Tag Archives: Rainbow Six

In the many years following the launch of Rainbow Six: Siege we have seen Ubisoft slowly but surely bring an increasing number of odd and interesting crossover skins into the tactical FPS. Following the likes of Pickle Rick and 2B from NieR: Automata, wrestling legends The Undertaker and Becky Lynch …

Over the years, we have seen the notion of crossplay in games become more and more of a standard, with most multiplatform titles released today offering the functionality. Some games released prior to this era of crossplay have been updated to include the feature. In a monkey’s paw-type situation, Rainbow …

Rainbow Six Siege continues to be one of Ubisoft’s biggest titles currently, with the now nearly 7-year-old game continuing to see new content released. Over the years, Siege has not shied away from collaborating with seemingly random franchises – with the latest seeing Square Enix’s NieR series now represented in …

Earlier this week, Sony announced a big drop of Ratchet and Clank games for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers. Now, Sony has announced all the games heading to PS+ Extra and Premium this month, and it is a pretty solid line-up. The PlayStation Premium Classics library update was already revealed for …

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Ubisoft was working on a mobile version of Rainbow Six Siege. Now, those rumours have been confirmed, with Ubisoft officially announcing Rainbow Six Mobile for iOS and Android.  We first heard of this game a couple of weeks ago, although the leak …

Rainbow Six Extraction has had an interesting development, including but not limited to the fact that publisher Ubisoft changed the name from R6: Quarantine following COVID-19 and its consequences. All’s well that launches well, and it seems Rainbow Six Extraction has managed that, surpassing three million players in its first …

Every few weeks, Microsoft updates its Xbox Game Pass library with a dozen new games or so. While they have not yet announced the official list of upcoming titles, a new leak has now detailed Xbox Game Pass’ upcoming lineup. While they have yet to release an official list, Microsoft’s …

Aside from a few indie partnerships, many of Ubisoft’s titles launch with the traditional AAA pricing structure of $60 USD. While the publisher has pushed back against the next-gen price hike to $70, Ubisoft appears to be experimenting with more flexible pricing, as the upcoming Rainbow Six Extraction will only …

Rainbow Six: Siege is one of Ubisoft’s biggest success stories in recent years, with the tactical multiplayer first-person shooter surpassing over 70 million players. With just how successful the game has been, and how well the team has utilised the games-as-a-service-model, it seems that there are no plans for a …

While it is always exciting to find out the release date of an anticipated game, nowadays it seems as if almost every game gets delayed at least a couple times. Ubisoft is guilty of just that, delaying many of its previous games. Now, the publisher has delayed another title: Rainbow …

Ubisoft's PvE-focused Rainbow Six Siege spin-off is now known as Rainbow Six Extraction. Originally, the game was announced under the name ‘Rainbow Six Quarantine' in 2019, the title later became known as Rainbow Six Parasite but Ubisoft has decided to go in a different direction for the final game. In …

If Fortnite has taught us anything, it’s that no crossovers are off the table. Even so, this latest crossover is certainly unexpected. Ubisoft has announced that its popular tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege will be crossing over with the Adult Swim cartoon Rick and Morty. Announced via a trailer, Rainbow …

It has been a couple of years since Ubisoft announced Rainbow Six Quarantine – a spin-off based on Rainbow Six Siege with PvE gameplay. Since then, the world has been dealing with a global pandemic with real-world quarantines taking place. Due to this, the game will soon be changing its …

Rainbow Six: Siege has undoubtedly become one of Ubisoft’s greatest success stories. Though the game initially launched to a modest response due in part to a lack of content, the game has seen continued support from both Ubisoft and the game’s fans. Almost 6 years after its initial release, Rainbow …

With the transitionary period between the PS4 and PS5 generations, Ubisoft has been one of the most consumer friendly and supportive publishers when it comes to offering upgrades for its – now previous generation – games. One of these titles set to receive enhancements is Rainbow Six: Siege, which will …

Last week, Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 6 would no longer be coming out in February 2021, pushing the release back to later in the year. It turns out there is one other big delay too, with Rainbow Six Quarantine being pushed back again. During Ubisoft's recent quarterly earnings report, …

As we approach the launch of Operation Steel Wave and the addition of two new operators, Rainbow Six Siege is having another free weekend. Those who have yet to try, or have not bought Ubisoft’s competitive shooter can download the game and play for free this week across all platforms.  …

Though Ubisoft had a rather quiet 2019, due in part to a number of delays as well as some underwhelming releases, it's looking as though the publisher is ready to compensate for this over the next 12 months, as they have now announced that over the next fiscal year Ubisoft …

Ubisoft, the publisher of Rainbow Six: Siege, has sued the owners of a website that the company believes to sell Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Ubisoft is asking that the website in question be shut down, and that it receives compensation. As Polygon reported, Rainbow Six: Siege's publisher has been fighting hackers for …

Just in time for the holidays, Ubisoft has announced a free gift for all Rainbow Six Siege players. Those that log in from now until the 5th of January will find a free pack available in-game, which will unlock a random operator for free. Rainbow Six Siege operators can be …

Back at E3, Ubisoft gave us a small teaser for the next Rainbow Six game, titled ‘Rainbow Six Quarantine'. This is essentially a fully fleshed out, standalone version of the limited time ‘Outbreak' mode from Rainbow Six Siege, focusing on PvE co-op in a fight for survival. At the time, …

During its E3 press conference last night, Ubisoft took to the stage to announce Rainbow Six Quarantine, a new game set in the Rainbow Six universe. Based on the popular ‘Outbreak’ mode from Rainbow Six Siege, Quarantine will pair teams together in a co-op PvE fight for survival. After several …

Reports of a Rainbow Six movie have been floating around for quite some time, starring Tom Clancy’s second most popular character in the “Ryanverse” series, John Clark. While Tom Hardy and Ryan Reynolds were both pegged for the role of the character in Without Remorse and Rainbow Six, it seems …

Rainbow Six Siege is just about wrapping up with the first season of its third year, ushering in Operation Para Bellum and with it the two new Italian operators. Balancing out the two attackers introduced this season, Alibi and Maestro are both defenders that focus on gathering intelligence. As we …

Yesterday, Ubisoft announced the upcoming changes to its retail offerings, including the Standard Edition being replaced by the more expensive and ever-so-slightly more robust Advanced Edition. Included within the announcement are details of Outbreak Packs, Siege’s event counterpart of its Alpha Packs but instead of being earned in-game, these loot …

Hot on the heels of this week's new operator leak, Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Siege will be having a free weekend. Starting from tomorrow, you will be able to download Rainbow Six Siege for free on PC, Xbox One or PS4 and have full access. The free weekend …

Operation Health might finally be over but that doesn't mean the developers behind Rainbow Six: Siege are finished making big changes to the game. Quite recently, the dev team discovered an issue with weapon sights being misaligned with the camera. As a result, weapon recoil across all of the guns …

Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that in the next few weeks, Operation Health would be coming to an end but that wasn’t all the publisher had to share with us. Ubisoft also began discussing Rainbow Six Siege’s next patch and it seems to be the biggest one yet, hitting up to 42GB …

If you're in need of a new multiplayer shooter this weekend then Steam has you covered as Rainbow Six Siege will be free to play for the next few days. The team-focussed tactical shooter originally launched in December to a fairly positive reception. As with other Steam free weekends, the …

A common theme seems to be spreading when it comes to first person shooters in the last couple of years- they are starting to ditch campaigns. With notable examples being Evolve, Star Wars: Battlefront, Titanfall and Rainbow Six: Siege. It would also seem that Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszinski …