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Rainbow Six Siege Post-Launch Maps Will Be Free
Rainbow Six Siege’s post-launch maps will all be downloadable for free. The game will launch with 11 maps already installed, and over time any maps that are released after the launch will be available to all players for free. Ubisoft says this is part of the company’s attempts to ensure players will return to Rainbow Six Siege long after its launch.
“We are glad to finally share with you that at launch, Rainbow Six Siege will have 11 maps, playable both day or night, all using the full potential of our Real Blast destruction technology,
a Ubisoft representative posted on Reddit. “In addition, all post-launch maps will be downloadable for free. We want players to stay with us for the long term and have ambitious post-launch plans that we will detail at a later stage.”
Earlier, Rainbow Six Siege’s level designer Benoit Deschamps told PC Gamer that the team had enough ideas to create as many as 50 unique maps, but were forced to narrow those ideas down to their ten best. (It now turns out there are 11 maps, not 10.) Plenty of those ideas are sure to get their time to shine in the post-launch maps.
The beta for Rainbow Six Siege launches September 24 and the official release is scheduled for December 1. Access to the beta can be secured, as usual, by preordering the game. But if you don’t want to give away your hard-earned cash just yet, you can register via the game’s official website and join the waitlist. It doesn’t guarantee access, but at least you’ll have a chance.
Rainbow Six Siege is the latest instalment in the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six series, based on Tom Clancy’s novels. The upcoming game focuses heavily on tactical cooperation between players and environmental destruction. Pre-release reports of the game have so far been positive, with critics praising the game’s level design and sense of tension.
Since the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out in the wild for a while, interesting data can be gleaned, such as how players choose to play an innovative new RPG from home. Stats from developer Larian Studios and posted on the PlayStation Blog show that most people want to play as a stealthy archer like in Skyrim when given nearly limitless options.
According to a fascinating graph, Rogue/Ranger is the most popular multiclass build, with over 175,000 players using it to snipe unsuspecting enemies from range. The next two builds reveal similarly. 150,000 played Barbarian/Fighter because they loved pummeling things, and 109,00 played Barbarian/Paladin, which lets players talk to their victims before beatings.
More sense emerges as you descend. If the Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer/Bard has high Charisma, any combination can be interesting. Charisma helps these classes cast spells and abilities and interact with NPCs outside of combat.
Playing a single class through Baldur’s Gate 3 feels great, which is what most players do. A pure Fighter or Wizard becomes so powerful by game’s end that we don’t blame you for not mixing things up!
Play as a Tiefling Oathbreaker Paladin, Dark Urge Origin (which you must resist), or Bard for real moral dilemmas. You could also play pseudo-Aragorn again.
Techland is continuing to release Dying Light 2 content as part of its long-term support. This is surprising since the meaty Good Night, Good Luck update was released a few months ago. It’s nice to know what’s coming, but no timeline was given.
IGN-exclusive roadmap trailers reveal more co-op missions, board quests, a tower raid, and replayable GRE anomalies. Executions and finishers may be added to the April Gut Feeling update, which overhauled melee mechanics. Graphical options, weapon repair, gear, and mod dismantling are always welcome.
Knives, polearms, and more enemy variants are coming, including a Nightmare difficulty. Changes to NG+ include firearms. Players can finally dress to their hearts’ content with new cosmetic options.
Has Techland’s Dying Light 2 support lured you back? Would you rather focus on something new?
Epic Games expanded the Fortnite V-Buck “pricing alignment” after laying off almost 900 employees, citing “inflation and currency fluctuations”. Fortnite’s premium currency will rise in international markets, including the largest.
Epic Games will raise the price of V-Bucks and real money content packs in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the US (including all US Dollar storefronts) on October 27.
Raising the price of this fictitious currency was successful when the company trialed it in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, so it was decided to announce it worldwide now. These USD increases range from $1 (1000 V-Bucks, previous $7.99) to $10 (13,500 V-Bucks, previous $79.99).
How do you view Epic’s timing and pricing increase?
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