Rainbow Six Siege is just about wrapping up with the first season of its third year, ushering in Operation Para Bellum and with it the two new Italian operators. Balancing out the two attackers introduced this season, Alibi and Maestro are both defenders that focus on gathering intelligence. As we …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege to introduce Outbreak Pack loot boxes locked behind paywall
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced the upcoming changes to its retail offerings, including the Standard Edition being replaced by the more expensive and ever-so-slightly more robust Advanced Edition. Included within the announcement are details of Outbreak Packs, Siege’s event counterpart of its Alpha Packs but instead of being earned in-game, these loot …
Read More »You can play Rainbow Six Siege for free this week
Hot on the heels of this week's new operator leak, Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Siege will be having a free weekend. Starting from tomorrow, you will be able to download Rainbow Six Siege for free on PC, Xbox One or PS4 and have full access. The free weekend …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege devs are reworking how weapon recoil works
Operation Health might finally be over but that doesn't mean the developers behind Rainbow Six: Siege are finished making big changes to the game. Quite recently, the dev team discovered an issue with weapon sights being misaligned with the camera. As a result, weapon recoil across all of the guns …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege’s next patch is huge
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that in the next few weeks, Operation Health would be coming to an end but that wasn’t all the publisher had to share with us. Ubisoft also began discussing Rainbow Six Siege’s next patch and it seems to be the biggest one yet, hitting up to 42GB …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege is having a free weekend on Steam
If you're in need of a new multiplayer shooter this weekend then Steam has you covered as Rainbow Six Siege will be free to play for the next few days. The team-focussed tactical shooter originally launched in December to a fairly positive reception. As with other Steam free weekends, the …
Read More »Single-player shooter campaigns can take up 75% of budget
A common theme seems to be spreading when it comes to first person shooters in the last couple of years- they are starting to ditch campaigns. With notable examples being Evolve, Star Wars: Battlefront, Titanfall and Rainbow Six: Siege. It would also seem that Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszinski …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege patch to bring server and hit detection improvements
Rainbow Six: Siege is out and many people are actually quite impressed with it. However, the game does have its issues, mainly poor hit detection and networking errors. Fortunately, Ubisoft is working on these things and Patch 1.2 is set to hit this week. Matchmaking errors seem to be affecting …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege’s first two DLC characters have a release date
Rainbow Six: Siege launched around a month ago and while the game hasn't been flying off of store shelves, it has actually been quite well received by those who bought it. The game is also doing some interesting things with DLC, allowing Season Pass owners to access new characters a …
Read More »Nvidia launches Game Ready driver for Just Cause and Rainbow Six
Nvidia is continuing its run of Game Ready WHQL certified drivers for all of the big PC releases this holiday season. This week, a new driver launched for Just Cause 3 from Avalanche Studios/Square Enix and Rainbow Six: Siege from Ubisoft. Being a game ready driver, the aim here is …
Read More »Ubisoft claims Rainbow Six: Siege will be fixed for launch
Ubisoft gave us cause for concern yesterday when it announced that it would be delaying the open beta for its upcoming shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege, due to matchmaking issues, particularly since the game is due to release on Tuesday. However, Ubisoft is now claiming that all issues should be fixed …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege is getting an open beta next week
Rainbow Six Siege is coming out in about two weeks time, but that doesn't mean that the studio is completely done just yet, as there will be another beta test taking place next week to ensure all of the servers are up to scratch for launch and possible seek out …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege PC requirements announced
Ubisoft's upcoming shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege is heading to the PC in December as long as there are no further delays. If any of you are planning on picking it up, then you will need to ensure you have the hardware to run it properly, so here are the full …
Read More »The Rainbow Six: Siege beta kicks off today, here are the details
Ubisoft's closed beta for the Rainbow Six: Siege beta kicks off today on the PC, Xbox One and PS4. There are plenty of beta key opportunities floating around the web at the moment so it's not too late for you to get in. To mark the occasion, Ubisoft has outlined …
Read More »All Rainbow Six Siege DLC maps will be free
It looks like some publishers are starting to catch on as Ubisoft has announced that all future maps for Rainbow Six Siege will be free, rather than packaged and sold as DLC map packs. We also know exactly how many maps will be available for the multiplayer game at launch. …
Read More »Tom Clancy Humble Bundle comes with Rainbow Six Siege beta
Ubisoft is promising beta access for the upcoming Rainbow Six: Siege if you pick up the latest Humble Bundle, featuring Tom Clancy games. The Rainbow Six beta is included in the ‘pay what you want' tier, alongside Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege pushed back to December
Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft's upcoming team based shooter was announced some time ago, with an alpha taking place earlier this year and a beta test scheduled for the end of September. The game was originally supposed to release in October but it seems the development team needs a bit more …
Read More »Rainbow: Six Siege release date announced
Ubisoft has gone ahead and announced the release date for its new tactical SWAT shooter, Rainbow: Six Siege. The title had a closed alpha test phase earlier this year with a fairly positive reception and now the full game is set to launch on the 13th of October. This puts …
Read More »You can now sign up for the Rainbow Six Siege closed alpha
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege was shown off at E3 last year but since then, we haven't really heard anything new. However, there will be a closed alpha some time soon, which you can currently sign up to take part in. Ubisoft didn't say exactly when the closed test would …
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