Is Rainbow Six Siege headed to Greece for Year 5?

Less than one month remains until the next Tom Clancy's Rainbow Half-dozen Siege season reveal, with plans for its Twelvemonth iv Season 4 update expected to driblet. And while the year's last tri-monthly content release, Ubisoft has proven keen for Year v, continuing its x-year roadmap for the hit tactical shooter. And while Ubisoft stays reserved on 2022, a new mystery lies on the horizon.

Ubisoft recently launched its "Mini Battle Pass" for Rainbow Half dozen Siege, capitalizing on the growing monetization trend, bringing a tiered progression system. Completing milestones over the seven-mean solar day event unlocks exclusive corrective rewards, serving as a trial for a "full-fledged" continuation next season. The debut Battle Pass focuses on the specialist squad's lead Harishva "Harry" Pandey, packing 4 weapon charms themed around his legacy.

Introduced back in Feb, the new Team Rainbow ringleader was the source of several Year 4 content teasers. Promotional assets stowed a board stuffed with future details, later attributed to Phantom Sight and Ember Rise Operators. The board likewise stressed ties to Greece, especially notable given no mention of the nation throughout the full game.

The Greek sector bears the "Project R6 Vision" tagline, accompanied by images of various ruins in Athens. The Parthenon temple, Odeon of Herodes Atticus theater, among other landmarks are visible, alongside an unfamiliar floorplan of a potential new locale.

The introduction of the Battle Pass brings new questions, as Ubisoft drops further Greek references among content. The current rewards feature Harry's possessions, including a ambiguous boarding card for a planned trip from London to Athens. "This is not a plane ticket," the paper reads. "It'due south an invitation for a front end row seat to the future of Rainbow. I call it The Program. You may well telephone call it home." The same ticket also featured in Ubisoft's "The Hammer and the Scalpel" CGI trailer, alluding to some form of Athens-bound event.

Harry's voice recorder stars as an in-game charm, too from the same short. The device display features truncated file names, "STADIUM_RESTOR," "TEAM_CONSTIT," and "TRM_RULES." The phrase "... is something the world has never seen, a tournament of champ..." as well appears, describing some grade of competition. This may all reference the restoration of the Panathenaic Stadium, host to the start Olympics in 1896, too located in Greece, Athens.

Information technology's unclear where references atomic number 82, returning equally Yr 4 enters its final stages. We may come across new Greek Operators and an Athens map with Yr 5, fitting given the state's absence from the current Rainbow 6 roster. A smaller-scale mid-flavour event is another possibility, although its mysterious "Projection R6 Vision" codename suggests Ubisoft has more substantial plans.

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