft]] decided to release it as a free download for [[FilePlanet]] subscribers on June 9, 2005. Developed by [[Ubisoft Casablanca]], this expansion features a 7-mission campaign in which Rainbow neutralizes a terrorist nuclear bomb threat, 3 classic missions, 8 new multiplayer maps, 6 new weapons, and 5 new multiplayer game modes. In October 2008, the CD-key activation server was taken offline, suspending the multiplayer features of ''Iron Wrath''.  This free expansion remains available on the web site [[Mod DB|ModDB]].

==== ''Gold Edition'' and ''Complete'' ====
''Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition'' and ''Rainbow Six 3: Complete'' are compilation sets that both consist of ''Raven Shield'' and ''Athena Sword'', with ''Complete'' also including ''Iron Wrath''.

=== Development ===
''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield'' was developed for Microsoft Windows from around November, 2000 (according to the game's credit screen), to February, 13, 2003, which it was finished as the development neared completion,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield goes gold |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-goes-gold/1100-2910901/ |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref> and through a collaboration between Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment, including Ubisoft's other studio, Montreal and Milan, after their acquisition in August, 30, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=I. G. N. |date=2000-08-30 |title=Red Storm Acquired by UbiSoft |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/30/red-storm-acquired-by-ubisoft |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>

==Console versions==
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| publisher = [[Ubisoft]]
| series = ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six]]''
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| platforms = [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]<br />[[PlayStation 2]]<br />[[GameCube]]
| released = '''Xbox'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|October 28, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rainbow Six 3 ships for Xbox |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-3-ships-for-xbox/1100-6077455/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214223/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rainbow-six-3-ships-for-xbox/1100-6077455/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|EU|November 7, 2003<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-11-07 |title=What's New? |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news071103whatsnew |access-date=2023-03-31 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318000207/https://www.eurogamer.net/news071103whatsnew |url-status=live }}</ref>}}'''PlayStation 2'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|March 23, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=David |date=2004-03-23 |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Ships |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/23/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-ships |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214222/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/23/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-ships |url-status=live }}</ref>|EU|March 26, 2004<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-03-26 |title=What's New? |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-260304 |access-date=2023-03-31 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330003844/https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-260304 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}'''GameCube'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|June 15, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ubisoft Ships Rainbow Six 3 on GameCube - News |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/9659/ubisoft-ships-rainbow-six-3-on-gamecube |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Nintendo World Report |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214227/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/9659/ubisoft-ships-rainbow-six-3-on-gamecube |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-06-24 |title=Ubisoft - Rainbow Six® 3 |url=http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/rainbowsix3_gcn.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624161455/http://www.ubi.com/US/Games/rainbowsix3_gcn.htm |archive-date=June 24, 2004 }}</ref>|EU|June 25, 2004<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-06-25 |title=What's New? |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-250604 |access-date=2023-03-31 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214226/https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-250604 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
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''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3'' was initially ported to [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] console to take advantage of the [[Xbox Live]] online functionality. The Xbox version was developed by [[Ubisoft Montreal]]. The game was later ported to the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[GameCube]] in early 2004 by developer [[Ubisoft Shanghai]]. The GameCube version is limited to two players for local multiplayer. Although both games are titled ''Rainbow Six 3'', this version is not subtitled ''Raven Shield'' and contains somewhat different content. For instance, the multiplayer maps in the console and PC versions are different, with some appearing only in the console versions, others in the PC version.

The Xbox version of the game features downloadable content in the form of additional levels for users with access to the Xbox Live service. All of the expansion levels are intended for use in the online multiplayer mode. Xbox Live for the original Xbox shut down on April 15, 2010, but ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3'' is playable online on the replacement online servers for the Xbox called [[Insignia (Xbox)|Insignia]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Xbox |first=Pure |date=2023-11-16 |title=Xbox Live 1.0 Replacement 'Insignia' Now Supports 150 Games |url=https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/11/xbox-live-1-0-replacement-insignia-now-supports-150-games |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Pure Xbox |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119052021/https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/11/xbox-live-1-0-replacement-insignia-now-supports-150-games |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Gameplay ===
The gameplay in the console version of ''Rainbow Six 3'' deviates from its PC counterpart in a number of important areas, notably the exclusion of a mission planning stage and the inability to control multiple characters. Instead, players take the role of Rainbow field commander [[Domingo Chavez]] and lead a single fireteam consisting of Eddie Price, Louis Loiselle, and Dieter Weber through each of the game's missions. Orders can be issued to the teammates using either an in-game menu or through voice-commands via the Xbox Live headset. This, however, suffered from slight misunderstandings between similar phrases such as "open frag and clear" and "open flash and clear", and vice versa. To compensate for the decreased control players have over their squad, the squad AI has been improved, with squadmates being able to automatically duck behind objects or assume covering positions within an area. Each teammate has their own unique voice as opposed to generic voices in the PC version.

