Two major Rainbow Six Siege events have been announced for 2018 and 2019 at the Paris Major, with the date and location for Pro League 8 Finals and The Rainbow Six Invitational revealed.
The Invitational will boast a minimum prize pool of $650,000, but is expected to approach $1 million with crowdfunding included, and the Pro League 8 finals will hand out $275,000 on November 17-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The World Championship invitational event will take place on February 11 – 17, in Montreal, Canada, and as well as the massive $650,000+ prize pool, participating teams will also receive commission from the 30% revenue sharing deal.
The starting prize pool of the championship will be $650,000, but ESL Pro League in-game items will bolster the prize pool.
21% of in-game sales go directly the 11 league participants, and another 9% goes to the prize pool of the Six Invitational 2019. Organizers predict that the prize pool will eventually rise to over $1 million once the revenue sharing is included.
We spoke with EMEA Rainbow Six Esports director Francois Xavier Daniele about the introduction of esports skins and much more.
The Rainbow Six Pro League Season 8 finals will be held at the Olympic Stadium (Jeunesse Arena) in Rio de Janeiro on November 17, with its own $275,000 prize pool.
Ubisoft have dropped their patch notes for Rainbow Six Siege’s Year 6 Season 1 update, bringing the start of Crimson Heist, as well as a number of operator changes.
Just like any other multiplayer game, Siege has undergone its fair share of updates – be it to introduce new content, balance operators, change weapon, and more.
With the start of Year 6 Season 1, the Crismon Heist expansion will introduce a brand-new character by the name of Flores, a rework to Border, as well a new secondary weapon.
Though, the existing operators and weapons won’t be forgotten about. The developers have rolled out their patch updates ahead of the update, highlights changes to Nokk, Kali, and more.
UbisoftFlores will join the Siege party in Crimson Heist.
The headline changes in this patch are the changes to both Nokk and Kali, as we’ve already the devs.
As the devs explain, Kali’s changes are aimed at Casual, Top Ranked, and Pros players, taking away some of the frustrating aspects about coming up against her.
In terms of the changes to Nokk, these are test server changes that will be turned off when the update goes live so that the devs can continue working on her. She’ll be a buff to her gadget to make her “interesting to play and useful against more defensive setups.”
UbisoftNokk will undergo changes and testing.
On top of those two, changes will also be coming to Blackbeard, Dokkaebi, Finka, Mozzie, and Twitch. There are weapon changes and bug fixes as usual as well.
You can check out the full developer notes below, and find some of the reasoning for the changes over on Ubisoft’s official Siege blog. The Y6S1 patch will go live on March 16 alongside the launch of Crimson Heist.
Full Rainbow Six Y6S1 patch notes
KALI
Increased CSRX 300 damage to 127 (from 122)
1 body shot will kill a 3-speed Operator
1 body shot will DBNO a 2-speed Operator
1 body shot will DBNO a 1-speed Operator
Wearing Rook Vest
1 body shot will DBNO a 3-speed Operator
2 body shots will DBNO a 2-speed Operator
2 body shots will DBNO a 1-speed Operator
BLACKBEARD
Reduced Shield HP to 20 (from 50)
Reduced MK17 damage to 40 (from 49)
DOKKAEBI
Added Gonne-6 (Removed C75)
Added Stun Grenades (Removed Frag Grenades)
FINKA
Added Gonne-6 (Removed GSH-18)
Added Stun Grenades (Removed Frag Grenades)
MOZZIE
Warning will hint at the distance to Pests by modifying its blinking speed
NØKK
While HEL Presence Reduction is active, Nøkk won’t activate proximity-based gadgets
Gadgets affected: Ela’s Grzmot Mine, Melusi’s Banshee, Kapkan’s Entry Denial Device, Proximity Alarm, and Metal Detectors
Nøkk’s glitch effect will cancel the proximity immunity, resulting in the activation of any gadget in range
The color of the HEL device on Nøkk’s hand will change colour when bypassing any proximity device
TWITCH
Added Smoke Grenades (Removed Stun Grenades)
G36
Improved recoil
DISABLED STATE FOR ELECTRONIC GADGETS
With Year 6 Season 1, when a gadget is disabled by Mute, there will be proper feedback showcased to players.
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