Solid Snake joins Rainbow Six: Siege as a full playable Operator in Operation Silent Hunt, featuring the Soliton Radar MKII, new abilities, and a Metal Gear Solid-themed event.

Rainbow Six Siege is now on it’s sixth year. A competitive shooter that has remained unique to this day and continues to be a joy to play with friends casually, or sweat it out in it’s unforgiving Ranked game mode. Should you play it in 2021? Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know if you are a returning player or someone new to the game.

With Rainbow Six: Siege’s Year 6 Season 2 just around the corner, Ubisoft teased the upcoming season with a tweet revealing that it will be called North Star, which now supports recent leaks that have been swirling in the internet for some days now, which suggests that the next Operator joining the game will be equipped with a healing gadget.

Rainbow Six: Siege players will get a treat starting May 4 as the new limited event titled ‘Apocalypse’ will go live and comes with a new game mode, plus 35 new cosmetics you can earn for select operators. The in-game event will run until May 18

Ubisoft’s tactical multiplayer FPS shooter Rainbow Six Siege has officially entered Year 6 with the launch of Operation Crimson Heist, adding a series of new features, a rework of the Border map, as well as the brand new Battle Pass that now includes Flores, the latest operator added to the game’s roster. And to celebrate the latest update, everyone can download and play the game starting on March 18 until March 25 for free.

Ubisoft’s tactical shooter, Rainbow Six Siege, is entering Year 6 of seasonal content and is finally dropping the Year Pass as future operators added to the game will now be unlocked through the seasonal Battle Pass.

The latest event for Rainbow Six: Siege is Halloween themed as from October 27 to November 10 the Sugar Fright event will be available to earn a few goodies and unique cosmetics for select Operators.

Rainbow Six: Siege’s next limited time event is called M.U.T.E. Protocol and it starts on August 4, 2020 and will last until August 17, 2020.

Rainbow Six: Siege’s Operation Steel Wave is the game’s second season of content for Year 4 and comes with two new operators, a re-imagining of the House map, a buff to Amaru, Proximity Alarms, and more.

Ubisoft held a panel of key developers of Rainbow Six Siege before the last matches of the Six Invitational 2020 to talk about their plans for Year 5 and Year 6.

Operation Void Edge adds operators Iana and Oryx, a rework of the classic map Oregon, and a few game changes players will appreciate.

Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Shifting Tides introduces Operator Kali and Wamai into the 5v5 tactical shooter, as well as a rework of everyone’s Theme Park map.