Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege News
November2022
News NieR Automata, Replicant Characters Join Rainbow Six Siege in Crossover No One Saw Coming
A YoRha soldier is approaching... Glory to Mankind
In what is truly one of the more bizarre crossovers we have seen in recent times, characters from esoteric action RPGs NieR: Replicant and NieR: Automata are making the jump to competitive, team-based FPS Rainbow Six: Siege. The unnamed protagonist of Replicant, and his fast-talking, bookish...
August2022
News Unleash Robotic Bees in Rainbow Six Siege Season 3: Operation Brutal Swarm
Not the bees!
Rainbow Six Siege's next major update is called Operation Brutal Swarm, and it will kick off the competitive shooter's third season of content, and the seventh year of the game's ongoing support. Brutal Swarm is set to launch on PS5 and PS4 on 6th September. A new operator named Grim is being introduced to the game, along with a new...
July2022
News Check Out These Operator Skins Ikumi Nakamura Designed for Rainbow Six: Siege
The Walpurgis Bundle is now available
As a part of Rainbow Six: Siege's ongoing collaboration with guest artists, a set of three new Operator skins designed by Ikumi Nakamura are now available in-game. Known as the Walpurgis Bundle, these skins provide an all-new look for Valkyrie, Nomad and Twitch, and certainly stand out compared to the more...
May2022
News Yakuza Characters Will Be Skins in Rainbow Six: Siege for Some Reason
Play as Kiryu and Sayama
Famous Yakuza faces Kazuma Kiryu and Kaoru Sayama will release as skins for two Operators in Rainbow Six: Siege from Tuesday 24th May 2022. The former will be a skin for Echo while the latter is applied to Hibana, both of which are Japanese. At the end of the announcement trailer embedded above, it's teased that Goro Majima...
December2020
Soapbox Rainbow Six: Siege Is My Favorite Shooter of All Time and I Hate It
A wretched hive of scum and villainy
The Push Square PlayStation 5 review of Rainbow Six: Siege went through quite a few changes. Originally a monstrously large article, the word count was trimmed by scaling back the amount of time I spent focusing on the game’s problems with cheating and toxicity. But I still have more to say on the subject. And...
September2020
News Rainbow Six: Siege's New Season Operation Shadow Legacy Is Live Today
Sam Fisher and a lot of new changes
Amid the bevy of upcoming game news during the latest Ubisoft Forward was also one final trailer for the new season of Rainbow Six: Siege: Operation Shadow Legacy. Alongside some info about the PS5 port of the title, an animated short was played highlighting gaming legend Sam Fisher's re-entry into Ream Rainbow...
August2020
News Ubisoft Finds Yet Another Way to Bring Back Sam Fisher Outside of a Splinter Cell Game
Seriously?
Yes, Rainbow Six: Siege is absolutely an excellent multiplayer game, but this is getting to the point of ridicule. Ubisoft is adding Sam Fisher of Splinter Cell fame to its popular online title. The silent assassin will be the tactical experience's next Operator, meaning he is appearing in nearly every game that makes up Ubisoft's...
May2020
News Ubisoft Is Suing Google, Apple Over Rainbow Six Siege Mobile Clone
Tactical approach
Ubisoft certainly isn't happy about a mobile game called Area F2. The French publisher calls it a "near carbon copy" of its incredibly popular team-based shooter, Rainbow Six Siege. As such, the company's looking to sue Google and Apple for continuing to sell Area F2 on their digital storefronts, despite requests to remove it...
March2020
News Rainbow Six: Siege's New Season Operation Void Edge Is Live on PS4
Kicking off year five
If like us, you're still playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege five years after its release, then you probably know that the first content drop for year five was revealed a couple weeks back. Well, the good news is that Operation Void Edge is now live on PlayStation 4. If you have hopes of jumping in and playing today,...
February2020
News Ubisoft Seemingly Confirms PS5 Version of Rainbow Six: Siege
Cross-play support too
One of the biggest questions heading into the next-generation is how developers will transition its player base for popular online titles from the PlayStation 4 to the PlayStation 5. Will studios simply continue to support the PS4 version through backwards compatibility or will they rerelease them on Sony's next console to...
