Rainbow Six Siege

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NO MAN LEFT BEHIND EVENT

During the No Man Left Behind challenge, your goal is to keep your team alive. At the end of each round the winning team will earn points based on the number of teammates still alive:

5 teammates =40 points

4 teammates =15 points

3 teammates =8 points

2 teammates =5 points

1 teammate =1 point

The goal is for the community to earn 140 million points between Tuesday, January 19th and Tuesday, January 26th. If we hit this goal, the community will earn the No Man Left Behind Reward.

This challenge will require you to focus on tactics and strategies that reinforce teamwork. Have your teammates back and everyone wins.

Get your favorite team together and join a match.

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JANUARY TITLE UPDATES

As part of our ongoing efforts to address our top priorities for Rainbow Six Siege, we are releasing title update 1.2 on consoles and title update 1.3 on PC today.

Patches are released first on PC, as the deployment process is much faster, and it also allows us to test the impact of fixes and adjust if needed. However, our next upcoming update, which will be released with Season 1 early February, will be made available on PC and consoles at the same time.

TITLE UPDATE 1.2

This title update was released on PC on January 7th and is being deployed to Xbox One and PS4 today, January 13th. It brings improvements to connectivity and matchmaking, as well as fixes to some of the top community-raised bugs.

You can read the full patch note in this forum thread.

TITLE UPDATE 1.3

This smaller update brings additional online fixes and corrects some potential exploits. It has been deployed today January 13th on PC and is expected for Xbox One and PS4 on January 20th. Some improvements to hit registration, anti-cheating and a fix for the exploit of defenders exiting the preparation phase are however being released to all platforms today.

For more information on the patch content, please refer to this forum thread.

Keep sharing issues encountered, feedback and good experiences with us on the forums as this helps us better shape the future of Rainbow Six Siege!

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SAFARI BUNDLE NOW AVAILABLE

The Safari Bundle of premium weapon skins is now available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. It includes 5 weapon skins: Tiger, Leopard, Snake, Zebra, and Gold that you can apply to any weapon in your loadout.

As part of the Season Pass program, all Season Pass owners can download it now just by logging-in to the game. If you have not activated automatic download on your platform, go to the store page of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and check the related items ‘Safari Bundle” to download it.

If you’re not a Season Pass owner, you can check out the Shop tab in the game menu and get it through Xbox Live, PSN Store, Uplay or Steam.

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FIRST TITLE UPDATE FOR RAINBOW SIX SIEGE

Hello Rainbow Six players,

We are excited to share with you this first of many title updates, which is going live today December 16th. Keep in mind that this is the beginning and we will be improving with every update, so we encourage you to keep providing us with valuable feedback !

You will find below a broad overview of the main changes. For the detailed patch notes and more information on each of these changes, please check this post.

NEW CONTENT & FEATURES

NEW ULTRA-HD TEXTURE PACK ON PC

The Ultra-HD texture pack upgrades some of the most common textures in the game, such as characters, and weapons, to a new level of visual fidelity. This higher level of detail can be best appreciated while playing the game in 4K resolution, but the improvements start to be noticeable from 1080p.

The DLC Ultra-HD Texture Pack is now available as a free download on Uplay or Steam.

NEW AUTO-KICK FEATURE FOR TEAM KILLING

We have set some parameters that will cause an automatic kick of a griefer within a match. We are trying our best to make the distinction between accidental team killing and intentional team killing. Same goes for intentional hostage killing while playing as Defender. We will be tracking if the auto-kick feature reduces intentional team killing instances and will be adjusting the rigor of the parameters accordingly.

Also, for PC, you can now use your mouse wheel in addition to the arrow keys to navigate the player selection screen

TWEAKS & IMPROVEMENTS

HIT REGISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS

Removed a pawn rotation latency bug causing an extra delay between action and perception.

Shield angles while rappeling are now replicated properly.

Hits are now properly registered when moving and shooting while rappeling.

Kill cam now displays a more accurate representation of hit positions. Further fixes remain under development on kill cam representation.

Hit registration issues can have multiple causes and we will be working on additional fixes to address them all in other upcoming title updates.