The action is also slightly more forgiving in the console version. Chavez and his teammates each have a [[Health (game terminology)|health bar]] consisting of four units of health. In the console versions, it is possible for the player to sustain several bullet hits before dying.

=== Plot ===
In 2007, a Rainbow team commanded by Domingo Chavez responds to a series of terrorist attacks with the same demands: an end to [[Venezuela]]n oil exports to the [[United States]]. Though they initially target the [[Petroleum industry|oil industry]] and [[PDVSA]], the attacks soon shift to target Venezuelan presidential candidate Juan Crespo. Meanwhile, suspicions mount that [[Saudi Arabia]] is responsible for the attacks, which Clark fears could escalate into a war.

Chavez's team extracts Nusrat Ahmad, an [[informant]] who infiltrated multiple terrorist networks; Ahmad informs Clark that Emilio Vargas, Crespo's right-hand man, played a role in an earlier break-in in [[Boston]] where financial records relating to the terrorist attacks were stolen from a vault. After Chavez's team rescues Crespo from an attack while touring [[Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary]], Rainbow learns Vargas is connected to Middle Eastern terrorists. Chavez's team raids an import-export firm owned by Vargas, and Chavez sneaks into Vargas' [[Caracas]] [[Penthouse apartment|penthouse]] to gather intel, from which they learn Vargas possesses VX.

Rainbow manages to seize VX from a meat-packing facility, and tracks down additional VX—along with Vargas himself—to a garage in [[New Orleans]]. Clark interrogates Vargas, who reveals Crespo is ordering the attacks to rally support for his campaign; upon being elected [[President of Venezuela]], Crespo would engineer an [[Energy crisis|oil crisis]] to sell oil on the [[black market]] at high prices for his own gain. Rainbow also learns Crespo plans to orchestrate terrorist attacks against the U.S. with a Saudi dissident, allowing the dissident to take control of Saudi Arabia after American military intervention. With an impending attack targeting [[Mardi Gras in New Orleans|Mardi Gras celebrations]], Chavez's team deploys to New Orleans, locating and defusing a VX-loaded bomb.

With the attack prevented and his plans foiled, Crespo attempts to flee Venezuela with his remaining VX canisters. Rainbow intercepts Crespo at [[Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)|Simón Bolívar International Airport]] and Chavez assassinates him before he can escape. With the threat subsided, Clark congratulates Chavez and his team, and Rainbow frames the terrorists for the assassination.

=== Development ===
The Xbox version of ''Rainbow Six 3'' was exhibited at [[Games Convention]] 2003 and [[E3]] 2003.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boulding |first1=Aaron |title=E3 2003: Rainbow Six 3 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/12/e3-2003-rainbow-six-3 |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319053228/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/05/12/e3-2003-rainbow-six-3 |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |date=May 12, 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Peer |title=GC 2003: Microsoft Booth Report |url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/435/435075p1.html |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215175328/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/435/435075p1.html |archive-date=February 15, 2004 |date=August 22, 2003 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>

A poster in a level of the game contained a link to an unowned website; subsequently, the website was registered and filled with [[pornography]] by a man who noticed that the URL was unregistered.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=XXX ... in a Tom Clancy game? |url=https://money.cnn.com/2004/01/05/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm |website=[[CNN Money]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040110010838/https://money.cnn.com/2004/01/05/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm |archive-date=January 10, 2004 |date=January 7, 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pr0n in Rainbow Six 3 |url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/449/449155p1.html |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040408153352/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/449/449155p1.html |archive-date=April 8, 2004 |date=January 5, 2004 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> Ubisoft released a statement saying that they refuse to buy the domain, stating that "Ubisoft has a clear policy that under any circumstances it will not pay blackmail money to anyone. It was an honest oversight on our part not to register the 'made up' URL."<ref name="cnn" />

===''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow''===
Developed by [[Ubisoft Milan]], ''Black Arrow'' is a semi-sequel to the console version of ''Rainbow Six 3''. Still titled ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3'', ''Black Arrow'' was developed and published by Ubisoft and released for the Xbox on August 3, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ransom-Wiley |first=James |date=2004-07-20 |title=''Black Arrow'' on the horizon |url=https://www.engadget.com/2004-07-20-black-arrow-on-the-horizon.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Like ''Rainbow Six 3'', ''Black Arrow'' was created to take advantage of Microsoft's popular [[Xbox Live]] online service. Along with two new online game modes; Total Conquest, Retrieval and a new offline mode Lone Rush, changes were also implemented into ''Black Arrow'' from the original ''Rainbow Six 3''. A noticeable change was made to combat the unfair advantages of "lean walking". This change still allows the player to lean but is unable to move until they return to the original standing straight posture.
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==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| title = Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
| GR = (Xbox) 88.06%<ref name=GRXB>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/557004-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for Xbox |publisher=[[GameRankings]] |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013927/https://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/557004-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PC) 85.64%<ref name=GRPC>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/556765-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for PC |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=February 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225163450/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/556765-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(Mobile 2) 84.50%<ref name=GRMB2>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920925-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for Mobile |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013509/https://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920925-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(Mobile 1) 76.33%<ref name=GRMB1>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920357-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for Mobile |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209012759/https://www.gamerankings.com/mobile/920357-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2) 72.71%<ref name=GRPS2>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/917849-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for PlayStation 2 |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013538/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/917849-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(GC) 68.35%<ref name=GRGC>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/917850-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for GameCube |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013507/https://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/917850-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| MC = (Xbox) 86/100<ref name=MCXB>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for Xbox Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202133102/https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PC) 83/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=February 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225163632/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2) 70/100<ref name=MCPS2>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330081755/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(GC) 68/100<ref name=MCGC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for GameCube Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915225325/https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Sutyak |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=38415&tab=review |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield - Review |publisher=[[AllGame]] |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114101549/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=38415 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| EGM = (Xbox) 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=175 |date=January 2004 |page=146}}</ref><br />(PS2) 5.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (PS2) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=179 |date=May 2004 |page=94}}</ref>
| EuroG = (PC) 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Martin |date=April 3, 2003 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_ravenshield_pc |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (PC) |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023200120/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_ravenshield_pc |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(Xbox) 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Kristan |date=November 13, 2003 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_rainbowsix3_x |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) |website=Eurogamer |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002060703/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_rainbowsix3_x |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GI = (Xbox) 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Biessener |first=Adam |url=http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200401/R04.0120.0841.20168.htm |title=Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=129 |date=January 2004 |page=142 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606173019/http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200401/R04.0120.0841.20168.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><br />(PC) 7.25/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Brogger |first=Kristian |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200305/R03.0729.1712.55475.htm |title=Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield |magazine=Game Informer |issue=121 |date=May 2003 |page=93 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228013602/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200305/R03.0729.1712.55475.htm |archive-date=February 28, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><br />(PS2) 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kato |first=Matthew |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/D460E55C-9D54-4343-B4E2-74C7090C03F3.htm |title=Rainbow Six 3 (PS2) |magazine=Game Informer |issue=132 |date=April 2004 |page=96 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125021935/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/D460E55C-9D54-4343-B4E2-74C7090C03F3.htm |archive-date=January 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><br />(GC) 5.75/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Matt |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200409/R04.0921.1722.51936.htm |title=Rainbow Six 3 (GC) |magazine=Game Informer |issue=137 |date=September 2004 |page=112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014024316/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200409/R04.0921.1722.51936.htm |archive-date=October 14, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| GamePro = (PC) {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |date=April 8, 2003 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/28845.shtml |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Review for PC on GamePro.com |magazine=[[GamePro]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204150323/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/28845.shtml |archive-date=February 4, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><br />{{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |date=November 4, 2003 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/31610.shtml |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Review for Xbox on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208054128/http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/31610.shtml |archive-date=February 8, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/34984.shtml |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Review for PS2 on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |date=May 2004 |page=63 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211212722/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/34984.shtml |archive-date=February 11, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| GameRev = B+<ref>{{cite web |last=Sanders |first=Shawn |date=April 2003 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield |title=Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Review |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224164628/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot = (PC) 8.7/10<ref name=GSpot/><br />(Xbox) 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=October 30, 2003 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6077649/ |title=Rainbow Six 3 Review (Xbox) |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915003408/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6077649/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(Mobile 1) 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Damon |date=January 1, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-raven-shield-review/1900-6094092/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Review (Mobile) |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=June 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621075937/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-raven-shield-review/1900-6094092/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(Mobile 2) 8.1/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Score |first=Avery |date=July 12, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6102383/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Review (Mobile) |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002060701/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6102383/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />6.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=March 25, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6092303/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Review (PS2) |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812112755/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6092303/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=June 24, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6101317/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Review (GC) |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002060701/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-review/1900-6101317/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Kosak |first=Dave |date=May 1, 2003 |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/5835p1.html |title=GameSpy: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120104120/http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/5835p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Meston |first=Zach |date=November 19, 2003 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/6412p1.html |title=GameSpy: Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120104149/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/6412p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PS2 & GC) {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Leeper |first=Justin |date=March 29, 2004 |url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/501634p1.html |title=GameSpy: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (PS2) |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120104253/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/501634p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Steve |date=June 30, 2004 |url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/527440p1.html |title=GameSpy: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (GCN) |publisher=GameSpy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208105927/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3/527440p1.html |archive-date=December 8, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| GameZone = (Xbox) 9.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Valentino |first=Nick |date=November 16, 2003 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2003/11/16/tom_clancy_s_rainbow_six_3_xb_review |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 - XB - Review |publisher=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222165432/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21943.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><br />(PS2) 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Hopper |first=Steven |date=April 20, 2004 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/04/20/tom_clancy_s_rainbow_six_3_ps2_review |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 - PS2 - Review |publisher=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109075341/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21943.htm |archive-date=November 9, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref><br />(GC) 6.8/10<ref>{{cite web |author=Aceinet |date=July 5, 2004 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/07/05/tom_clancy_s_rainbow_six_3_gc_review |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 - GC - Review |publisher=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222060300/http://gamecube.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21943.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| IGN = (Mobile) 9.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Levi |date=July 8, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/08/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3 |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (Cell) |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121040332/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/08/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(Xbox) 9.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Boulding |first=Aaron |date=October 28, 2003 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/29/rainbow-six-3-review |title=Rainbow Six 3 Review (Xbox) |website=IGN |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925150428/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/29/rainbow-six-3-review |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(PC) 8.6/10<ref name=IGN/><br />(PS2) 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=March 23, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/24/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-6 |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (PS2) |website=IGN |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521012548/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/24/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-6 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />(GC) 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |date=June 22, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/22/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-2 |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (GCN) |website=IGN |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514054145/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/22/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NP = 3.2/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |volume=183 |date=August 2004 |page=121}}</ref>
| OPM = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 |magazine=[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine]] |date=May 2004 |page=94}}</ref>
| OXM = 9.2/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |date=December 2003 |page=54}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 80%<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield |journal=[[PC Gamer]] |date=April 2003 |page=90}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[The Times]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=McNamara |first=John |date=May 8, 2004 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-x2kr6pw6lvp |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (PS2) |newspaper=[[The Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725001507/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7947-1100126,00.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2014}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
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By the end of 2003, sales of ''Rainbow Six 3'' had reached 1.3 million copies.<ref name=sales4>{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921063708/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=32352 | url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=32352 | url-status=live | title=Ubisoft 3rd Quarter Sales: €227.7 Million, Up 29.3 % (at Constant Exchange Rates); Fiscal Year Impacted by the Postponement of a Product Launch | archive-date=September 21, 2017 | publisher=[[Ubisoft]] | date=February 3, 2004 }}</ref> The game sold 2.2 million copies by the end March 2004.<ref name=sales5>{{cite press release | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921070030/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=32326 | url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/company/press/detail.aspx?id=32326 | url-status=live | title=Annual 2003/2004 Sales: €508 Million (+22.5% at Constant Exchange Rates); Free Cash Flow Revised Up to More Than €50 Million | archive-date=September 21, 2017 | publisher=[[Ubisoft]] | date=April 29, 2004 }}</ref>