July2019
News Rainbow Six: Siege Heads to the Wild West in Time Limited Event
3 v 3 action
Rainbow Six: Siege is solid proof of the Games as a Service concept done right, and that support continues today with a free-time limited event that shakes up its setting in a major way. Titled Showdown, the new mode takes players to the times of cowboys and Indians in the wild west. The 3v3 event is available right now and lasts for...
June2019
News Rainbow Six: Siege Will Move to PS5, Ubisoft to Continue Long Term Support into Next Gen
Playing the long game
Rainbow Six: Siege may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ubisoft has gradually transformed the tactical FPS over the years, and it's now a slick shooter stuffed with content. The game has been supported constantly since its launch in late 2015, and it seems the publisher has no plans on slowing down -- even as next gen...
May2019
News Far Cry 5 and Rainbow Six: Siege Are Both Absolute Monsters, Ubisoft Reaffirms
Top seller and billion dollar earnings respectively
It's no secret that Ubisoft has some absolute juggernauts this generation. Far Cry 5 smashed sales records for the franchise and was one of last year's best selling games, while Rainbow Six: Siege has been slowly gathering momentum for over three years. In a recent earnings call, the publisher has...
February2019
News Rainbow Six: Siege Is Free with 12 Month PS Plus Subscription for a Limited Time
A deal's a deal
It seems like Ubisoft is really pushing Rainbow Six: Siege at the moment. It's just come out of a free trial weekend, and it's rare the title is out of some kind of offer. Well, as announced today, Sony's bundling the tactical shooter with purchases of a PlayStation Plus 12-month subscription. As stated, you'll get the full game...
News Rainbow Six: Siege Celebrates Successful Three Years with Free Weekend on PS4
See what all the fuss is about
The success of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is pretty staggering. Releasing at the very end of 2015, the tactical shooter has remained popular ever since, and now boasts over 40 million players across platforms. This is largely thanks to Ubisoft's constant updates and a trickle of new content, keeping the experience...
November2018
News Rainbow Six: Siege Available to Play for Free This Weekend on PS4
From today
If you've ever been curious about the popularity of Rainbow Six: Siege, now's your chance to find out. Ubisoft is opening up its beloved tactical shooter to all players this weekend, letting those who don't own the game take it for a spin. You'll be able to download and play Siege from today until Sunday 18th November on PS4, and it...
September2018
News Rainbow Six: Siege Update Operation Grim Sky Launches Today on PS4
Two new characters
The new season in Rainbow Six: Siege is set to begin very soon indeed with the launch of Operation Grim Sky. The update to the popular tactical shooter brings a whole host of new content to the game, including two new characters, an overhauled map, new weapons, and more. The new faces joining the ranks are Maverick, a fast mover...
August2018
News Tactical FPS Sensation Rainbow Six: Siege Is Free on PS4 This Weekend
Pre-load the client now
Fair play to Ubisoft and Rainbow Six: Siege, because it’s blossomed into one of the biggest first-person shooters in a very competitive market. The game obviously sets itself apart from the likes of Call of Duty by being infinitely more tactical, and if you’ve always been eager to try the title out, then you can do so for...
September2017
News Rainbow Six: Siege's PS4 Patch Is Busting Entire PS4 Consoles
Maybe don't download it
The new patch for Rainbow Six: Siege is probably best avoided for now, as there are reports that it’s bricking entire PlayStation 4 consoles. While the severity of the problems range from simple crashes all the way through to wiped hard drives, we’d recommend giving Y2S3.1 a wide berth until things are fixed. It all...
February2017
News Rainbow Six Siege Devs Aiming for at Least 50 Playable Characters
Ubisoft are happy with the amount of game modes, however
With Rainbow Six: Siege into its second year of content -- and with player numbers still rising and its next content pack Operation Velvet Shell releasing tomorrow -- Ubisoft Montreal must be happy with the game's popularity. In an interview with PC Gamer, however, brand director Alexand
November2015
News The Rainbow Six: Siege Open Beta Has Breached PS4
Blow the bloody doors off
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is out in under a week, but that fact didn't stop Ubisoft from delaying the game's open beta at the last minute yesterday in order to sort out some matchmaking issues. Fortunately, if you're hankering for some intense teamwork, you'll be happy to know that the open beta should now be live on...
