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Ubisoft has today announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X, ‘the largest and most transformative evolution in the game’s history’, will launch as a free update on June 10th 2025.
It features graphical updates, a 6v6 Dual Front mode, new map, audio overhaul, new destruction, advanced rappel, communication wheel and more.
It will drop on Ubisoft+, Ubisoft’s subscription service*, PS4, PS5, the Xbox One family of consoles, Xbox Series X | S, Windows PC, including on Steam, and Amazon Luna, and comes with an assortment of updates.
Siege X adds new 6v6 Dual Front mode
Siege X will introduce Dual Front, a new permanent and evolving 6v6 mode. In this mode, players must secure three enemy sectors while defending their own across an all-new map called District, designed exclusively for Dual Front.
Players will choose from a curated roster of 35 operators, mixing both Attackers and Defenders for the first time in Siege to combine their unique abilities, weapons and gadgets ‘in ways never seen before’.
Throughout the match, players can venture into the Neutral Sector to take on time-limited assignments and earn rewards that will help their squad gain an edge over their opponents.
“While these tasks can alter the course of the match, they also require strategic decision-making, as pursuing them may leave key positions vulnerable to the opposing team,” Ubisoft said in a press release.
“With the ability to respawn and repick a new operator for tactical adjustments, the new mode offers a more approachable experience for both new and current players, while staying true to the tactical excellence that’s unique to Siege. Dual Front will receive regular updates, with the selection of curated operators rotating twice a season and Neutral Sector assignments changing each season.”
Other updates in Siege X: Graphical updates, anti-cheat and more
Siege X will also visually enhance classic Siege maps, with new lighting, shadows and up to 4K textures. Clubhouse, Chalet, Border, Bank and Kafe will be enhanced at launch, with three additional modernized maps being added each season.
In addition, the update will add gameplay features ‘that deepen the game’s tactical core, creating a more dynamic and immersive experience’. New destructible ingredients, including fire extinguishers, gas pipes and metal detectors, will offer players more strategic opportunities to surprise and outplay their opponents, using the environment to their advantage.
Rappel navigation will be more fluid with improved controls, allowing players to run horizontally and jump around building corners.
The audio experience will be overhauled too, including a rework of audio propagation and reverberation, enabling players to gather critical intel through audio cues to better pinpoint the location of enemy players on the map.
The onboarding experience will be refreshed, designed to help new players master the basics through tutorials and field training before jumping into their matches, along with a newly added communication wheel for easier communication with teammates.
The updated Pick and Ban system will also create a new strategic layer by allowing teams to react and adapt to enemy strategies, with simultaneous banning each round to accelerate the process.
Siege X will unveil R6 ShieldGuard, the game’s approach to anti-cheat.
R6 ShieldGuard will ‘unify all existing anti-cheat initiatives and will introduce new technologies to safeguard the game, including live security updates that will occur without the need for scheduled maintenance, making cheats difficult to create’.
There will be ongoing development and refinement across current player protection features as well, including anti-toxicity initiatives that will bring an improved reputation system, Ubisoft said.
New players will have free access to Dual Front, Unranked, and Quick Play modes, with the ability to earn up to 26 operators through progression.
Upgrading to premium editions will allow players to unlock Ranked Mode and Siege Cup once they progress to level 50 and will give immediate access to more operators. Current players will retain all previously unlocked content, including operators, inventory and progression, and will receive exclusive veteran rewards based on the year they joined the game.
Players can check out Dual Front in the Siege X beta, now through to March 19th on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Ubisoft Connect. The beta will include the full Dual Front experience and operator roster of 35, a preview of additional Siege X updates including destructible ingredients and rappel upgrades as well as custom games to squad up with friends.
There have been plenty of streamers involved in the Siege X announcement too, including Doki, Husky, Interro, Lirik and loads more listed below.
Players can get beta access through Twitch Drops by watching partnered creator streams and are not required to own Rainbow Six Siege to access. For more information on how to join, visit rainbow6.com/SiegeX-closed-beta.
Additionally, ahead of its release on June 10th, fans can watch pro players compete on the new Siege X modernized maps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 8th to 18th during the Reload esports competition.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
