Ubisoft's announcement that the Rainbow Six Siege Phase 2 Major will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sparked a backlash from the gaming community. A few weeks ago, Ubisoft announced that they would be making some small changes to the map and user interface of Rainbow Six: Siege in preparation for the localization of Siege in Asia. The Rainbow Six Siege community was stunned when Ubisoft announced plans to host the second 2022 Major in the UAE.
If the second major of 2022 takes place in the UAE, it is likely that some participants of the Rainbow Six Siege broadcast will not be able to attend. Several members of the Rainbow Six Siege community, including content creators, commentators and Ubisoft staff from the Ubisoft Rainbow Six Siege community, have expressed their disappointment with the decision to host the 2022 Siege Major in the UAE and the 2022 Siege Major in the United Arab Emirates. It remains to be seen if Ubisoft's outcry from the Rainbow Six Siege community will force a return to Ubisoft UAE's plans.
It is not yet known if Ubisoft will change the position of Majors 2 after the answer. Following the announcement, many fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment with Ubisoft's decision. The statement explicitly acknowledged fan outrage, which was described somewhat more condescendingly, as the reason for the recall.
Ubisoft canceled Ubisoft's plans for these changes today, stating in an update on the Siege Blog that the development team will be working on reversing them in the next major Rainbow Six Siege seasonal update coming soon. These improvements include new weapons, updated gameplay, and improved crowd response, a feature not included in the latest PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions. Fans seem to be mostly in agreement with the updates and changes coming to Cyberpunk 2077, which is a welcome sight after the game's infamous erratic launch in 2020. The announcement was not included in the released roadmap for Year 7 as viewers only knew it was coming. take place in Europe or the Middle East.
Team R6 Esports revealed in their seventh year roadmap published ahead of the SI 2022 final between TSM and Team Empire that Siege Major 2022 will be held in the UAE. However, a new year means a new esports scheme, with Ubisoft confirming major tournaments will take place in the US, UAE and Asia, respectively. As we head into Year 7 of Rainbow Six Sieges, TSM lifted the Six Invitational 2022 trophy after beating Team Empire in a back and forth series. Anyone who made this decision to host an event in a country where some Ubisoft characters, not to mention their talents, would be executed for their existence should be fired.