Rainbow 6 Siege New Operator Revealed: Maverick

Rainbow Six Siege has been an incredible comeback story for the once-troubled 4v4 Tactical Shooter.  Ubisoft got really behind supporting the game to the best of their ability by adding almost 16 new operators on top of the base game’s 20 and listened closely to player feedback. 

The player base has grown immensely and Siege has become an eSports juggernaut with over 50 professional teams competing regularly in tournaments.  Ubisoft even took some time out of their E3 conference this year to talk about a documentary focused on certain players within the competitive Siege community.  One of the larger tournaments, The Paris Major, is actually going on right now. In fact, Ubisoft unveiled another new character for the Attacking team codenamed Maverick.

Ubisoft’s blog post gives a little bit more background on the character, “He was investigating the case of a missing reporter when he himself went MIA. The Unit had no means of communicating with him. Maverick re-emerged two years later with enough intel to dismantle a major insurgency operation. No one knows what really happened to him during those two years…”  The new operator seems to employ the use of a blowtorch which should really come in handy since Siege is mainly a game about creating new doors and walls in order to get the drop on your opponents.

Most other characters in Siege must create holes in walls by expending equipment like C4 and grenades, but having a character that is specifically geared towards environmental destruction is a cool new layer of strategy for team composition.

While the trailer is a bit sparse on details and gameplay of Maverick in action, Ubisoft promises we’ll get way more during the final day of the Paris Major on August 19^th via their Twitch channel.   

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