It’s that time of year once again. Ubisoft has taken centre stage at the Six Invitational – one of the biggest esports tournaments in the world – to highlight the future of Rainbow Six Siege. It’s the tenth anniversary of the game’s release this year, and huge things are in the pipeline.
As the grand final of the Six Invitational approached, Ubisoft dropped a super-sized trailer that had the audience in Boston expressing their excitement.
Read on to learn everything you need to know about the Rainbow Six Siege Y10S1 update.
Still Getting Better
Joshua Mills, one of the game directors working on Rainbow Six Siege at Ubisoft, got emotional on the stage as the trailer was revealed. It was a serious showcase that featured fan-favourite characters, a momentous soundtrack, and a look back at the history of the Rainbow organisation.
Mills and Alex Karpazis, the creative director of Siege, first explained that anti-cheat measures and protections against malicious operators have been boosted immeasurably ahead of the Rainbow Six Siege Y10S1 update. This includes deeper collaboration with Battleye – a partnership that has seen more than 19,000 cheaters banned from R6S in one month in January.
The pair also revealed that since Y9S2 was released, a -40% decrease in ‘matches impacted by cheaters’ has been recorded.
Fresh Operator
The newest Operator coming to Rainbow Six Siege in Y10S1 is fresh out of the New Zealand SAS. Her name is Rauora and she uses a lightweight cover deployment system that allows her to block doorways in a matter of seconds, opening and closing the doors as she sees fit, moving quickly and disrupting defensive tactics with ease.
It’s called the ‘D.O.M.’ launcher, the ‘Deployable Omnilink Mesh’ launcher. From next week, users will be able to try Rauora out on the test server.
Evolution
Mills and Karpazis touted a ‘never-before-seen’ evolution hitting Rainbow Six Siege this year. It was stressed that Operation Prep Phase is called that because it’s laying the foundation for something monumental. Shortly after that claim, the team rolled a trailer that revealed ‘Siege X’.
Karpazis explained:
This will be the beginning of a new era for Rainbow Six Siege, one that sets the stage for the next ten years of unique tactical gameplay.
Siege X will bring about a massive upgrade sweep to Rainbow Six Siege, but it’s not a sequel or a ‘next iteration’ of Rainbow Six Siege. More will be revealed on March 13 when a three-hour reveal drops in Atlanta, which fans are being invited to attend.
The Rainbow Six Siege Y10S1 update lands on all platforms in March 2025. The full suite of what’s coming can be tracked through the notes on the Ubisoft blog.
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