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Rainbow Six Siege caster Jess wants accountability after toxicity forces her to stop streaming

When Jessica 'Jess' Bolden went live yesterday, she was hoping to get a few Rainbow Six Siege ranked games under her belt. However, just minutes into her first game, one of her teammates began shouting sexually charged abuse at her. The caster tried laughing it off, but after encountering toxic teammates one after the other, Jess grew tired and cut her stream short.

Just hours later, the caster uploaded a video to her Twitter account announcing that she was going to step away from streaming Siege - a game she has exclusively streamed for years. That's because her return to Australia and the Oceanic servers has left her feeling hurt and embarrassed.

"I've been stuck in Australia for just over a year now, away from usual teammates and servers full of plentiful players," Jess tells The Loadout. "Upon returning to Oceanic servers, I realised it had almost not changed at all. Each and every month it seemed like it was, somehow, getting worse."

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Rainbow Six Siege's next season is called Crimson Heist

Ubisoft has begun dropping teasers for Crimson Heist, the next season of Rainbow Six Siege and the official kickoff of Year 6. As announced at last year's Six Invitational, Crimson Heist will follow Siege's new direction of releasing only a single operator each season. This time around, it looks like we're getting a bespectacled thief of some sort...
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Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 Season 1 reveal set for this month - here's when to watch

The Six Invitational has been postponed this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but that doesn't mean we're going to miss out on the Year 6 Season 1 reveal. Ubisoft has announced the Rainbow Six Siege Community and Siege Celebration for February 21, and has confirmed it will contain our first proper look at what's coming in Year 6.

The Rainbow Six Siege Community and Game Celebration starts on Sunday, February 21 at 9:00AM PST / 12:00PM EST / 5:00PM GMT on Twitch. The stream will feature community highlights, including cosplay and fanart, as well as an exhibition match between streamers to benefit the AbleGamers charity.

If you're looking for info on Rainbow Six Siege Year 6, though, the Future of Siege panel is the bit to watch. "The development team will share their plan and priorities for the upcoming year during the Future of Siege panel, including the brand-new Rainbow Six Siege season," the devs say in the announcement. "Many surprises are planned during the celebration, so tune-in on February 21 to discover what is coming next in Rainbow Six Siege."

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Rainbow Six Siege upgrades to "newer, faster" servers starting this week

If you've been having trouble connecting to the Rainbow Six Siege servers lately, you're not alone. Ubisoft has provided a "connectivity update" today, revealing that Siege is starting to migrate to "newer, faster" servers starting this week. The process will take a few months, but should result in fewer connection problems for players going forward.

"This week we begin migrating our PC and PlayStation game servers to newer, faster machines," the devs say in a tweet. "Xbox will follow. This rollout will happen gradually from region to region throughout the next few months to ensure the least player impact."

The devs say that "this global upgrade process will ensure Siege is supported with the latest technology, giving our team more tools to better tackle connectivity issues affecting our players, while providing our players an improved experience with less frequent connectivity issues." For now, if you're playing in Australia or Japan, you might need to shift servers for now - there's a list of affected servers in the Twitter thread, which will be updated as more shifts take place.

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Rainbow Six Siege player count tops 70 million

February 10, 2021 Rainbow Six Siege has achieved a total of 70 million players.

Ubisoft's take on FPS games won't stop growing. The Rainbow Six Siege player count has hit yet another massive milestone this year, as Ubisoft has confirmed in its latest financial report that the game now has over 70 million registered players across platforms, up from 60 million less than a year ago.

Ubisoft says that that Rainbow Six Siege has reached "some 70 million players registered since its launch" in the company's latest financial report. That'll include all platforms, as well as players who've picked up the game in free weekends and the like.

Ubisoft's previous announcements included 20 million in August 2017, 25 million in February 2018, 30 million in April 2018, on through to 35 million at E3 and 40 million in October 2018. Then 50 million in September 2019, 55 million in February 2020, and 60 million in May 2020.

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