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Rainbow Six Siege sets new concurrent player record of over 200,000

The Crimson Heist started Year Six of Rainbow Six Siege this week, and players have flocked to the multiplayer game. So many are giving the new content a spin, the concurrent player record for the FPS game was shattered.

From SteamDB, a little over 200,000 players were jumping in as operators this weekend, for a grand total of 201,053. It should be noted this isn't just buzz around a new wave of content, Rainbow Six Siege is currently running a free week, available through March 25. What's more, it's on sale at 60% off through April 8, making it very appealing for anyone that's been considering giving it a go.

Naturally, there's been some quibbles in the rollout of new gameplay features, including a small argument over whether recoil was actually changed. Ubisoft has confirmed it was, and issued an update. Ubisoft has also been working to improve connectivity in the co-op game, rolling out and updating servers alongside Crimson Heist. The improvements have helped reduce connection failures globally, significantly so in some parts, and keep frame-rates consistent.

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Rainbow Six Siege's Kayak on his debut weekend for G2, replacing Pengu, and more

The last month has seen huge changes in competitive Rainbow Six Siege, largely down to the fact that one of the scene's greatest players, Niclas 'Pengu' Mouritzen, has decided to hang up his mouse for good. The two times Six Invitational winner has taken Siege to new heights, and, as a result of his shock decision, left many wondering who will replace him.

Enter Jordan 'Kayak' Morley. The British teenager has had some impressive performances with Cowana Gaming, but now he has the opportunity to step into the holes left behind by Pengu's flippers and start a new chapter with G2 Esports.

It's a big step up, but one that the youngster is adamant he's ready for. So to find out how he's getting on, The Loadout virtually sat down with Kayak to talk about upping his game, G2's trials, and what words of advice he got from the man himself.

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Rainbow Six Siege devs address silent recoil changes with TTS patch

The Rainbow Six Siege community is having itself a time over some recoil changes introduced as part of Crimson Heist. Mostly, they're arguing over whether or not those changes even exist, as they weren't actually mentioned in the patch notes. Ubisoft has confirmed that the changes are real, and addressed them in a test server patch, though the devs still haven't gotten specific about what those changes actually are.

"The team has been following your feedback about recoil all week," the devs say on Twitter, "and we have just deployed an update on the test server which we will need your help testing out. Please let us know if this improves your recoil experience!"

Before this update, we reached out to Ubisoft to ask about the recoil changes, and were simply told that "Rainbow Six Siege's team will communicate soon about these changes." So far, though, we still don't actually know what the changes are. Prominent players like Pengu have anecdotally noted changes that feel like randomness or additional aim assist, though it's unclear whether these are intended differences or the result of a bug.

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Kayak says he doesn't feel like he's "replacing Pengu" on G2's Siege team

Rainbow Six Siege fans have been through a rough time over the past month, as Niclas 'Pengu' Mouritzen and Troy 'Canadian' Jaroslawski both announced that they will be exiting the competitive scene for good. The pair are legends of the game and arguably two of the most recognisable faces in Siege esports whose legacies will be remembered for years to come.

Jordan 'Kayak' Morley is the man who has to step into Pengu's large, inimitable shoes. The 19-year-old British player signed to G2 Esports from Cowana Gaming where he achieved considerable success, but the move will be a big step up. He will not only be the youngest player at G2 by about three years, he will also be competing at a higher level and against better teams.

However, he reveals to The Loadout that he doesn't see himself as a replacement for Pengu, and that he plans to forge his own path in Rainbow Six Siege esports.

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Rainbow Six Siege's server upgrade is nearly complete

The server migration that Ubisoft announced for multiplayer co-op game Rainbow Six Siege last month is now nearly complete, and the company says that should be noticeable on the user side in the form of more reliable framerates and match connectivity.

The migration for PC and PlayStation servers is "nearly global", Ubisoft says, with the last remaining migration due in the South Africa data center still left to be done. That's on the to-do list as a long-term goal, so it's unclear when players in South Africa will start seeing the improved performance. The Siege team has relocated data centers in Japan and Australia, and players in those regions should be seeing a significant bump in connection reliability and performance, Ubisoft says.

According to the company's stats, connection failures in Japan have fallen by 30%, while those in Australia have dropped by 13%, since the move. Ubisoft's figures indicate that for PC and PlayStation, global game servers are now running at "a smooth 60 fps" more than 96% of the time, up from a previous average of around 92%.

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