Operation Demon Veil, Rainbow Six Siege's next major content update, is on the horizon and there's a lot of hype around the introduction of a new map: Emerald Plains. Players looking to climb Rainbow Six Siege ranks and get to grips with the new map won't have much time to do so, though. Ubisoft has revealed that it's going to be available in both casual and ranked playlists on day one.
Emerald Plains is Ubisoft's first Rainbow Six Siege map in quite some time. For the last three years, the developers have opted to rework existing maps and make reactionary changes to the existing environments as opposed to designing completely new ones.
As an Irish country club with a private ranch, Emerald Plains is going to excuse decadence and class in it's visual design - but how will it fare in the competitive arena? While it will be available for some time on the test server, Ubisoft has confirmed to The Loadout that it will be added to the ranked map pool straight away when it releases in the middle of Year 7 Season 1. Ubisoft is clearly confident that it's going to be fit for purpose, and Rainbow Six Siege level designer Josam L. René tells us how Ubisoft has used the last three years to create a new map that is on-par with existing locations.
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