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During the Rainbow Six Major in Paris this weekend, Ubisoft revealed the next season of content for the military hero shooter – in the video above, you can watch us try it out.

Among a variety of quality-of-life changes, Operation Grim Sky also reworks Hereford Base, a classic Siege map, and the first in a planned line of map remakes for the multiplayer shooter. As always, Grim Sky also includes new operators. In the video, you can see Maverick and Clash.

Maverick is an attack operator who uses a blowtorch to silently open holes in surfaces, including reinforced walls and metal barriers. He comes equipped with two assault rifles, both of which you can see in action in our gameplay.

Clash, on the other hand, is the first defensive operator with a shield. Her CCE (close-combat electro) shield can slow down attackers, as well as deal small amounts of damage overtime. She also comes equipped with a two-round burst submachine gun.

Ubisoft has yet to announce a release date for the next season of content, but we’ll let you know when it does. For impression on the new operators, as well as any other news coming out of Grim Sky, stay tuned to GameSpot throughout the coming weeks.

Rainbow Six Siege continues to expand, and it will soon do so once more with Operation Grim Sky. The new DLC drop adds two new Operators, Maverick and Clash, and reworks an old map. Now, Ubisoft has finally revealed all the details on the Operators.

Clash, as we suspected from previous teasers, carries a shield similar to the one used by Montagne. The shield is always fully extended when equipped and, although she cannot hold a gun while using her shield, it does have an added electricity shot capability that slows enemies while dealing a small amount of damage. Her ability makes her the first defender to carry a shield and a useful support Operator, allowing her to gather intel on enemy positions and distracting them while teammates pick them off.

The new attacker is named Maverick, and his unique tool is a blowtorch that can burn through reinforced walls silently. Ostensibly an alternative to Hibana and Thermite, he can open up objective rooms to allow greater lines of sight–and kill opportunities. However, it takes a while to burn larger holes, making it difficult to stay alive long enough to burn a sufficiently large hole to crawl through. When combined with smoke grenades and Glaz’s thermal scope, however, Maverick’s blowtorch can be lethal.

You can watch gameplay of both Operators in the video above. There’s also footage of the buffed Consulate map–which has had some small tweaks applied such as new wall placements–and the completely reworked Hereford Base, which is almost unrecognizable from its previous form. Ubisoft has not yet confirmed an exact release date for the new season of content; it merely states Operation Grim Sky will come to the test server on August 20 and to live servers on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in September.

It’s that time of year again, when Universal Studios theme parks around the world gear up for the spookiest time of year. Every Halloween, the theme parks present haunted mazes and scare zones based on some of the scariest movie and TV franchises in an effort to terrify those who dare enter Halloween Horror Nights.

Thankfully, 2018’s version of the annual event is no different. While there are a handful of original maze concepts and scare zones, especially at Universal Studios Orlando, there are also some very exciting movie and TV show adaptations being presented. If you’re wondering about the difference in mazes and scare zones, the former is a walkthrough experience meant to guide you through a particular story, while the latter are themed areas within the parks where monsters and ghouls are on the loose.

In past years, a wide variety of modern and classic franchises have been brought to life, including The Shining, American Horror Story, The Cabin in the Woods, Resident Evil, Freddy vs. Jason, and The Exorcist. This year, there are eight different properties being adapted, promising a creepy and fun time with some of the most recognizable titles in horror, including the first-ever Stranger Things maze, which will be seen at multiple parks. And if you’re a true completist, it’s important to note that no two mazes are identical. Each park has it’s own creative team, meaning Orlando’s Stranger Things maze will be quite different from the one in Hollywood.

Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights kicks off at the Universal parks in Hollywood and Orlando on September 14 and runs through November 3. Singapore’s take on the event launches on September 27 and ends on October 31.