November 9, 2018 Rainbow Six Siege’s Fortress map has been officially unveiled. After a bunch of teases (and no shortage of leaks), Ubisoft has finally lifted the veil on Rainbow Siege’s new Morocco map, Fortress. The new map will be available in Operation Wind Bastion, and as the developers joke it’s finally “a fortress map for a game with ‘Siege’ in its name.” Fortress is a traditional Moroccan Kabash with fortified walls and towers along multiple sets of exterior stairs to let players easily get around. There are living and training spaces within the walls, and a newly-renovated commander’s space with more luxurious fixtures. It’s also “the first map heavily associated with an operator” – namely the defender among the new Wind Bastion operators – and as the developers note in the blog post this is “a fortress fit for a commander atop a hill with a 360° view.” Ubisoft also officially … [Read more...] about Rainbow Six Siege Fortress is “the first map heavily associated with an operator”
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“It’s a conscious effort to have a diverse cast” – Ubisoft on the future of Rainbow Six Siege
Yet not only is Siege still growing, it’s stronger than ever. With a player base of 30 million, frequent updates and a huge international tournament, Siege just keeps on ripping the FPS genre to shreds. “One of our goals is a hundred operators and so with a release of about eight operators a year that gives you an idea of how long we plan to support Siege,” community developer Craig Robinson explains of the game’s consistent post launch plans. If you’re not keeping track, there are currently forty operators. One hundred is quite a way off. “Our commitment to supporting Siege for a very long time means a lot to us, but I think it means a lot to our players because they know we’re going to be around and Rainbow Six is going to be supported.” So what does it take to keep Siege growing? How does the team keep coming up with new and exciting operators? Is it just about coming up with brand new ideas, or is responding to player feedback more … [Read more...] about “It’s a conscious effort to have a diverse cast” – Ubisoft on the future of Rainbow Six Siege
That was a helluva Rainbow Six Siege championship
You couldn’t have drawn it up better on a blank movie script: Evil Geniuses, the North American, defending Six Invitational champs, were facing off against Europe's Penta Sports, another favored team that had earned three of the six Rainbow Six seasonal championships, but failed to claim the top prize of Siege’s still-growing esports scene. On this final day of a five-day series of matches between more than a dozen international teams, it would take a full five maps to crown a Six Invitational 2018 winner. Evil Geniuses, the reigning champs, shot out ahead with little trouble, taking the first two maps (Clubhouse and Oregon) off the back of great performances by top-fraggers Canadian and BC. EG was playing at its best, and Penta was looking uncharacteristically inconsistent. At a key round on Clubhouse, Penta neglected to bring a Thatcher to its bottom-floor attack, leaving Thermite unable to breach a key wall against Bandit’s gadget. Penta looked better on Oregon, … [Read more...] about That was a helluva Rainbow Six Siege championship
Ela nerfed again in the Rainbow Six Siege ‘Mid-Season Reinforcements’ update
The Rainbow Six Siege patch 4.2, also known as the Operation White Noise Mid-Season Reinforcements, is now live on the technical test server. The update nerfs Ela, with reductions to her SMG magazine size from 50 rounds to 40 and also to the effects of her concussive mines, which will still reduce the movement speed of enemies caught in their impact zone but will no longer disable sprinting. "Ela overpowers her competition. Players select her almost every round, and for a good reason. All of the data we have on her (such as win ratio, K/D ratio, and Kills per round) shows that she needs to be nerfed. We have found this to be primarily because of her SMG and to a lesser extent her concussion mines," Ubisoft wrote in the patch notes. The SMG was nerfed slightly in a previous update, but it wasn't enough to achieve the desired effect. "For now, we’re trying to balance her while keeping her SMG’s uniqueness, which lets her fight several opponents at a time better … [Read more...] about Ela nerfed again in the Rainbow Six Siege ‘Mid-Season Reinforcements’ update
Rainbow Six Siege Patch 4.2 Finally Buffs Capitao’s Para-308, Nerfs Ash and Twitch
The mid-season reinforcements update for Operation White Noise is finally here for Rainbow Six Siege. It is scheduled to hit the Technical Test Server (TTS) tomorrow, and will then grace the live servers sometime next week. Patch 4.2 brings significant changes to several operators in the game, some of which have frequently been requested by the community for several quarters now. Fair to say, the following operators are set to find new standings in the meta. The raw damage of the Para-308 is finally being increased for Capitao and the overall amount of recoil has also been slightly reduced. The primary weapon for the Brazilian operator, as well as his other offensive options, endured a severe gutting a while back. Ubisoft hopes that he will become a popular pick once again with the new buffs. Twitch and Ash, two staple picks in Rainbow Six Siege these days, are being nerfed for balance. The maximum amount of ammunition for the Shock Drone is being reduced to just 5 from 15 for Twitch. … [Read more...] about Rainbow Six Siege Patch 4.2 Finally Buffs Capitao’s Para-308, Nerfs Ash and Twitch