Rainbow Six Siege Y6S1 Update: Start Date, File Size, and More

Other notable changes include connecting the East Stairs to the 2F Break Room via an interior balcony with a new exterior staircase added that will lead directly to the 2F Archives balcony.

Originally, players didn't expect Operation Crimson Heist to arrive along with the Rainbow Six Siege Y6S1 Update. However, after Ubisoft's latest statement, it is now confirmed that Operation Crimson Heist will release alongside the new update.

The said update will release across all major platforms on Tuesday, March 16. But, the update will not arrive on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and PC, simultaneously. Instead, the patch will roll out at different times. It will arrive on the PC first, followed by the Xbox Consoles, and finally, the PlayStation consoles.

Ubisoft also warned players to expect at least an hour of downtime for each platform to make way for the update.

The file size for each platform for the Rainbow Six Siege Update Y6S1 is as follows: Steam: 10.7GB Ubisoft Connect: 58.9 GB (HD) / 33.2 GB (Non-HD) Xbox One: 17.2 GB Xbox Series S/X: 17.5GB PlayStation 4: 23.5 GB PlayStation 5: 27.9 GB

It's amazing to think that Rainbow Six Siege remains relevant to this day. It wasn't too long when it had a disastrous launch that all but doomed it to failure. However, Ubisoft worked at it and listened to community feedback. As a result, it managed to turn things around in a way that very few games have managed to do so since.

The Rainbow Six Siege Y6S1 update is just the first of the four seasons of updates expected to come to the online tactical shooter over the next 12 months.