The Kona Stations can be placed on any flat surface, and as well as healing active allies they can revive any allies who enter their radius when Down But Not Out. Thunderbird is the first healer introduced since 2018’s Operation Chimera, making use of deployable healing turrets called Kona Stations to deliver healing projectiles to allies within its radius. The highlight of the panel is the introduction of the new playable Operator, Thunderbird. While Ubisoft Montreal are now focusing more on reworking old maps than creating new ones, this Favela rework certainly comes close to being an entirely new experience.

While the Favela exterior will remain more or less intact, the interior may as well be an entirely new arena. North Star will feature a multiplayer map rework of Favela, a casual map first introduced in the Operation Skull Rain expansion.This promises to be one of the most extensive reworks Ubisoft Montreal have ever carried out, with an entirely new layout tuned more towards casual play than the previous iteration. In an online panel, developers Ubisoft Montreal outlined their plans for the second seasonal expansion, including new maps, new gear and a brand-new Operator to play as. Tactical first-person shooter Rainbow Six Siege is getting an update! The massively popular team-based shooter will launch the North Star update as part of its Year 6 plan.

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