Rainbow Six Siege Beta: 10 Big Things You Need To Know
7. There's A Good Reason For Its Delay
Judging from the beta's issues, Rainbow's original October release date was never going to be a reality, let alone ethical. Drones fall through the map, traps in Terrorist Hunt are dispersed unevenly, and suicide bombers comically 'poof' into thin air rather than depict the event to its full horror. The game certainly needs polish before it releases, but December definitely seems like the most sensible option for Siege to début, even if it could potentially end up being detrimental to its overall fiscal success. Bluntly speaking of course, this delay signifies a key turning point in Ubi's attitude to releases. The backlash against AC: Unity's release really epitomised years of frustration gamers had had with unfinished titles making their way past the testing phase, but maybe Siege's delay is a sign of something better coming our way.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
