How much storage space are you going to need for Rainbow Six Siege Y6S2?

Earlier today, Ubisoft confirmed that the new Rainbow Six Siege update was going to release exactly on time. They just forgot to tell us when that was before! It was rumoured to release on June 14th for a long time and we now know exactly when you can download it on your relevant platform.

How Big Is The Update Going To Be?

Rainbow Six Siege's newest update, Operation North Star, is going to receive a staggered release on all the available platforms and we have everything you need to know about how much space you're going to need to free up.

Surprisingly, it doesn't take up that much storage space and that means it shouldn't take too much time to download and install either. You can check out the specifics below:

• Steam ~ 4GB
• Uplay ~ 6GB
• Xbox One ~ 4GB
• Xbox Series X|S ~ 5GB
• PlayStation 4 ~ 4GB
• PlayStation 5 ~ 4GB

This is all well and good, but when does it actually come out?

Rainbow Six Siege Y6S2 Release Time

Ubisoft has confirmed when Rainbow Six Siege's maintenance downtime begins and when the update is due to release on each of the available platforms. The maintenance downtime is due to last an hour, but this could be extended depending on how to update implementation goes. Here's everything you need to know about when it's due to arrive, in any case:

Maintenance Times & Release Time

• Steam
  • Maintenance Time: 09:00 EST / 12:00 PST / 17:00 BST
  • Release Time: 10:00 EST / 13:00 PST / 18:00 BST
• Uplay
  • Maintenance Time: 09:00 EST / 12:00 PST / 17:00 BST
  • Release Time: 10:00 EST / 13:00 PST / 18:00 BST
• Xbox Consoles
  • Maintenance Time: 10:00 EST / 13:00 PST / 18:00 BST
  • Release Time: 11:00 EST / 14:00 PST / 19:00 BST
• PlayStation Consoles
  • Maintenance Time: 11:00 EST / 14:00 PST / 19:00 BST
  • Release Time: 12:00 EST / 15:00 PST / 20:00 BST

Operation North Star introduces Thunderbird as a new Operator, with a "healer" role, and is making quite a few drastic changes to Favela. It's going to be an update you don't want to miss!

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