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Rainbow Six: Siege has ten maps, but more are coming as DLC

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Rainbow Six Siege will launch with just 10 maps

Rainbow Six has always been about both competitive and co-operative play, and this year’s Siege is really taking that to heart. Tossing out a traditional Story Mode for a fully multiplayer focused experience should mean that Rainbow Six launches as a polished gem – with a variety of game modes, maps and depth to keep players breaching doors and tactically saving hostages for months to come. At least now we know for sure just how many maps will accompany the game at launch – and more importantly, how many won’t.

Siege Level designer Benoit Deschamps has confirmed that the multiplayer shooter will launch in December with just 10 maps, while Ubisoft bringing together more for some post-launch content. Speaking at an event in Sydney, Deschamps stated that the team cut down their original 50 ideas to just 10 really good maps, and promised that more would be worked on once the game has launched.

“As for now yes, there are ten maps,” he said, “but we have more planned because we’re already working on more content for players after launch.”

The cynic in me wants to believe that some of those post-launch maps might just be ideas held back from the main launch, which would fit nicely into the perceived idea that core content is cut in order to be sold to us at a later time. That’s likely what’s happened, but that doesn’t mean Ubisoft suddenly tossed out 40 other maps just for fun. Although there might have been that many ideas, it’s common for things to be ripped out the closer you get to launch, and perhaps some maps just weren’t up to scratch.

Ten maps is pretty normal, but for a game so heavily focused on its multiplayer it is a little surprising. Rainbow Six: Siege has to grab attention straight out of the gates and never let go – a principle that a lack of content at launch will definitely hinder. Ubisoft definitely plans to keep interest alive with constant content injections, but hopefully don’t run into the same problems games like Evolve did: too little substance to carry people on for the months of DLC launches.

Either way, I’ve enjoyed my time with Rainbow Six: Siege in the past, and eagerly await even more tactical pew pew in the beta next week.

Last Updated: September 16, 2015

17 Comments

  1. Holy shit man… All this news about DLC content is making me really sad… Can’t we get some better news, like Mathole Motsekgo is really the idiot he pretends to be?

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  2. Admiral Chief Returns

    September 16, 2015 at 14:41

    You cannot say OOBI and NOT include the word DLC in the same sentence

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  3. Ir0nseraph

    September 16, 2015 at 14:48

    Why did Rainbow patriots have to die ?
    Loved this franchise but do not see myself picking this up on release.

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  4. aj_nator

    September 16, 2015 at 14:55

    Pretty soon companies will be selling the disc without the game being on it :/

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    • Admiral Chief Returns

      September 16, 2015 at 15:00

      $60 coaster

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 16, 2015 at 15:03

      You mean like MGSV on PC already does? 😀

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      • Admiral Chief Returns

        September 16, 2015 at 15:08

        Oh yeah, that is correct, hahahaha

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    • RinceThis

      September 16, 2015 at 15:11

      Um… Too soon!

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  5. Jac7

    September 16, 2015 at 15:04

    Dis sommer net een groot fokken sies man!

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  6. RinceThis

    September 16, 2015 at 15:10

    Game launching as a polished gem… BWAHAHAHAH!

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    • Marcus

      September 16, 2015 at 15:23

      Don’t be mean! It might not have a day 1 patch! Witch would be very weird!

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      • RinceThis

        September 16, 2015 at 15:24

        If a witch was involved it would be! trololo 😉

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        • Marcus

          September 16, 2015 at 16:11

          Now tell me
          Which Witch is Which?
          Yeeeeaaaahhh,
          Scratch my itch, tell me
          Which Witch is Which
          Can you point out the ****?

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      • Admiral Chief Returns

        September 16, 2015 at 15:40

        Witcher?

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        • Marcus

          September 16, 2015 at 16:08

          Yes. a witch. LOL – Stupid brain.

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          • Admiral Chief Returns

            September 17, 2015 at 07:56

            xD

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 16, 2015 at 15:48

      To be fair, they never specified the gem, so it could be a really worthless gem that’s been polished nicely.

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