Ubisoft has announced that it will be making “aesthetic changes” to Rainbow 6 Siege ahead of the game’s release in “Asian territories”. However, fans aren’t happy that this newly sanitised version will be the global default.
News of the changes comes via a blog post on the Rainbow 6 Siege website, which explains that, as part of Ubisoft’s incoming Year 3, Season 4 update, “some adjustments [will be] made to our maps and icons to ensure compliance”. Although Ubisoft never explicitly states exactly what it’s attempting to comply with, the inference is that alterations are being made pre-emptively to satisfy local regulations ahead of the game’s expanded release.
Ubisoft’s post provides a handful of examples of its forthcoming changes, all of which relate to depictions of violence, gambling, and sex, in some capacity. Siege’s melee icon, for instance, will be changed from a knife to a fist, while skulls are to be completely removed across the board, whether that be in icon form or on in-game wall art.
Source: Eurogamer Ubisoft is removing blood, gambling, and sex references from Rainbow 6 Siege and fans aren't happy