We will also be running intermittent tests for server tick rates on PC, with the player position update rate set to 60 times per second (vs. the previous 30) in various configurations. When this feature has been validated with these tests, we will be deploying this update on consoles as soon as possible.

PLAYLISTS CHANGES

[PVP] Ranked playlist HUD has been synched up with the Casual playlist

Renamed Minimal HUD to Hardcore HUD

We are convinced that Casual and Ranked experiences should be as close and consistent as possible. For these reasons we are re-synching HUD on Ranked and Casual, with only a few difference remaining. It is important to note that we are also working on a proper Hardcore playlist for early 2016, which will contain a very minimal HUD and a more realistic experience.

To read more details about how we plan to evolve the playlists over time and provide us feedback on the settings you would love to see, please join us in this forum thread.

MATCHMAKING IMPROVEMENTS

Ranked matchmaking now tries to match you with players 1 rank away from you and then increases by 1 rank every second.

The aggressiveness of skill rating update when a lower ranked team beats a higher ranked team has been reduced.

The penalty for abandoning a ranked game in progress has been temporarily reduced to 8 minutes.

Skill rank icon is now displayed on the game’s main screen, next to your level.

Multiple bug fixes have also been made to improve matchmaking in PVE and PVP, and prevent the matchmaking system to use skill data from the wrong region or match players.

BALANCING

[PVP] Reduced time to detect Defenders outside from 5 seconds to 2 seconds, to prevent abusive spawn killing.

Terrorist Hunt Disarm Bomb – Reduced the maximum number of White Masks and reduced the wave sizes in

PLAYER COMFORT

Increased the amount of characters available in chatbox from 32 to 128 characters.

Glaz scope visibility enhanced, with reduced glow an better contrast.

MULTIPLE BUG FIXES

Thanks to all the feedback you have provided, we’ve been able to fix a great number of bugs to the gameplay, the maps, the UI and the online flow. You can find a detailed list of the most notable fixes on the forums.

Thank you so much for being a part of this with us, we really appreciate your feedback and input. We wish to bring you the best experience possible and will continue to iterate and improve on the game.

The Siege Development Team

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AN UPDATE FROM THE RAINBOW SIX SIEGE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Whether it’s been through playtests in our studios, the closed alpha, or recent hands-on demos at events like E3 or Gamescom, player feedback has been essential to the development of Rainbow Six Siege. Getting the game in people’s hands and listening to what they have to say helps us understand how we can improve their experience, and we’d like to thank everyone who’s taken part in the process so far.

With that in mind, we’ve decided to push the release date of Rainbow Six Siege to December 1, 2015 for all regions. This wasn’t an easy decision, but based on the feedback we’ve received, and based on our own internal tests, we felt there are adjustments and improvements we can make, including improving the co-op experience across all game modes, weapon and gadget balancing, as well as menu and interface navigation. We’re taking a little more time to make these changes, and we think it’s the right call.

The closed beta for Rainbow Six Siege will still start on September 24, 2015 as planned, and the additional time will allow us to further test things like infrastructure and matchmaking. That extra testing and added polish will make for a higher-quality experience at launch.

We understand that many of you are excited to get your hands on the final game, but as gamers ourselves we know that quality comes first and we are committed to delivering the best game possible.

Bringing Rainbow Six Siege to life continues to be an incredible experience, and we’d like to thank all fans for your feedback, support, and unwavering enthusiasm. We couldn’t make the game without you. We hope you’re all excited for the upcoming closed beta on September 24.

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CLOSED BETA ARRIVES SEPTEMBER 24TH

"I called you here today because we face dire circumstances. Our intelligence has confirmed the existence of a new threat that is unlike any that we've seen before."

-"Six"

The next phase of operations is just on the horizon and it’s time to prepare for action. After a successful and productive Closed Alpha on PC, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is returning on a much larger scale for the Closed Beta starting on September 24th. Not only will there be more content, but PS4 and Xbox One owners can join in too, with additional data centers added to cover more regions on all platforms.

