Even after a slow start during its late 2015 launch, Rainbow Six Siege has gone on to be a massive success for Ubisoft. Unlike past games in the franchise, Rainbow Six Siege ditches the classic tactical campaign gameplay in favor of online competitive objective based gameplay. Part of the appeal is the consistent updates that have not only seen a continued expansion of playable operators across a wide variety of countries, but the constant influx of new content like game modes, events, challenges, and cosmetic gear.
Each season typically carries a unique theme surrounding the newest operator, including new cosmetics, as well as a new or reworked map. For Year 7, Ubisoft has a lot planned for Rainbow Six Siege, including the newest defending operator known as Azami. As part of Operation Demon Veil, Azami can throw a unique Kunai that creates a Kiba Barrier to cover holes in ceilings, floors, walls, or just for creating quick cover. Alongside Azami, Ubisoft also revealed a few new ways to experience Rainbow Six Siege.
As hinted at during the Year 7 roadmap reveal for Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft has officially added a dedicated and permanent Team Deathmatch mode alongside the standard competitive matches. Described as a more casual friendly mode or at least one to help veterans warm up before jumping into the objective modes, Team Deathmatch has been a highly requested mode from the community. Originally introduced last December on a very limited basis, TDM became a big hit with those who were able to play.
The five versus five game mode features unlimited respawns as expected with the same environmental destruction on each of the maps, as players would expect. However, Rainbow Six Siege version of Team Deathmatch is a little different from there, not only because operators are no longer locked once picked. While the base game has a wide array of diverse operators each with their own unique abilities, TMD places a focus solely on gunplay by removing abilities completely. As such, players won't have to worry about defensive traps being set up, Tachanka sitting on a turret in the corner of a room, or Sledge bursting through a wall.
With the game's continued popularity and a likely influx of new players to check out the TMD mode, Ubisoft continues to take security very seriously to ensure a fair and smooth experience for everyone. In fact, the studio revealed earlier this year that thousands of Rainbow Six Siege players are banned every month due to cheating through the BattlEye anti-cheat system. The studio also announced it had banned 3,114 “idle botters” from November to January as well.
Rainbow Six Siege is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.