Rainbow Six Siege Adds New Operator & First New Map Since 2019
Ubisoft added a new operator and Rainbow Six Siege’s first map since 2019 to commence the game’s seventh year of seasonal updates. Despite the launch of Rainbow Six Siege’s spin-off game, Rainbow Six Extraction earlier this year, Ubisoft still appears committed to the longevity of its competitive PvP FPS. Part of that commitment includes renovating the core experience with regular seasonal updates, including new operators, game modes, and improvements to Siege’s current framework.
The developers expressed their reluctance to pursue a sequel to Rainbow Six Siege last year, explaining to fans that they would rather continue to improve the original before building Rainbow Six Siege 2 as a completely new game in a different environment. The developers would rather spend resources to continue to evolve Rainbow Six Siege, especially after it reached a massive 70 million player count milestone. Rainbow Six Siege’s North Star operation, which launched on June 14 of last year, was the game’s twenty-first expansion and introduced a new defender, Thunderbird, as well as nerfs and gameplay changes that considerably altered the meta.
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On YouTube (via PCGamesN), Ubisoft North America dropped the trailer for the Year 7 Season 1 Demon Veil expansion, whichadds a new Operator and the first new map since 2019 to Rainbow Six Siege. The Operator is Azami, a Japanese defender that can repair breached surfaces and can fulfill either a roamer or anchor role depending on her loadout. Her unique gadget, the Kiba Barrier, transforms from a launchable kunai into a bulletproof disc. The gadget’s radius is wide enough for a player, but its lengthy cooldown prevents Azami
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