News Rainbow Six: Siege's Season Pass Isn't Very Explosive
No bang for your buck
Okay, so if you didn't already know, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is getting a year's worth of free downloadable content. Maps, new characters, and so on will be released bit by bit over the next 12 months - and that's pretty cool. Ubisoft's tying a season pass into the equation, though, which complicates things ever so...
September2015
First Impressions Breaching the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Beta on PS4
Breaking down barriers
Here at Push Square we've been checking out the closed beta for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege on the PlayStation 4 – and boy has this game been kept under a rock since its first announcement at E3 last year. There's been a distinct lack of interest in the title since its reveal, but it finally appears to have found its feet...
August2015
News Rainbow Six: Siege Dodges a Bullet with PS4 Delay
Will now deploy in December
When we controversially claimed over the weekend that no one gives a hoot about Rainbow Six: Siege, we weren't being mean about Ubisoft's latest shooter. We have a lot of analytics here at Push Square, and while we don't claim to have a view of the PlayStation 4 market as a whole, we can get a feel for which games are...
News Kendra Wilkinson Says Everything You Need to Know About Rainbow Six: Siege
Urgh
Ubisoft's getting desperate. Seemingly aware of the fact that absolutely no one on Planet Earth gives a hoot about the upcoming Rainbow Six: Siege, it's rolled out some celebrities to big up the game – like reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson and her footballer husband Hank Baskett. Unsurprisingly, they both think that the release is the...
June2015
E3 2015 Take Aim at 6 Minutes of Rainbow Six: Siege Footage
"I siege what you did there"
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege received significant stage time at Ubisoft's E3 press conference today. Perhaps in response to accusations that it doctors its gameplay demonstrations, the developer trucked a whole team of its staffers onstage to test the game out live. The demo itself saw a group of soldiers...
News Try Not to Get on the Wrong Side of the FBI in Rainbow Six: Siege on PS4
Eagle eyed
Rainbow Six: Siege is a game that's... Er, still coming out this year. And in order to drum up a bit of enthusiasm – because God knows it needs it – Ubisoft has dropped a new trailer showing off the four elite FBI operatives that you'll be taking control of when playing as the Americans in the first-person shooter. It's not stated...
May2015
News Rainbow Six: Siege Breaks Free from 13th October on PS4
Several special editions announced
Rainbow Six: Siege will breach the PlayStation 4 from 13th October, publisher Ubisoft has announced. Pre-ordering the game – which was announced during the tail-end of the French firm's E3 press conference last year – will guarantee beta access to the title, presumably on your platform of choice. As with all of...
March2015
News Hone Your Tactics with Rainbow Six: Siege's PS4 Collector's Edition
The art of war
Rainbow Six: Siege will come with a 120-page tactics guide if you plump up for its collector's edition in the UK. The £64.99 package – which will also comprise a copy of the PlayStation 4 first-person shooter, alongside some gold weapon skins – promises "information on every Counter Terrorist Unit, operator, weapon, and map". One...
News Rainbow Six Siege Beta to Infiltrate PS4 Later This Year
Deployment incentive
How many of you remember Rainbow Six Siege, then? The game was announced during Ubisoft's E3 press conference last year, but has remained more or less under cover since the Los Angeles event. However, a few assets from an ongoing alpha have spilled out onto the Internet in recent weeks, which the French publisher is doing a...
June2014
News Rainbow Six Siege Aiming For Gender Equality When It Comes To Hapless Hostages
But female hostages were shown at E3 for "empathy"
Ubisoft's recent confirmation that Assassin's Creed: Unity won't feature playable female avatars caused quite a stir in the gaming press, and the company appears to have stumbled headlong into another gender controversy, this time relating to FPS title Rainbow Six: Siege. The recent demo of the...
