Announced in February, Rainbow Six Siege X makes some major changes to Ubisoft's venerable team-based shooter, including a move to free-to-play (kind of) and its first permanent mode in a decade. And yes, with 10 years under the bridge it also comes to the table with some new and rather more demanding hardware requirements.
Rainbow Six Siege X isn't quite a sequel, although it is somewhat confusingly described as an "update to the existing game, to a new game"—joining the ambiguous ranks of Overwatch 2 and Hunt: Showdown 1896. The bottom line is that along with the various gameplay and monetization changes, there are also significant visual upgrades, and thus hardware upgrades may also be required if you've been white-knuckling it through Siege's OG minimum requirements. To play in the "new era" of Rainbow Six Siege, you'll need something a bit beefier:
