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R6 ESPORTS | Six Invitational 2025

[h2]It's almost time for the Six Invitational 2025[/h2]

The biggest Siege tournament of the year begins in Boston on February 3 and you can once again predict the victors of each match, raking in great rewards in the process. Stay tuned through the tournament until the Grand Final on February 16 to maximize your chances of winning the biggest rewards, like an exclusive V308 skin or the Y10S1 Battle Pass.



[h2]The Event Guide[/h2]

Last year's SI was one of the most riveting Esports tournaments ever. Who's to tell what will happen this year? Consult the event guide to make sure you don't miss a moment of the action.

[h2]Heartbeats Docuseries[/h2]

One game. One community. Stories that connect us all - presented across 6 episodes that you can watch now.

[h2]Meet the contenders[/h2]
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Rainbow Six Siege clamps down on cheaters with instant, permanent botting bans

Cheaters are the bane of any FPS player's existence, and in a game as hardcore and challenging as Rainbow Six Siege, that's doubly-true. Over the years, Ubisoft has made countless changes and improvements to its anti-cheat and its code of conduct, it's just made a few more adjustments that show it isn't playing around.


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RELATED LINKS:

Rainbow Six Siege is completely free to play right now, but you need to act fast

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Rainbow Six Siege players blast new membership announcement

Rainbow Six Siege clamps down on cheaters with instant, permanent botting bans

Cheaters are the bane of any FPS player's existence, and in a game as hardcore and challenging as Rainbow Six Siege, that's doubly-true. Over the years, Ubisoft has made countless changes and improvements to its anti-cheat and its code of conduct, it's just made a few more adjustments that show it isn't playing around.


Read the rest of the story...


RELATED LINKS:

Rainbow Six Siege is completely free to play right now, but you need to act fast

Rainbow Six Siege update makes a dramatic change to reduce matchmaking times

Rainbow Six Siege players blast new membership announcement

Y9S4.2 PATCH NOTES



Here you can find the fixes for the Y9S4.2 patch.

[h2]Y9S4.2 PATCH SIZE[/h2]
Find the download sizes for each platform below.
  • Ubisoft Connect: 1.58 GB
  • Steam: 1.3 GB
  • Xbox One: 1.73 GB
  • Xbox Series X: 1.87 GB
  • PlayStation®4: 2.27 GB
  • PlayStation®5: 1.53 GB

[h2]OPERATOR BALANCING[/h2]
[h3]ORYX[/h3]
  • Reduced recovery time when dashing to 0.2 seconds (from 0.5).
  • Reduced recovery time when dashing against a wall to 0.3 seconds (from 0.5).
  • Reduced recovery time when dashing against an enemy to 0.1 seconds (from 0.5).

[h3]KAPKAN[/h3]
  • Removed Nitro Cell.
  • Added Barbed Wire.

[h3]LESION[/h3]
  • Mines' refill time increased to 30 seconds (from 25).
  • Reduced max. mines to 8 (from 9).

[h3]BUCK[/h3]
  • Removed Hard Breach Charge.
  • Added Claymore.

[h3]RAM[/h3]
  • Removed ITA12S.

[h3]SLEDGE[/h3]
  • Reduced Health to 2 (from 3) and increased Speed to 2 (from 1).

[h2]WEAPON BALANCING[/h2]
[h3]TCSG12[/h3]
  • Damage: 75hp (from 63).

[h3]G36C[/h3]
  • Reduced vertical recoil.
  • Reduced lateral recoil.

[h3]WEAPON CALIBERS[/h3]
  • Slug's destruction reduced.

[h3]WEAPON CLASSES[/h3]
  • Slug Shotguns' damage drop off start at 15 meters (from 25).
  • Slug Shotguns' damage drop off end at 25 meters (from 35).
  • Slug Shotguns' damage drop off minimum to 60% (from 70).

[h2]BUG FIXES[/h2]
[h3]GAMEPLAY[/h3]
FIXED - Match doesn't end when reaching majority of votes to cancel the round.

FIXED - Observation Tools have no signal when deployed on the edge of any surface if the player is moving sideways.

[h3]LEVEL DESIGN[/h3]
FIXED - Red walls denoting defender area restrictions can be vaulted through during the end of the Preparation Phase.

FIXED - Operators are able to move on top of a shed after standing on a bench and forcing collision with a garden gnome in the EXT APC Area on the House map.

FIXED - Hatch isn't completely destroyed by explosions in 1F Lounge on the Kanal map.

FIXED - Players can move on top of a vending machine using Azami's Kiba Barrier in 2F Break room on the Border map.

[h3]OPERATORS[/h3]
FIXED - Blackbeard's Breach ability can be used while in guard break in a specific timing.

FIXED - Rappel hook remains in player's hand after using Ash's Breaching Round while rappelling.

FIXED - Blackbeard's primary weapons statistics compare to the H.U.L.L Deployable Shield instead of each other.

FIXED - Blackbeard's MK17 CQB's iron sight clips through the player camera while aiming down sight.

FIXED - "Additional Magazines" and "Magazine Size" are listed as "0" in the Blackbeard's Loadout menu.

FIXED - Bullet damage disappears from Blackbeard's H.U.L.L. Deployable Shield when Blackbeard aims down sights.

FIXED - Blackbeard's H.U.L.L. Deployable Shield breaks guard when Blackbeard dashes and is hit with a melee attack at the same time.

FIXED - Blackbeard's H.U.L.L. Deployable Shield and equipped weapon isn't highlighted when Blackbeard spawns on the map when viewed in caster mode.

FIXED - "Enter" prompt allows Osa to breach undamaged barricades while rappelling with the Talon-8 Clear Shield equipped.

[h3]USER EXPERIENCE[/h3]
FIXED - Tachanka's Elite Slava Korolyu skin isn't available in the Weapon Skins menu for the Bearing 9 Machine Pistol.

FIXED - Breach Charge information hasn't been updated to reflect current season changes in the Battle Pass menu.

[h3]AUDIO[/h3]
FIXED - Blackbeard's sprint SFX is out of sync with the animation.