Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege X News

Rainbow Six Siege's latest season is here, and if you're trying to get your friends to jump in for Crystal Guard, Ubisoft has a little extra incentive for you. Rainbow Six Siege is getting another free weekend to promote the new content, so if you or anybody you know is on the fence about digging in, you've got an opportunity to do so. (Otherwise, look forward to all the easy noob kills.)

You'll be able to play the Rainbow Six Siege free weekend on PC across Steam, Epic, and Ubisoft Connect. Free access will be available starting on Thursday, September 9 at 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST, and the promotion will last until Monday, September 13 at 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT / 9pm BST. You can preload right now, as well.

The free weekend will get you access to the full game, including every map and mode, and you'll be able to play with your friends, too. If you like what you play, you can buy Siege at a major discount, and all your unlocks during the free weekend will carry over into the full game.

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• Ubisoft Connect: 24 GB
  
• Steam: 12 GB
  
• Xbox One: 20 GB
  
• Xbox Series X: 20 GB
  
• PS4: 20 GB
  
• PS5: 16 GB

• Increased XP and Renown gain in Ranked and Unranked by 15% to match other PVP playlists.

• Horizontal spread to the left has been reduced.

• Horizontal spread to the right has been reduced.

• Decreased the duration of the flash effect based on player's orientation.
  
• Affects Stun grenades, Ying's Candela and Blitz's G52-Tactical Shield.

• FIXED – Windows cursor remains stuck on screen, blocking camera movement.
  
• FIXED – Reinforcing a partially damaged hatch does not destroy the original wooden surface.
  
• FIXED – Battle Pass reward system is not functional for all game modes and completing a match results in an infinite error message.
  
• FIXED – Revive animation isn't canceled when players fall through a hatch while reviving a teammate.
  
• FIXED – Operator first-person view shifts downwards when players lean right while rappelling.
  
• FIXED – Defenders can exit onto Skyscraper scaffolding without being detected.
  
• FIXED – Players don't receive Kill score if they are eliminated after they DBNO an opponent and a teammate finishes the opponent.
  
• FIXED – Death Replay camera is offset if player is eliminated by an electrified wall.
  
• FIXED – Health bars of spotted opponents are visible in HUD.

• FIXED – Multiple LOD and LOS issues on various maps.
  
• FIXED – Various defuser planting and retrieval issues in specific areas on maps.
  
• FIXED - Exploitable gaps on various maps.
  
• FIXED – Multiple clipping, collision, destruction, and asset issues on various maps.
  
• FIXED – Multiple lighting issues on various maps.
  
• FIXED – Environmental destruction does not occur around indestructible assets.

• FIXED – EXT location on Bank map that's normally inaccessible can be accessed by players.
  
• FIXED – Deployment animation is no longer available if the barricade animation is canceled on the door that is west of 1F Teller's Office on Bank map.
  
• FIXED – Operator floats and shakes when positioned between the trash bags and concrete ramp on Bank map.
  
• FIXED – Aruni's Surya Gate does not deploy on the door that leads to 1F Tellers' Office on Bank map.
  
• FIXED – Players can navigate onto the top of the fridge on Bank map.

• FIXED – Hostage is located in 1F Workshop not 1F Server Room as specified by the objective location on Border map.

• FIXED – Multiple navigation issues where the operator is floating and shaking in specific locations on Clubhouse map.
  
• FIXED – Drone can navigate under floors on Clubhouse map.

• FIXED – Echo's Yokai loses signal near 1F North Stairs and 1F Hallway on Coastline map.
  
• FIXED – During Preparation Phase, a red wall can be seen on one side of the window located at 2F Hallway on Coastline map.
  
• FIXED – Echo's Yokai loses signal if it's navigated near the wall at 1F North Stairs on Coastline map.
  
• FIXED – A gap is visible when Osa's Talon-8 Shield is attached to the door between 1F Service Entrance and 1F Kitchen on Coastline map.

• FIXED – Lion, Finka and Iana's first-person device animations are not interrupted by Oryx's Remah Dash or Nomad's Airjabs.
  
• FIXED – Operators with wearable electronic devices are not revealed after being pinged by IQ's Electronics Detector.

• FIXED – Ace's S.E.L.M.A. Aqua Breacher destroys Osa's Talon-8 Shield when thrown.

• FIXED – Energy bar for Clash's CCE Shield is missing.

• FIXED – Dokkaebi's 3.0x scope reticle appears in EOR replay.

• FIXED – Collisions involving Echo's Yokai interfere with navigation.
  
• FIXED – Echo's Yokai can be attached to any exterior doorframe.

• FIXED – Flores' RCE-Ratero Charge gets destroyed near fences on various maps.

• FIXED – Drill SFX for Fuze's Cluster Charge continues playing when device is destroyed.
  
• FIXED – A reinforced wall is treated as a soft wall if Fuze deploys the Cluster Charge exactly where another device is deployed on the other side.

• FIXED – Gridlock's M249 SAW has only 60 bullets when reloading with 1 bullet in the chamber.

• FIXED – Occasionally, some of Hibana's X-Kairos pellets don't deploy when shot in succession.
  
• - FIXED – Reload animation for Hibana's X-Kairos experiences glitches.

• FIXED – Multiple detection and ping issues with IQ's Electronics Detector.
  
• FIXED – Camera pulses remain stuck on screen of IQ's Electronics Detector after cameras are destroyed.
  
• FIXED – Captured Mozzie drones don't appear as captured in IQ's Electronics Detector.
  
