Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege News

Solid Snake joins Rainbow!

[h2]KEPT YOU WAITING, HUH?[/h2]
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A legend joins Siege as Operation Silent Hunt begins. A man shrouded in mystery, the new Operator is none other than Solid Snake. Striking from the shadows, and with his gadget, the Soliton Radar Mk. III, he tracks threats before they ever see him coming.

[h2]DISCOVER THE NEW SEASON[/h2]
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Aside from Solid Snake, Operation Silent Hunt brings tons of new features, including a new in-game event inspired by the Metal Gear Solid universe, balancing updates, a 1v1 Arcade mode, new modernized maps and more!

[h2]Y11 IS PACKED WITH NEW FEATURES[/h2]

Y11 delivers major updates throughout the year, including Ranked 3.0, a new map, a Dokkaebi remaster, a new Defender, and a full Hostage mode rework. And that’s not all: Y11 also introduces 'Legend Division', a new tier beyond Champion designed for the highest‑skill competitors.

On top of that, Player Protection takes a big step forward with Secure Boot for top ranks, adding a deeper system‑level anti‑cheat layer.

Y11 is already shaping up to be one of our most impactful years yet, with regular balancing updates and new Ranked map rotations each season to keep the experience evolving and competitive.

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Rainbow Six Siege unveils its Year 11 roadmap, featuring Solid Snake, and an iconic face and map from R6 Vegas

Ubisoft has lifted the lid on its Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 roadmap, and it's promising to be one of the biggest years ever for the tactical FPS. The opening story trailer reveals that, two years after the shutdown of Rainbow, a new threat calls an old face back into action - Bishop, the protagonist of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2. There's plenty more besides that to look forward to as new creative director Joshua Mills, his predecessor Alex Karpazis, and live content director Christopher Budgen share everything coming in 2026, including the arrival of Solid Snake and a trip to the legendary Calypso Casino.

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Unveiling Rainbow Six Siege’s Metal Gear Collab, Year 11 & More With New Creative Director

Rainbow Six Siege just launched some truly groundbreaking announcements regarding Year 11 of the popular title. Whether you’re a casual player, an esports player or even a Metal Gear Solid fan, there is something to be excited about during the next year of Rainbow Six Siege.

Ahead of the major announcement at the Six Invitational in Paris, France, CGM was not only able to pick the brains of the Ubisoft team behind Rainbow Six Seige esports, go hands-on with Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake, the newest Operator to join Rainbow Six Siege, see sneak peeks of what is coming to Rainbow Six Mobile’s global release, and even get a look at the new Calypso map, but we also sat down with the brand-new Creative Director, Joshua Mills, who was able to walk us through a lot of the changes coming to Year 11.

Mills gushed about the Konami collaboration, gave us some insight into how the Metal Gear Solid partnership worked, and even chatted with us about Rainbow Six Siege... Read more

Rainbow Six Vegas’s Calypso Casino Finds a New Home in Latest Siege Ranked Map

Rainbow Six Siege fans will be getting a blast from the past, with the Calypso Casino making its way to the multiplayer shooter later this year.

Rainbow Six: Vegas was one of the most popular Tom Clancy games for the seventh generation of consoles. It brought the classic tactical shooter to life in a new way, showcasing the system’s power, graphics and multiplayer abilities. Now, one of the most iconic locations, the Calypso Casino, is making its way to Rainbow Six Siege in the form of a new map, and from the looks of things, fans will be very happy with the results.

The new Calypso Casino map is built with modern play in mind, while paying homage to the classic title in the Rainbow Six series. It will be available in Ranked mode when it’s released. According to the team at Ubisoft, the new Calypso Casino map will bring all the subtle touches that players loved, with a modern twist, meaning you will get to walk the casino floor, with all the table games and window... Read more

Metal Gear’s Solid Snake Is Now a Rainbow Six Siege Operator— And It Actually Works

After a short teaser two weeks ago, Metal Gear’s Solid Snake has been officially announced as the next permanent operator for Rainbow Six Siege.

As the next winner of the Six Invitational is about to be crowned, Ubisoft took the time to lift the curtain on their next operator, none other than Solid Snake, voiced by David Hayter. You read that right, for the first time, Rainbow Six Siege is going beyond the Tom Clancy universe and bringing in a character not only from a different franchise, but a completely different publisher. Working closely with Konami, this Solid Snake brings a whole new style of infiltration to one of Ubisoft’s most popular titles ever.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege has introduced unique characters in the past, with Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell most recently joining the game. But with this operator, Ubisoft wanted to do something special and worked closely with Konami for almost a year to bring it to life.

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