Trending News|February 19, 2016 01:26 EST
'Rainbow Six Siege' Review, 2016 DLC Themes; Patch 2.1 (1.07 For PS4) Corrects Gameplay Issues
Recent reports say that the upcoming DLC expansions of 'Rainbow Six Siege' will be themed around the US, Brazil and Japan. At least one DLC will be released each quarter of this year.
According to Game Spot, when the game was released in February, it introduced a new map set as well as new characters which can be seen in the operations.
Video Gamer, reports that each DLC will feature new maps and also at least two additional missions. With the currency known as "Renown," players can unlock available content free of charge.
The site also reported that after the game was introduced, the Operation Black Ice expansion added a couple of operators from the Canadian Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) counter-terrorism unit, it will continue to add new operators and the next one will be from Japan and will likely be released along with the Japanese themed DLC.
In addition to the upcoming DLCs, Express reports that there is now an update patch 2.1 (1.07 on PS4) that fixes a few gameplay issues. According to the site, here are the issues that were fixed:
- Operators sometimes are displayed in T-Pose, slide around the maps and don't have any textures
- Headshot hits do not register properly
- Exploit: Kapkan's trap can have an invisible laser is specific steps are followed
- Exploit: Bandit could duplicate the batteries in his inventory by doing a certain behavior
- Exploit: Players able to clip inside walls using Deployable Shields
- Collar collision on Frost and Buck, make headshots register as upper body damage
- Glaz is able to take down Castle Barricades with only four shots
- Nitro Cells stick to the edges of tiny leaves on plants
- Switching weapons takes Buck out of the Skeleton Key mode
- Blitz's gadget blinds players who were not facing it
- Frost's Welcome Mat is not destroyed when placed on a trap door which is then reinforced
- Sometimes, players get an infinite reload animation
- Sometimes, players cannot reload their weapon
- Player has a jammed screen if holding the drone in his or her hand near a Signal Disruptor
- If an attacker is killed at the same time as they finish placing the defuser, the defender won't be able to disable it
- Armored barricades placed by Castle appear as intact when Castle is looking at them, while they are displayed as destroyed for other players
There are no official dates yet regarding the release of the next set of DLCs. But it is believed that the developers would release one each quarter of 2016.