Tactical wall-smasher Rainbow Six Siege goes stereotypically British for its subsequent replace. Not solely is the Hereford Base map getting a makover, full with “high chance of rain”, Operation Grim Sky brings us a London cop Defender to play as. Presumably as a result of our island is so underwhelming, they’be balancing out all of the rain and gloom with an American Attacker, recent from the dusty streets of Kabul. While Ubisoft are being frustratingly frugal with particulars, we will at the very least attempt to learn into what they’ve teased to this point to hold us till the complete reveal later this month.
Let’s go slightly bit CSI on that teaser image – it’s time to ZOOM and ENHANCE and battle to determine what these barely imprecise pixel-blobs might be.
Alright, at the very least it’s clear that the character on the left is our American desert-fighter. Their weapon does look fairly fascinating, sporting some form of horizontal attachment and tipped with a attainable blowtorch, or flamethrower pilot mild, or perhaps even a thermal lance. Ubisoft’s description mentions that he’s “legendary for his surgical precision”, which makes me suppose it’s extra doubtless a slicing device of some kind.
The different character is considerably extra mysterious. Obviously clad in British police gear, it’s that machine they’re holding that’s the thriller. Alice’s finest guess is a few form of electro-shield, given the irregular blue arcing impact on its entrance. Perhaps a defend that can be utilized to stun when pushed with? Given how Siege has been getting more and more cyberpunk over the previous few seasons, I’d not be too shocked if it ended up being extra high-tech than that, however it’s arduous to attract conclusions from what now we have now.
What we do know for positive is that the Hereford Base map is getting a rework. The outdated warren of coaching facility corridors may do with some detailing, or so I reckon, and Ubi say they’re “renovating the place and making many adjustments to raise the bar for competitive play”. Alongside the rebooted map and new characters are improved (and hopefully better-aligned) weapon sights and tweaks to the Operator Idle Pick system. While it feels like these alterations are coming with Grim Sky, Ubisoft say that you may attempt the modifications for your self on their test server.
The full reveal of Operation Grim Sky will occur throughout the Six Major tournament in Paris later this month, on August 17th-19th. For these working their approach as much as being tournament-grade, our guides goblin Dave Irwin has been assembling some handy hints and tips for this esports hit.
