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Video: Ian gets tactical with Rainbow Six Siege's alpha

Sextuple rainbow.

News by Jeffrey Matulef Contributor

Updated on 7 Apr 2015

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Rainbow Six Siege's closed alpha just went live earlier today and our Ian Higton has been toying around with Ubisoft's more dynamic, small-scale reinvention of the franchise. Over the span of 14 and a half glorious minutes, Ian comes to grips with the ins and outs of breaching, fortifying and repelling. That last one takes Ian a bit to get the hang of.

While not nearly as pretty as the E3 build, Ian seems to have a good time with Rainbow Six Siege's PC alpha. His takeaway: Nobody cares about the hostage. Everyone just wants to kill each other. Sorry, hostage.

Watch Ian's exploits below as he gives his initial impressions.

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