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Ubisoft, a French company, immediately pulled all advertising for the game and released it with no fanfare.

The game launched less than a month after a string of terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris, killing over a hundred people. The launch of Rainbow Six Siege was a muted one. Rainbow Six Siege wasn’t designed as a live service game, but it’s certainly ended up that way. Because of this, we’re living in a world where popular titles have a much longer half-life than before. Over the last 10 years the industry has seen a push towards live service that has meant games are hanging around for longer, with a constant drum beat of content that encourages fans to remain engaged. Not many games get new content for eight solid years, a feat which Siege will have achieved after its current roadmap is cleared.

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The concept: an attacking team of five unique operators (think Overwatch’s Heroes, even though Siege was released three months prior) tries to assault a fortified objective or objectives held by the defending team of five unique operators, both teams picking from an ever-increasing roster of attacking and defending units. It’s probably the only live service game I’ll never truly quit, as is true for many other players who have been drawn in by the 5v5 shooter.įrom the start, Rainbow Six Siege’s biggest hurdle was balancing the needs of being a multiplayer shooter while also staying true to its legacy as a Rainbow Six title.