Rainbow Six Siege Y6S4 High Calibre: Release Date, Thorn Operator Details, and More

30 November 2021 -

Rainbow Six Siege Y6S4 High Calibre is releasing today! Downtime for maintenance will begin later today and as with any update, a small period of maintenance is required for each platform before the new season can begin. The server downtime is planned to last one hour, however, as with any server downtime, this could vary.

Writing on Twitter the team told fans that the deployment schedule will start with PC players, then PS4/PS5 owners and finally Xbox users.

PC server downtime begins at 9:00 AM ET / 13:00 UTC. For those in the UK that means a 1pm GMT. Xbox server downtime begins at 10:00 AM ET / 15:00 UTC. That means UK based players will go offline at 2pm GMT. PS4/PS5 server downtime starts at 11:00 AM EDT / 16:00 UTC. Finally that means Xbox players will go offline at 3pm GMT.

HOW BIG IS THE RAINBOW SIX SIEGE Y6S4 UPDATE?

Ubisoft has confirmed that the Rainbow Six Siege Y6S4 update and patch will be quite a small one. Approximate files sizes can be seen below:

APPROXIMATE Y6S4 PATCH SIZES

• PC - Steam: 4.80 GB, Uplay: 5.36 GB
• PS4 - 4.38 GB
• PS5 - 4.10 GB
• Xbox One - 4.08 GB
• Xbox Series X - 4.31 GB

29 November 2021 -

We're now just over 24 hours away from the launch of Rainbow Six Siege High Calibre. In the meantime, make sure to take a look at the games most recent patch notes, as the devs recently shared some more details on the Y6S4 update.

26 November 2021 -

There's a fantastic new Rainbow Six Siege High Calibre Story Trailer available to view on YouTube which helps give a bit more backstory to new Y6S4 Operator Thorn. Give it a watch, we've no doubt you'll enjoy watching Thorn having a punching match with Sledge one-on-one in a training exercise.

Oh, and it was also revealed that High Calibre starts on Tuesday 30th November with a brand new Battle Pass to instantly unlock Thorn.

23 November 2021 -

Rainbow Six Siege appears to have confirmed the release date for Y6S4 Operation High Calibre and the new operator, Thorn. A new tweet from Siege's official account confirmed the news, writing:

"Thorn will be there on November 30 and she's bringing with her the deadly Razorbloom Shell gadget. Unlock her Day 1 along with new weapon skins, charms, and so much more in the High Calibre Battle Pass."

16 October 2021 -

Whilst we have you, why not check out what is going on at Siege.gg, our friendly Siege esports focussed friends. Most recently Shikhar "InfianEwok" Gupta & Hunter "Diamondback" Cooke went live for the weekly SiegeGG Live show to discuss the Sweden Major, won by FaZe Clan. Follow the link and check it out!

6 October 2021 -

We've added some more details (further down) on Thorn's new gadgets, as shared by dataminer @benjaminstrike on Twitter.

5 October 2021 -

The next major update is reportedly named "Operation High Caliber" as per Rainbow Six Siege Dataminer @Zer0Bytes0 on Twitter.

Allegedly the next update will introduce a new Irish defender named Thorn alongside the already confirmed map rework to Outback, which was first introduced with Operation Burnt Horizon back in Feb 2019.

23 July 2021 -

Oops, it looks as though Ubisoft may have jumped the gun as part of the recent AMA. Twitter user BikiniBodhi screenshotted and annotated a chunk of text that suggests the next Operator, for Year 6 Season 4, will be named Thorn.

23 July 2021 -

According to a Reddit AMA, Ubisoft is developing a shooting range to allow players to practice recoil patterns and bullet penetration.

While the feature has no release date, it could potentially arrive alongside Y6S3 or Y6S4. The same AMA also saw the game's creative director confirm that there are no plans for a sequel to Siege.

Outback has received a variety of updates to improve balancing and player comfort. Both the main building and its exterior have been modified to allow Attackers to create and execute more effective strategies. As well, new exterior soft walls have been added to the building, and some areas have been refurbished and cleaned up to remove junk and provide better lines of sight and balance.

A few new locations have been added to the map:

• 1F Convenience Store, 1F Compressor Room, 1F Gear Store, and 1F Beer Fridge have been combined into 1F Bike Repair and 1F Mechanic Shop.
• 2F Office Supply is larger and has an exterior soft wall.
• 1F Restaurant has been split into two rooms: 1F Restaurant and 1F Shark.
• 2F Covered Terrace is now an interior area that connects 2F Mezzanine and 2F Piano Room. The 2F Piano Room stairs have been removed.

Bomb sites have been moved:

• The bombsites that were previously in 2F Dorms and 2F Laundry have been moved to 2F Laundry and 2F Piano Room.