The new Grim Sky operators in Rainbow Six Siege are Clash (left) and Maverick.
The new Grim Sky operators in Rainbow Six Siege are Clash (left) and Maverick.
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How Ubisoft tweaked Rainbow Six Siege with Operation Grim Sky

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Ubisoft is revealing the gameplay for its new operators for Rainbow Six Siege today at the Six Major esports event in Paris today. The operators are part of the new release, Operation Grim Sky, for the three-year-old Rainbow Six Siege, which has more than 30 million players.

Ubisoft has kept the game going strong through esports competitions and regular updates of new characters, maps, and weapons. The game has become a model for how hardcore games can become living franchises that maintain their audience over a long period of time.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.