Reception of the game ranged from positive to mixed. [[GameRankings]] and [[Metacritic]] gave it a score of 88.06% and 86 out of 100 for the Xbox version;<ref name=GRXB/><ref name=MCXB/> 85.64% and 83 out of 100 for the PC version;<ref name=GRPC/><ref name=MCPC/> 76.33% for the first Mobile version of the game<ref name=GRMB1/> and 84.50% for the second one;<ref name=GRMB2/> 72.71% and 70 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;<ref name=GRPS2/><ref name=MCPS2/> and 68.35% and 68 out of 100 for the GameCube version.<ref name=GRGC/><ref name=MCGC/>

''[[IGN]]'' gave the PC version an 8.6 out of 10, saying, "Not only does it continue the series' tradition of intense realism and the unforgiving consequences of close-quarters combat, it does it better than any of the previous titles in the series."<ref name=IGN>{{cite web |last=Butts |first=Steve |date=March 20, 2003 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/20/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-review |title=Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Review |website=IGN |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=February 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225160306/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/20/rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-review?page=3 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[GameSpot]]'' said: "Despite its minor flaws, Raven Shield is still a very impressive addition to the series and a very worthy heir to the Rainbow Six name," and gave the same version an 8.7 out of 10.<ref name=GSpot>{{cite web |last=Osborne |first=Scott |date=March 19, 2003 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-review/1900-6023492/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Review (PC) |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116133244/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield-review/1900-6023492/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The publication later named it the best computer game of March 2003.<ref name=gotm>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123194209/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gotm/040503/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gotm/040503/index.html | title=''GameSpot''{{'}}s Month in Review: March 2003 | author=((The Editors of ''GameSpot'')) | date=April 5, 2003 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=January 23, 2005 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave the Xbox version a score of 8, 7, 8, and 7, combined for a score of 30 out of 40;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |volume=813 |date=July 16, 2004}}</ref> ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' gave the same version a score of six out of ten and called it "a stupefyingly linear experience. While the individual stand-offs and shoot-outs are exhilarating, the removal of any sense of choice or any requirement of tactical thought makes this more of a theme park ride than a military operation."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (Xbox) |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=131 |date=December 2003 |page=117}}</ref>

''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' nominated ''Raven Shield'' for their 2003 "Shooter of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''[[Call of Duty (video game)|Call of Duty]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=CGW staff |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_236.pdf |title=Computer Gaming Word's 2003 Games of the Year: Shooter of the Year |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=236 |date=March 2004 |page=64 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705084118/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_236.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ''GameSpot'' named its mobile version the best mobile game of July 2004.<ref name=gotm2>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414042111/http://www.gamespot.com/features/6104571/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6104571/index.html | title=''GameSpot''{{'}}s Month in Review for July 2004 | date=August 10, 2004 | work=[[GameSpot]] | author=Staff | archive-date=April 14, 2005 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the [[7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] honored ''Rainbow Six 3'' with the "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|Console First-Person Action Game of the Year]]" award, along with receiving a nomination for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGame=272 |title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |website=interactive.org |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617115305/https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGame=272 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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===''Athena Sword''===
{{Video game reviews
| title = Athena Sword
| GR = 71.09%<ref name=GRAS>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/914955-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword for PC |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209012451/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/914955-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| MC = 72/100<ref name=MCAS>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915230626/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GI = 7.25/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Biessener |first=Adam |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/786207DF-5A87-4C50-987B-CA566A590E16.htm |title=Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword |magazine=Game Informer |issue=133 |date=May 2004 |page=107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125120701/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/786207DF-5A87-4C50-987B-CA566A590E16.htm |archive-date=January 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| GSpot = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ocampo |first=Jason |date=March 11, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword-review/1900-6091303/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword Review |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121000554/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword-review/1900-6091303/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Chick |first=Tom |date=March 29, 2004 |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword/502746p1.html |title=GameSpy: Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005184350/http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword/502746p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| IGN = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Butts |first=Steve |date=March 10, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/10/rainbow-six-3-athena-sword-review |title=Rainbow Six: Athena Sword Review |website=IGN |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120134426/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/10/rainbow-six-3-athena-sword-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
| PCF = 76%<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cobbett |first=Richard |url=http://www.pcformat.co.uk/reviews/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=30626&subsectionid=680 |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword |journal=[[PC Format]] |issue=161 |date=May 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814200201/http://www.pcformat.co.uk/reviews/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=30626&subsectionid=680 |archive-date=August 14, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| PCGUK = 69%<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword |journal=[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer UK]] |date=May 2004}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 80%<ref>{{cite journal |last=Klett |first=Steve |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/review_2004-08-01.html |title=Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword |journal=PC Gamer |date=June 2004 |page=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014085756/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/review_2004-08-01.html |archive-date=October 14, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| PCZone = 72%<ref>{{cite magazine |author=PC Zone staff |date=May 6, 2004 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=104103 |title=PC Review Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>: Athena Sword |magazine=[[PC Zone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126155742/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=104103 |archive-date=January 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| XPlay = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Schkloven |first=Emmett |date=April 6, 2004 |url=http://www.techtv.com/xplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3658897,00.html |title='Rainbow Six 3 Athena Sword' (PC) Review |publisher=[[X-Play]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040419060958/http://www.techtv.com/xplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3658897,00.html |archive-date=April 19, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
}}

