Rainbow Six Siege celebrated its tenth anniversary this month, a milestone that many live-service video games have not come near matching. The tactical shooter launched in 2015, and it has developed into a serious attraction at esports tournaments throughout the globe, reaching 85 million gamers so far. To maintain issues contemporary, Rainbow Six Siege’s “most transformative” replace but went stay earlier this yr, prompting a surge of latest and veteran gamers to hop into the sport.
However will we ever see Rainbow Six Siege 2? Talking to GameSpot, inventive director Alexander Karpazis would not anticipate a sequel anytime quickly, as Ubisoft goals to respect gamers’ funding and preserve the present sport going for the foreseeable future.
“Truthfully, I believe there are tons of causes in opposition to it, identical to there are causes for it,” Karpazis mentioned. “However for us, it is about sustaining one thing that has been profitable and aggressive and enjoyable for such a very long time. We see it the place gamers form of get the rug pulled out from below them, and every little thing they’ve labored in direction of form of modifications right away once they bounce over to a sequel. And that is one thing we do not wish to do to our gamers. So there’s a component of respecting gamers’ funding. There’s additionally a component of, that is a tremendous legacy we’re building–why would we wish to throw that away?”
If you have not checked it out but, the Siege X replace to Rainbow Six Siege added new options and performance for all gamers. Along with a brand new onboarding expertise for gamers, modernized maps, and graphical upgrades, a brand new 6v6 sport mode referred to as Twin Entrance was additionally added to the sport.