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Ubisoft has confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege will receive a new season of content for 2017, along with some big patch updates in the not-so-distant future.
Rainbow Six Siege has been available for almost one year, and as 2016 comes to an end fans are anxiously waiting for the last portion of scheduled Season One DLC. With Rainbow Six Siege surpassing Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in terms of active players, a new batch of content was bound to happen – and this weekend, Ubisoft made it official. During the Pro League finals, where Ubisoft has showed gamers their first look at the upcoming Red Crow DLC in action, a representative of the studio also confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege would be getting support for a second season of content. If this follows the same roadmap like the first season, it means 8 additional DLC operators with at least 4 more maps scheduled throughout 2017. Gamers can check out the official confirmation below this news article.
Ubisoft has also confirmed that the Patch v5.0 update will introduce a few oft-requested features like shield skins, full body operator skins (as opposed to just headgear), and a couple of complete redesigns of existing content like Twitch’s entire look and Kapkan’s laser wire traps. Ubisoft is also going to make some tests on how lowering the ranked match timer to 3 minutes plays out, so gamers might see shorter rounds when they group up outside of the casual game mode. Beyond the patch, the Bartlett University map that was promised to arrive long ago will supposedly be introduced in a later update for PvP matches.
This map was the only somewhat story-based mission from the game’s ‘campaign’, and had been promised as a regular multiplayer map these past few months. Before the new season gets here, though, gamers can still look forward to the new Japanese Operators Echo and Hibana (along with a new map). The defender uses a singular flying drone which can hide itself on top of a ceiling and it’s capable of disorienting anyone who gets caught in its rechargeable sonic shockwave.
Additionally, Hibana is capable of firing 3 sets of 6 tiny breach charges, which can blow through fortified walls. Depending on how many she uses, they can either destroy entire portions of wall, or just create space for drones and guns to poke through. Ubisoft didn’t specified when more information about the second season would be released, so it wouldn’t come as a surprise if the new roadmap didn’t come out until the new year.
Rainbow Six Siege is available now for PC, Xbox One, and PS4.
