For the first time in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game, players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy’s position. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege gives players unprecedented control over their ability to fortify their position - by reinforcing walls and floors, using barbed wire, deployable shields and mines, and more - or breach the enemies’ using observation drones, sheet charges, rappelling, and more. The fast pace, lethality and uniqueness of each siege sets a new bar for intense firefights, strategic gameplay and competitive gaming.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege also features a technological breakthrough that redefines the way players interact with a game environment. Leveraging Ubisoft Montreal’s proprietary Realblast engine, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege incorporates procedural destruction that is realistic and unscripted, meaning the environment reacts authentically, distinctively and dynamically, based on variables like the caliber of bullets or the amount of explosives used. This advance allows players to leverage destruction in meaningful ways. Walls can be shattered, opening new lines of fire. Ceilings and floors can be breached to create new access points. This ability to modify the level design in real time enables players to create new gameplay opportunities directly within the game level.

The Starter Edition is designed to give newcomers to the Rainbow Six community an alternative way to experience the full game. With the Starter Edition, new players receive access to all of the content available in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, including game modes, maps, weapons, level progression, features and matchmaking options, without any restriction or time limitation. The only difference from the game’s Standard Edition is how you will unlock the 20 original operators.

“The Rainbow Six community has grown tremendously since the release of Siege and we couldn’t be more proud to see the buzz and excitement from players that continues to surround the game,” said Alexandre Remy, Brand Director at Ubisoft for Rainbow Six. “We hope that the Rainbow Six Siege Starter Edition will encourage even more players to get their hands on the unique multiplayer experience that the game has to offer.”

Starter Edition owners will receive instant access to:

• Two operators randomly selected from a pool of operators that are intuitive to play for newcomers: Rook, Sledge, Ash, Fuze, Mute and Smoke.
• 600 R6 Credits to spend on two additional original operators (300 R6 Credits each), one seasonal operator (600 R6 Credits each) or additional in-game content.

The Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Starter Edition on PC will only be available from June 2–19 for $15.

Key Features

• Counter terrorist operatives are trained to handle extreme situations, such as hostage rescue, with surgical precision. As “short range” specialists, their training is concentrated on indoor environments. Operating in tight formations, they are experts of close quarter combat, demolition, and coordinated assaults.
• For the first time in Rainbow Six, players will engage in sieges, a brand-new style of assault. Enemies now have the means to transform their environments into strongholds: they can trap, fortify, and create defensive systems to prevent breach by Rainbow teams. To face this challenge, players have a level of freedom unrivaled by any previous Rainbow Six game. Combining tactical maps, observation drones, and a new rappel system, Rainbow teams have more options than ever before to plan, attack, and diffuse these situations.
• Destruction is at the heart of the siege gameplay. Leveraging Ubisoft Montreal’s proprietary Realblast engine, players now have the unprecedented ability to destroy environments. Walls can be shattered, opening new lines of fire, and ceiling and floors can be breached, creating new access points. Everything in the environment reacts realistically, dynamically, and uniquely based on the size and caliber of bullets you are using or the amount of explosives you have set. In Rainbow Six Siege, destruction is meaningful and mastering it is often the key to victory.