• FIXED – Regular ping appears instead of smart ping when IQ uses the Electronics Detector to ping the counter defuser in PVE.
  
• FIXED – IQ's Electronics Detector detects friendly drones that have recovered from disabled state.

• FIXED – Area of effect feedback for Kaid's Proximity Alarm remains stuck on screen in Support Mode.
  
• FIXED – Kaid's Rtila Electroclaw activates without delay when it drops from one surface to another.

• FIXED – Lion doesn't get +5 pts when the EE-One-D detects an opponent.

• FIXED – Maestro's Evil Eye can't destroy Gridlock's Trax Stingers when they're deployed on uneven surfaces.
  
• FIXED – Shooting the back of Maestro's Evil Eye while his shield is open, destroys the device.

• FIXED – Mira loses points when another player breaks a Black Mirror that has a friendly gadget deployed on it.
  
• FIXED – Crash occurs if player ejects Mira's Black Mirror while a device is deployed on it.

• FIXED – Mute's Signal Disruptor doesn't get destroyed when an opponent shoots the antennas.

• FIXED – HEL Presence Reduction grants Nøkk immunity to slow effect produced by Melusi's Banshee Sonic Defense.

• FIXED – Osa's weapon collides with Talon-8 Shield if she picks it up while rappelling.
  
• FIXED – Handles on Osa's Talon-8 Shield are incorrectly positioned when she equips/unequips the device while rappelling.
  
• FIXED – Osa's hitbox is too small when she rappels and picks up the Talon-8 Shield.
  
• FIXED – Various Osa animation issues.
  
• FIXED – Osa does not have a Nighthaven model phone.
  
• FIXED – Player can cancel the equip animation for Osa's Talon-8 Shield.
  
• FIXED – SFX is missing when Osa picks up the Talon-8 Shield.

• FIXED – Health bar flashes when players equip one of Rook's armor plates after being revived.

• FIXED – Twitch's Shock Drone lights appear detached.
  
• FIXED – Twitch's Shock Drone clips through any asset.
  
• FIXED – Twitch's Shock Drone gets destroyed near fences on various maps.
  
• FIXED – Landing SFX plays twice after player jumps Twitch's Shock Drone.
  
• FIXED – Twitch's Shock Drone does not appear during EOR replay.

• FIXED – Total loss of functionality is encountered when swapping between Zero's Argus Camera and other Observation Tools.

• FIXED – Multiple UI and graphics issues.
  
• FIXED – Various Match Replay issues.
  
• FIXED – Various localization issues.
  
• FIXED – Various voice chat and VFX issues.
  
• FIXED – Various customization and Shop issues.
  
• FIXED – Surrender vote remains active when round ends before the vote expires.
  
• FIXED – Player usernames are sometimes replaced with random numbers and letters representing the profile ID of a linked account.
  
• FIXED – Operator icons and player usernames shake when players move around.
  
• FIXED – Tactical map was not updated after release of reworked Bank map.
  
• FIXED – UI elements present during EOR replay do not respond correctly after player modifies the HUD Display Area.
  
• FIXED – MMR Rollback popups appear after players complete a match, not when they log into the game.
  
• FIXED – Online ID on PS5 is split in Simplified Chinese.
  
• FIXED – A PC player has the communication disabled for all Stadia users if the PC user activates the Crossplay Communication option only after entering the session.

Ubisoft has introduced a range of skins to Rainbow Six Siege over the past few seasons in order to support various charitable causes. First, we got a bundle for Doc supporting accessibility organisation AbleGamers, then a Valkyrie bundle supporting mental health outreach for military members through Stack Up. Now a new bundle for Thunderbird will support Indigenous students through Indspire.

The new Thunderbird Sixth Guardian set features a unique uniform, headgear, weapon skin, and charm, and will be available exclusively during Y6S3. You'll be able to pick it up alongside the Rainbow Six Siege Crystal Guard release date tomorrow, September 7. 100% of the proceeds will go to Indspire, which Ubisoft says represents a minimum of $6 USD per bundle.

As the devs explain in the announcement, Indspire's goal "is to see every Indigenous student in Canada graduate school within a generation. Indspire serves First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students in remote communities, rural areas and urban centres across Canada. With the support of their funding partners, they disburse financial awards, deliver programs, and share resources with the goal of increasing graduation rates for Indigenous students. We felt this was a perfect organization to partner with on a Thunderbird-themed bundle, and we're honored to be working together on this."

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• "Sixth Guardian Uplift" Uniform
  
• "Sixth Guardian Uplift" Headgear
  
• "Sixth Guardian Uplift" Weapon skin
  
• "Guardian Thunderbird" Charm

Rainbow Six Siege is not Cookie Clicker - if you're playing it, you should probably be, you know, playing it. The devs say they've seen an uptick in AFKers in game, so a fresh round of actions to push back on idle players is coming. For now, Ubisoft is manually sanctioning AFK abusers, but automatic detection is in the works, too.

"In recent weeks, we've become aware of a rising issue of players abusing AFK methods in-game," Ubisoft says in the announcement. "As ever, we will not tolerate bad actors disrupting and degrading the play experience of our player. We are currently taking action against those we detect abusing this behaviour, beginning today, with a wave of manual sanctions". The devs add that "in the coming weeks, we'll be evaluating design changes to alleviate the issue, as well as adding new automatic AFK detections and sanctions".

The AFKing is likely an effort to farm renown in order to unlock new operators and customisation options. Since Siege is a team game, of course, that means that AFK players are sandbagging any group they get matched with, so it's no surprise to see Ubisoft taking action.

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