The expansion pack ''Athena Sword'' was met with average reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 71.09%,<ref name=GRAS/> while Metacritic gave it 72 out of 100.<ref name=MCAS/> It was nominated for ''GameSpot''{{'}}s 2004 "Best Expansion Pack" award, which went to ''[[Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots]]''.<ref name=bestworst2004>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307021607/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/ | url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/ | title=Best and Worst of 2004 | author=((The ''GameSpot'' Editors)) | date=January 5, 2005 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=March 7, 2005 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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===''Black Arrow''===
{{Video game reviews
| title = Black Arrow
| GR = 84.69%<ref name=GRBA>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/920224-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow/index.html |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow for Xbox |publisher=GameRankings |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209011924/https://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/920224-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| MC = 84/100<ref name=MCBA>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow for Xbox Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913173459/https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow |url-status=live }}</ref>
| EGM = 7.83/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=183 |date=September 2004 |page=106}}</ref>
| EuroG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Kristan |date=August 4, 2004 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_rs3blackarrow_x |title=Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |website=Eurogamer |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710151748/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_rs3blackarrow_x |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Fam = 29/40<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |magazine=Famitsu |volume=848 |date=March 18, 2005}}</ref>
| GI = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zoss |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/B0AE222D-156C-423F-BD14-7C8A3A7DA676.htm |title=Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |magazine=Game Informer |issue=137 |date=September 2004 |page=115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216072612/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/B0AE222D-156C-423F-BD14-7C8A3A7DA676.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Tokyo Drifter |url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/37216.shtml |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Review for Xbox on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |date=September 2004 |page=83 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310002235/http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/37216.shtml |archive-date=March 10, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| GameRev = B<ref>{{cite web |last=Sanders |first=Shawn |date=August 21, 2004 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/rainbow-six-3-black-arrow |title=Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Review |publisher=Game Revolution |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222102/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/rainbow-six-3-black-arrow |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Shoemaker |first=Brad |date=August 6, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow-review/1900-6104349/ |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Black Arrow Review |website=GameSpot |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120110104/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow-review/1900-6104349/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Will |date=August 5, 2004 |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow/536220p1.html |title=GameSpy: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120110226/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow/536220p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GameZone = 9.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Valentino |first=Nick |date=August 21, 2004 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/08/21/tom_clancy_s_rainbow_six_3_black_arrow_xb_review |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow - XB - Review |publisher=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002160251/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23854.htm |archive-date=October 2, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| IGN = 9.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Hilary |date=August 5, 2004 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/06/rainbow-six-3-black-arrow |title=Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |website=IGN |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235743/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/06/rainbow-six-3-black-arrow |url-status=live }}</ref>
| OXM = 7.9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |date=September 2004 |page=76}}</ref>
| XPlay = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Zuniga |first=Todd |date=September 28, 2004 |url=http://www.g4techtv.com/xplay/features/49774/Rainbow_Six_3_Black_Arrow_Review.html |title=Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Review |publisher=X-Play |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041012001336/http://www.g4techtv.com/xplay/features/49774/Rainbow_Six_3_Black_Arrow_Review.html |archive-date=October 12, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Ring |first=Bennett |date=August 28, 2004 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518081377.html |title=Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807221730/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518081377.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

The Xbox-exclusive ''Black Arrow'' was met with positive reception; GameRankings gave it a score of 84.69%,<ref name=GRBA/> while Metacritic gave it 84 out of 100.<ref name=MCBA/>

{{clear}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20050828093500/http://www.raven-shield.com/}} (archived)
* ''Iron Wrath'' free expansion, by Ubisoft (2005) : [https://www.moddb.com/games/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/downloads/rainbow-six-3-iron-wrath-uk UK version] | [https://www.moddb.com/games/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield/downloads/rainbow-six-3-iron-wrath-us US version] at [[Mod DB|ModDB]]
* {{moby game|id=/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-raven-shield}}
* {{moby game|id=/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3|name=''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3''}}
* {{moby game|id=/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-athena-sword|name=''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword''}}
* {{moby game|id=/xbox/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-3-black-arrow|name=''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow''}}

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