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Rainbow Six Siege is getting a new tier of cosmetics with exotic weapon skins

Rainbow Six Siege is getting a new tier of cosmetics with exotic weapon skins. Ubisoft announced them as part of the Y6S4 patch notes, and it looks like they're going to be quite a bit more visually appealing than the weapon skins that have been in the game up to this point - but they're only going to be available as part of the battle pass.

The exotic weapon skins are more than just new textures - they actually change the 3D models of the gun in question, and add new bits of animation, too. After some early time looking at the High Calibre content, our resident Siege expert Jordan reports that these aren't quite so out there as, say, Valorant's dragon weapon skins, but they are eye-catching in a way other Siege weapon cosmetics have not been.

But, of course, these exotic weapon skins provide yet another avenue for Siege monetisation, which could prove controversial among fans. But hey, at least that new UZK50GI SMG feels rad. You can see more of our hands-on thoughts about the new season at that link.

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Rainbow Six Siege High Calibre - everything we know about Y6S4

The next Rainbow Six Siege update is called High Calibre, and there's plenty of new content arriving in the fourth season of Year 6. Alongside a host of balance changes and tweaks, there's a new operator joining the roster. Thorn, otherwise known as Specialist Brianna Skehan, is a Technical Weapons Expert from Ireland's Emergency Response Unit. She's a Defensive Operator, with a particularly spiky gadget.

High Calibre also introduces a significant change to the UI - no more Blue Team and Orange Team. Instead, your opponents are always red, and your team is always blue. If you prefer orange to red for your enemies, this can be changed in the accessibility options.

There are plenty more UI changes and reworks arriving - and in the event you encounter any problems, the R6 Fix site has also been overhauled and brought up to date so you can easily report issues, allowing the developers to directly communicate with players. Here's everything we know so far about Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 Season 4, High Calibre.

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Rainbow Six Siege High Calibre's new SMG slaps

Ubisoft has just unveiled Rainbow Six Siege's 24th seasonal update, Operation High Calibre. It includes the usual assortment of updates: a new operator, a map rework for Outback, and a haul of customisation, balancing, and quality of life changes.

Arguably, the new Irish defender, Thorn, isn't the most exciting addition. What makes her and this update special is the fact that she comes packing a .50 GI SMG called the UZK50GI. While there's still a regular flow of new operators to the game, they've all been using familiar firearms upcycled from older operators for the past couple of years. Thorn's new SMG is one of the hardest-hitting full-auto guns in the game - similar to Frost's 9mm C1 - and those .50 GI rounds are also handy for popping holes in walls or the floor. It does have some drawbacks, including a pitiful magazine capacity of 22 rounds and a slow rate of fire. If you're not all that fussed on new hardware, then she can also equip the M870 shotgun and either the 1911 TACOPS pistol or the C75 Auto as secondaries.

Of course there's a lot more to the best Rainbow Six Siege operators than weapons, and Thorn's Razorbloom Shell gadgets are primed to make an impact on Siege's lineup of trapper ops. The Razorbloom Shell is a throwable, sticky fragmentation mine, and she has three at her disposal. These can be hidden anywhere you can hide Ela's Grzmot Mines and have an activation radius of three metres. Once activated the attacker has a couple of seconds to either find and destroy the gadget, or get out of the blast zone - a direct hit is lethal.

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Rainbow Six Siege's last Year 6 operator throws instakill spike traps

Kapkan is no longer the only Rainbow Six Siege defender sending attackers to a sudden explosive grave. Brianna "Thorn" Skehan, an Irish trapper releasing with Siege's High Calibre season later this year, carries an even deadlier trap than her Russian peer and a brand new SMG that hits like a brick...
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Rainbow Six Siege: High Calibre is officially revealed on Monday - here's when to tune in

We've had our week of teasers for the new Rainbow Six Siege season, which means it's time to get ready for the official unveiling. The Rainbow Six Siege: High Calibre reveal has officially been scheduled for Monday, which will give us full details on the new operator, new weapon, and other changes for the season.

The High Calibre reveal is scheduled for Monday, November 8 at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT. Ubisoft hasn't detailed exactly how or where the reveal will roll out, but it's safe to expect it on Twitch and YouTube. The reveal coincides with the start of the Six Sweden Major, which will be running from November 8 through November 14.

High Calibre will bring us a new SMG weapon, as well as a new operator in Thorn. A teaser trailer has revealed that her gadget will be a sticky grenade trap that explodes into shrapnel when enemies get close. According to dataminers, these grenades will be called Razorbloom Shells.

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