Ubisoft are making an XCOM-style Rainbow Six game inspired by Siege, claim reports

I fondly cherish my many memories of claustrophobia, confusion and terror in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. I can't get enough of the experience of being lodged behind the furniture like some teenager's hurriedly hidden copy of Loaded (or whatever the kids are reading now), rifle pivoting wildly between barricaded doors and windows, as enemy players bustle around the roof like awful, C4-toting pigeons. Still, every now and then I do feel the urge for some kind of proper, real-time tactical overview. Don't we have drones for that, Mr Clancy? As such, I'm moderately pleased to hear that Ubisoft are working on a top-down turn-based game set in the Rainbow Six universe. Read more

Apr 8, 2025 - 11:30
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Ubisoft are making an XCOM-style Rainbow Six game inspired by Siege, claim reports

I fondly cherish my many memories of claustrophobia, confusion and terror in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. I can't get enough of the experience of being lodged behind the furniture like some teenager's hurriedly hidden copy of Loaded (or whatever the kids are reading now), rifle pivoting wildly between barricaded doors and windows, as enemy players bustle around the roof like awful, C4-toting pigeons.

Still, every now and then I do feel the urge for some kind of proper, real-time tactical overview. Don't we have drones for that, Mr Clancy? As such, I'm moderately pleased to hear that Ubisoft are working on a top-down turn-based game set in the Rainbow Six universe.

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