Rainbow Six Siege’s “Largest Transformation” But Teased

Throughout the championship weekend of the Six Invitational, Ubisoft has introduced that will probably be revealing a brand new period of Rainbow Six Siege on March 13 on the Siege X Showcase in Atlanta, Georgia. A brand new attacker operator named Rauora, who hails from New Zealand, can even be a part of Rainbow Six Siege.

The teaser for the massive upcoming Siege replace describes it as the sport’s “largest transformation” but. This may embody each graphical and audio enhancements, in addition to “deepened tactical gameplay,” though no specifics have been shared. Moreover, Ubisoft stated there might be “new methods to play,” however once more did not say if that may come within the type of new sport modes or one thing else.

Rauora might be obtainable to play in the beginning of the upcoming Yr 10 Season 1 as a part of the Operation Prep Section battle move, and might be unlockable with Renown or R6 credit after two weeks.

Rauora is provided with the 417 designed marksman rifle or the M249 gentle machine gun as her main weapon, and the GSH-18 9mm pistol or the brand new Reaper MK2 machine pistol as her secondary. The latter has a pink dot sight and an prolonged journal. Her particular gadget is the Deployable Omnilink Mesh Launcher, or DOM. It is a sensible bulletproof barrier that may solely be utilized in doorways and reaches all the way in which to the bottom. As a wise cowl, DOM can sense when ally drones are close by and can allow them to by by lifting itself up.

DOM additionally has a set off on the high that may be opened by any operator by taking pictures it. Whereas each attackers and defenders can open and shut the barrier, the attacking aspect has extra advantages. Defenders might be locked out for a short while when the barrier is first deployed or has simply closed, and solely an attacker’s presence will open it once more. It additionally opens up a lot quicker when an attacker triggers it.

Whereas Rauora’s boundaries are bulletproof, they’re nonetheless inclined to explosions. Additionally they can’t take away Fortress’s strengthened barricades if it is already out or used whereas Tubarão’s Zoto Canister is in impact. Jäger’s ADS gadget also can take out DOM earlier than it will get an opportunity to even deploy.

Rainbow Six Siege was launched in 2015 and has been one among Ubisoft’s premiere live-service video games since. It is gotten a ton of help of the years, most just lately full cross-play in addition to stricter anti-cheat measures, together with cheaters being immediately perma-banned.

Regardless of rumors of a sequel, Rainbow Six creator director Alexander Karpazis claimed that its a sport that may “final without end,” which is sweet information for the almost decade-old sport. Individually, Ubisoft’s executives stated that they’re doubling down on open-world and live-service video games going ahead.