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An XCOM inspired Rainbow Six Siege strategy game is reportedly on the way

Ubisoft could be working on an all-new turn-based tactics game, and it's allegedly a spinoff of Rainbow Six Siege. A new report claims that the company behind Assassin's Creed and Far Cry is transforming its live service FPS hit into another genre entirely, and it sounds as though it'll take a lot of inspiration from the XCOM games. So if you've been itching for more tense decision-making after XCOM 2's War of the Chosen DLC, Ubisoft may just have you covered.


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Y10S1.2 PATCH NOTES



See the upcoming changes to Rainbow Six Siege with the release of Y10S1.2

[h2]BUG FIXES[/h2]
[h3]OPERATORS[/h3]
FIXED - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel trigger won't work if the panel is closed while on a drone.

FIXED - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel can't be deployed if it's facing the front of a deployable shield.

FIXED - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel appears lowered in the killcam, even when it's actually raised.

FIXED - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel trigger looks closed or missing after deployment during the end of round.

FIXED - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel is placed incorrectly on a double door during the end of round.

FIXED - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel doesn't deploy on lower floor doorways when shot through a hatch at a specific angle.

Fixed - Rauora's D.O.M. Panel becomes unresponsive when its red target is shot.
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USER EXPERIENCE[/h3]
FIXED - Universal weapon skins are missing for Skopós' PCX-33.

Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six will soon have their developments "spearheaded" by Ubisoft and Tencent's new €4 billion baby

Well, there you go. After all the chatter about Ubisoft and Tencent possibly doing a business thing together, the mega-corps have gone and done one. It's a deal to create a new mini-Ubisoft subsidiary that'll "spearhead development" on the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six series.

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Tencent hand Ubisoft a big wad of cash to spin out Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six as a separate business


Well, there you have it folks. After months of uncertainty over share price falls, major game delays and squabbles with investors, Ubisoft have opened up a new subsidiary to look after their biggest-selling Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six, and Far Cry games, with Tencent chucking in a whopping €1.16 billion - meaning that the latter will have a 25% stake in the new spin-off business when all is said and done.


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