

Powered by AnvilNext 2.0, the game also utilizes Ubisoft's RealBlast technology to create destructible environments. To create authentic siege situations, the team consulted actual counter-terrorism units and looked at real-life examples of sieges such as the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege. The team evaluated the core of the Rainbow Six franchise and believed that letting players impersonate the top counter-terrorist operatives around the world suited the game most. After Patriots was eventually cancelled due to its technical shortcomings, Ubisoft decided to reboot the franchise.

Siege is an entry in the Rainbow Six series and the successor to Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots, a tactical shooter that had a larger focus on narrative. These missions have a loose narrative, focusing on recruits going through training to prepare them for future encounters with the "White Masks", a terrorist group that threatens the safety of the world. The title has no campaign but features a series of short, offline missions called, "situations" that can be played solo. Each player assumes control of an attacker or a defender in different gameplay modes such as rescuing a hostage, defusing a bomb, and taking control of an objective within a room. The game puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on Decemthe game was also released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S exactly five years later on December 1, 2020. You’ll have until September 28 at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST to log in and qualify for the extra pack.Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. “Due to the confusion regarding the Showdown Challenge and to thank you for a rip roarin’ return to Fort Truth, we will be granting players a free Showdown pack later this week”, Ubisoft explains in a tweet. The Rainbow Six subreddit has been filled with players this week wondering when their extra pack is going to show up. But it’s not a pack – instead, it’s a weapon charm that simply shares the appearance of a Showdown pack. The ‘new sheriff in town’ challenge asks players to get 10 eliminations in Showdown in exchange for what looks like a Showdown pack.

Ubisoft is offering another Showdown pack to players as an apology for one particularly confusing challenge, so if you’ve been meaning to log in and check out the Wild West shootout, now’s the time. Rainbow Six Siege‘s Showdown event returned last week, and while it’s already nearly over, you are getting one last round of free stuff.
