Rainbow Six Siege’s Next Season Adds the First New Map in Three Years

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Ubisoft has announced that the first season of Rainbow Six Siege’s seventh year will finally introduce a new map. Emerald Plains will be the first permanent new addition to the map roster since 2019’s Outback. It will arrive following the introduction of a new defender operator, Azami, who is able to patch up destroyed surfaces with a bulletproof chemical compound.

Rainbow Six Siege’s seventh year of content begins with Operation Demon Veil, a season that adds the Irish-set Emerald Plains map to the game. Unfortunately Emerald Plains will not be available until mid-way through the season, but when it arrives it will provide a new country club-style location for attackers to blow to smithereens.

The large manor house has differing decorative styles; the lower floors are modern and contemporary, while the upper ones are more traditional in design. Ubisoft has yet to offer an in-depth look at the map, so it’s difficult to get a sense of what tactical opportunities it will offer, but a new competitive map has been a long time coming and will be welcomed by the community.

Available right from the start of the season is Azami, a new defender operator who hails from Japan’s private security forces. Clad in stylish threads, she has the fascinating ability to fix up destroyed walls, ceilings, and floors with large bulletproof discs called Kiba Barriers. Deployed via throwing knives that spray out an expanding foam that rapidly hardens, they allow defenders to quickly patch up holes in their defense structures from range. This is particularly useful against vertical attacks, as there’s historically very little defenders can do when the enemy starts firing in from above. Now, hatches and holes blasted in the ceiling can be quickly