Summary
Alexander Karpazis, the director ofRainbow Six Siege, reveals Ubisoft’s plans for the popular online shooter, indicating that the game still has a long life ahead of it. AsRainbow Six Siegeprepares to hit its 9th birthday later this year, the shooter has come a long way from its initial launch which was largely defined by technical issues, a lack of content, as well as struggling to find a big audience out of the gate. However, Ubisoft doubled down on the title, and over the months and eventual years,Rainbow Six Siegehas continued to feature very healthy player numbers as a brand-new season is set to launch.
As a live service title,Rainbow Six Siegecontinues to receive consistent updates, both with major updates aimed at improving the experience as well as new content and operators. The roster of available operators continues to grow, bringing a variety of new abilities and gadgets to keep matches interesting, and Ubisoft has continued to revisit some of the older maps in the game to improve them.Ubisoft’s anti-cheat system called MouseTraphas also been very effective at rooting out bad actors, ensuring that matches are as fair and balanced as possible. However, with 9 years under its belt, many fans have begun to wonder what the future holds.
In a recentinterview with PC Gamer,Rainbow Six Siegedirector Alexander Karpazis was asked about a potential sequel considering the increasing age of the engine running the popular shooter. As it turns out, the studio has no plans to replaceRainbow Six Siege, with Karpazis doubling down onUbisoft’s Anvil Enginebeing one of the best in the world for handling live service PvP shooters. The Anvil pipeline team continues to make improvements so that games likeSiegecan deliver content faster and also be more stable. It’s a credit to the team that Rainbow Six Siege appears to be more stable and less buggy than it was in the first few years after it launched, with necessary updates and using seasons like Operation Health in 2017 to make further backend improvements.
What’s Next For Rainbow Six Siege?
Karpazis continued by saying that a sequel is both unnecessary and a mistake, as simply switching engines could cause unforseen issues and distrupt something that was working perfectly fine. Fans have certainly seen examples of sequels ultimately negatively impacting a good thing, like themissteps ofOverwatch 2, forcing the team to remake or redo things, likely frustrating players and becoming a bit more costly than originally expected. As it stands, theSiegeteam believes it is an experience that can last forever with the people and tools available, so for now, fans should continue to expect seasonal content coming every few months.
It can be really frustrating, really costly, and in the end, it doesn’t even give you anything that was a benefit. If you know what you have to begin with, and you build it up, that is where we see success. And that is where we know we can take Siege into the future.
In the meantime, Ubisoft recently announced the next big content drop coming toRainbow Six Siegewith Year 9 Season 1. The biggest addition for many is that the current antagonist, Deimos, is joining as a playable character, armed with his DeathMARK Tracker gadget and the .44 Vendetta revolver. With every season, Ubisoft is also updating the game with new fixes and balancing changes, including a big tweak to theJapanese defender Azami and her Kiba Barrier gadget.
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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege is an elite, realistic, tactical, team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph. It features 5v5 attack vs. defense gameplay and intense close-quarters combat in destructible environments.Choose from over 60 operators, each with unique gadgets and customizable weapon loadouts. Outthink your opponents by breaching walls, floors, and windows, or lie in wait with deadly traps.In Defense mode, coordinate with your team to transform your environments into impregnable strongholds. Fortify your positions, place traps, and create defensive systems to prevent the enemy team from breaching in. Then, hold your positions and ambush your opponent to ensure victory.In Attack mode, observe the enemy positions and craft your cunning plan to breach in the enemy defenses, then execute your strategy by leading your team through narrow corridors, barricaded doorways, floors, windows, and reinforced walls. The right team can overcome any defense to win.
