Rainbow Six Siege reveals the Year 11 roadmap

Preparing to start a new season for Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Called Operation Silent Hunt and after recent hints and teases in the community, the iconic Solid Snake is officially joining the roster. 2025 saw another development Rainbow Six Siege As Ubisoft launched its biggest update yet for popular online shooter Siege X, breathing new life into the 10-year-old title and helping its player population grow.

However, despite the game's continued resurgence, the late 2025 and early 2026 phases have been turbulent at best. Before the New Year. Rainbow Six Siege faced a massive hacking incident that forced Ubisoft to temporarily shut down the game's servers. Hackers flooded the in-game messaging system, transferred billions in R6 credits, developer-only skins suddenly became available, and other strange behavior. Worse, the game suffered another hacking incident a week later, with some players even getting banned. Thankfully, Ubisoft was able to fix the situation and since then, has managed to get the game back on track with hints of what's next.

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In late January, Ubisoft teased the arrival of Solid Snake Rainbow Six SiegeHowever at the time, details were very scarce and more information was planned to be revealed on February 15. As promised, Ubisoft revealed Operation Silent Hunt, which is launching on March 3rd and has many features. Metal Gear Solid References and content for players to enjoy.

First off, solid snake from Metal Gear Solid The series arrives as an assault operator, once again voiced by the original voice actor, David Hayter. Snake comes armed with his Soliton Radar MKIII gadget and his on-site purchasing ability. His gadget is a handheld device that allows Snake to see the floorplan of his immediate surroundings and any enemies on his current floor. The device also has three lights that indicate some danger in the area, green meaning all is clear, yellow highlighting the default cameras the enemy is using, while red means there are 1 or more enemies active in the area. Using the precision mode on the device, the radar displays a status icon and vision cone of any enemies picked up, but keep in mind that it has a limited charge and cooldown timer, so use it wisely.

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For this unique ability, Snake's on-site purchase allows him to pick up utility pouches from fallen enemies that replenish his secondary gadget supply during the game. Where things get a bit interesting is that, unlike other operators, Snake is able to hold up to five different secondary gadgets at once. So, using his ability to scavenge, Snake is able to store items in any of his open gadget slots, allowing him to adapt to different situations.

New weapons are also on the way, including Snake's Tacit 45 secondary pistol. Alternatively, the Solid Serpent's primary weapons could be the PMR90A2 designated marksman rifle or the F2 assault rifle. Even better, the F2 can now use grip attachments.

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Ubisoft is also teasing an exclusive metal gear Thematic mode, which is referred to as present [REDACTED] event For many stealth fans, this mod could be a dream come true as it combines Solid Snake with Ubisoft's own Sam Fisher. Splinter cell series, also known as Zero in Rainbow Six Siege. The mod features a modified version of the Nighthaven Labs map, which features several Metal Gear references. As expected, the show will have its own collection series, styling the Rainbow Six operators as iconic characters from the Metal Gear series such as Gray Fox and Meryl.

The Silent Hunt roadmap offers some additional details, including new Black Ice weapon skins, a 1v1 arcade mode, as well as modernized versions of the classics. siege Maps such as Coastline, Oregon and Villa. Rainbow Six SiegeThe 6v6 Dual Front mode is also retiring after Silent Hunt ends, and the Ubisoft team will also release a major operator balancing update. Changes include Skopos changing to a 3-speed operator, Ela's Grzmot mines causing a longer concussion effect, Amaru's Garra Hook getting 1 extra charge, shield operators no longer being able to break through full health barricades, and much more.