The Closed Beta will be one of the last checkpoints before the game is launched on October 13th. This will be your opportunity to test out the changes we made based on Closed Alpha feedback for yourself, plus enjoy some features like the Party System that were not available last time. The Closed Beta is really meant to challenge our online infrastructure. From server stability to matchmaking times, we want to hit our systems from every angle on all platforms to help us find the weak spots and ensure a smooth experience for launch. Of course, feedback will be monitored and analyzed to kick off an ongoing balancing effort for the game.

Further intel will be released as we move closer to the date, but you can start the preparation phase by registering for the Closed Beta waitlist. If you don’t want to take any chances, pre-ordering the game on any platform will grant you guaranteed access. Players who participated in the Closed Alpha will automatically be granted Closed Beta access. For a complete list of official retailers, regions available, and more be sure to check out the FAQ.

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TERROHUNT RETURNS IN RAINBOW SIX SIEGE

Team Rainbow has been reactivated in order to take down the world’s most dangerous terrorist threat yet, the White Masks. You’ll be confronting this new menace as the classic Rainbow Six PvE game mode, Terrorist Hunt, returns to the franchise in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. The enemy will be more numerous and dangerous than ever, sporting a suite of enemy AI archetypes that will test your skill and resolve in this expanded version of Terrohunt. Combined with the new Siege Generator, you’ll never have the same experience twice. We’ve spent the last few months going into detail on the highly competitive PvP, and we’re excited to share more of the game with this challenging and replayable PvE experience.

MODES & SIEGE GENERATOR

Terrohunt is part of the DNA of the Rainbow Six series and stands as a testament to the core mechanics of the game, and its emphasis on tactics. In previous titles it was only one game mode, but we’re expanding its scope in Rainbow Six Siege to encompass multiple game types, difficulty settings, scenario combinations and allowing co-op matchmaking for the first time. Playable solo or co-op with up to 4 other players, Terrohunt will put you on both attack and defense roles in the following game types:

Terrohunt Classic

Disarm Bomb (demoed this week during E3

Extract Hostage

Protect Asset (defensive mode)

These modes will be set against 11 different worldwide locations, each playable on day or night. To maximize replayability, we’ve also included a Siege Generator in the game that mixes and matches variables to create unique Terrohunt operations – from mode, map and time of day to objective locations and one of many fortification presets. The Siege Generator will also provide a random selection of enemy AI archetypes that you’ll need to adapt to for each round.

ENEMY AI ARCHETYPES

In order to capture the siege dynamic and emulate the CTU fantasy in PvE, the enemy AI has been designed from the ground up to be experts of the Siege and take on the roles of both attacking and defending forces. These AI enemies are trained to barricade, reinforce and set up traps and ambushes for the outnumbered Rainbow team. In Protect Asset, they’ll come equipped with explosives and rappel equipment, ready to test and breach your defenses.

“Anything that you’ve come to expect from the PvP part of the game, your AI enemies will be able to do in PvE,” explains Jérôme Lasserre, Team Lead – AI Core Systems.

Enemy AI will come in multiple archetypes that will work together to thwart you. For example, the “Engineer” archetype will focus solely on setting barricades and traps. The “Roamer” will rely on setting up ambushes, and attempt to flank you when you’re least expecting it. The “Bomber” archetype will be the most dangerous of them all, and one you’ll need to keep an eye on at all times when possible. “Bomber” enemies are heavily armored and strapped with explosives, which they’ll detonate after spotting and charging you. These are all controlled by an “AI Strategy Manager” that reacts to your actions and re-routes the enemy to take an optimal and realistic counter move.

Beyond just allowing you to live the fantasy of being a CTU Operative in a PvE setting, our main goal with the AI was to create systems that were highly challenging for players of all levels but never felt unfair (although we’re sure you’ll curse them plenty when you play). These archetypes will challenge you and your teammates to be the best player or team that you can be.

“Balancing the difficulty is a challenge we tried to take on early in development. We wanted to understand what drives difficulty in our game, and things like placement of enemies on a map, quality and accuracy of shooting, or movement and positioning are where the challenge lies. What we’re not going to do is increase the amount of damage they can take, or how much damage they do to you,” says Lasserre about our approach to AI difficulty.