Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


Start Year Two on the rocky shore of Ibiza, Spain, with Rainbow Six Operation Velvet Shell. The vivid new multiplayer map “Coastline” both available in PVP and PVE is designed to drive a surround flow of combat for a final rush at its core.

Check out the first map teaser below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE1h-IMLefY
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


Start Year Two on the rocky shore of Ibiza, Spain, with Rainbow Six Operation Velvet Shell. The vivid new multiplayer map “Coastline” both available in PVP and PVE is designed to drive a surround flow of combat for a final rush at its core.

Check out the first map teaser below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE1h-IMLefY
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


Rainbow Six: Siege is about to celebrate its first anniversary of competition. It has been an amazing first year with three full seasons of Pro League as well as the incoming Six Invitational to end the year on a high note!

Thousands of players and teams have taken part of our weekly Go4 tournaments and a few hundreds of the best players in the world have the chance to be compete in the Pro League. These players have not only showed us some of the highest skilled matches we’ve ever seen, but they also worked hand in hand with our production team to constantly improve the game.

We are tremendously proud to announce a second full year of competition to go alongside our second year of post-launch content. Therefore, right after the Six Invitational event, we will be immediately starting Year 2 of competition. We have opted to structure things differently this time in order to make our competition scope bigger, while welcoming a broader spectrum of players.

PC COMPETITION PROGRAM: PRO LEAGUE, CHALLENGER LEAGUE AND GO4R6

With a new focus for Year Two, the Pro League will now exclusively be held on PC. It will be bigger than ever with a larger prize pool and more teams invited at Season Finals. We will also be adding an intermediate level for up & coming competitors: the Challenger League. Following the same schedule and format as the Pro League, the Challenger League will be open to 8 teams who proved their worth, reaching this launching pad into the Pro League. They will play and fight for $5,000 every Season per region as well as to secure their position into the next Season’s Pro League.

We will of course be maintaining weekly Go4R6 tournaments.

More information about the new format below.

XBOX ONE COMPETITION PROGRAM: MAJOR LEAGUE AND GO4R6

The competitive program for Xbox One will now encompass a Major League as well as weekly Go4R6 Tournaments. Following the same format as the Pro League, the Major Leagues will welcome 8 teams per region, fighting over the course of 4 full Seasons! Each Season will have $5,000 of prize pool up for grabs per region.

More information about the new format below.

NEW PLAYSTATION 4 COMPETITION PROGRAM: MAJOR LEAGUE AND GO4R6

We are also happy to be introducing PlayStation 4 to our competitive program! Just like Xbox One, it will consist of a Major League, as well as weekly Go4R6 Tournaments. We are stoked to see what it will bring to the Rainbow Six competitive scene!

More information about the new format below.

2017 RAINBOW SIX COMPETITION PROGRAMS



HIGHER STAKES FOR THE PC PRO LEAGUE AND NEW FORMAT

The first Pro League Season will begin in March, so we already wish to inform you of the whole year’s plan.

The overall Pro League schedule will be once again of three Pro League Seasons followed by another Six Invitational! This time however we have increased the prize pool to $100,000USD per Season.

The 8 teams who qualify for the Pro League will compete in a brand new ‘dual tournament’ format. This format was agreed upon with ESL (our competitive program organizer) as well as the top professional teams from Year One. We believe it will further solidify our growing pro scene and teams



This format will be mirrored for our Major Leagues and Challenger League.

As the lead platform for our competitive program, all matches of the PC Pro League will be broadcasted and played in Best of 3 format. This will put an end to the era of draws and offer a much better experience for both players and viewers!

In order to have our Pro League reach an even higher level this year, we are announcing the opening of a Challenger League. It will serve as a stepping stone for up and coming teams wishing to make it into the Pro League, as well as a safety net for teams who have already made it in the Pro League. Each Season, several teams will drop from the Pro League and be replaced by the very best of the Challenger League.



GO4 FOR ALL PLATFORMS

We are convinced that weekly competition is key to a healthy competitive scene and community. Therefore, we will be holding weekly tournaments where any player, from any level will be able to compete for R6 Credits as well as exclusive charms. We will even be handing out some participation prizes!

We wish to truly thank every participants who competed in the 2016 competitions. We hope that you will continue your journey in the 2017 Leagues and weekly competitions.

Details about how to qualify into all of these Leagues will be detailed in the coming weeks. For more information about Year 2 of Competition, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and join the discussion on the official subreddit and Forums.


Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


Rainbow Six: Siege is about to celebrate its first anniversary of competition. It has been an amazing first year with three full seasons of Pro League as well as the incoming Six Invitational to end the year on a high note!

Thousands of players and teams have taken part of our weekly Go4 tournaments and a few hundreds of the best players in the world have the chance to be compete in the Pro League. These players have not only showed us some of the highest skilled matches we’ve ever seen, but they also worked hand in hand with our production team to constantly improve the game.

We are tremendously proud to announce a second full year of competition to go alongside our second year of post-launch content. Therefore, right after the Six Invitational event, we will be immediately starting Year 2 of competition. We have opted to structure things differently this time in order to make our competition scope bigger, while welcoming a broader spectrum of players.

PC COMPETITION PROGRAM: PRO LEAGUE, CHALLENGER LEAGUE AND GO4R6

With a new focus for Year Two, the Pro League will now exclusively be held on PC. It will be bigger than ever with a larger prize pool and more teams invited at Season Finals. We will also be adding an intermediate level for up & coming competitors: the Challenger League. Following the same schedule and format as the Pro League, the Challenger League will be open to 8 teams who proved their worth, reaching this launching pad into the Pro League. They will play and fight for $5,000 every Season per region as well as to secure their position into the next Season’s Pro League.

We will of course be maintaining weekly Go4R6 tournaments.

More information about the new format below.

XBOX ONE COMPETITION PROGRAM: MAJOR LEAGUE AND GO4R6

The competitive program for Xbox One will now encompass a Major League as well as weekly Go4R6 Tournaments. Following the same format as the Pro League, the Major Leagues will welcome 8 teams per region, fighting over the course of 4 full Seasons! Each Season will have $5,000 of prize pool up for grabs per region.

More information about the new format below.

NEW PLAYSTATION 4 COMPETITION PROGRAM: MAJOR LEAGUE AND GO4R6

We are also happy to be introducing PlayStation 4 to our competitive program! Just like Xbox One, it will consist of a Major League, as well as weekly Go4R6 Tournaments. We are stoked to see what it will bring to the Rainbow Six competitive scene!

More information about the new format below.

2017 RAINBOW SIX COMPETITION PROGRAMS



HIGHER STAKES FOR THE PC PRO LEAGUE AND NEW FORMAT

The first Pro League Season will begin in March, so we already wish to inform you of the whole year’s plan.

The overall Pro League schedule will be once again of three Pro League Seasons followed by another Six Invitational! This time however we have increased the prize pool to $100,000USD per Season.

The 8 teams who qualify for the Pro League will compete in a brand new ‘dual tournament’ format. This format was agreed upon with ESL (our competitive program organizer) as well as the top professional teams from Year One. We believe it will further solidify our growing pro scene and teams



This format will be mirrored for our Major Leagues and Challenger League.

As the lead platform for our competitive program, all matches of the PC Pro League will be broadcasted and played in Best of 3 format. This will put an end to the era of draws and offer a much better experience for both players and viewers!

In order to have our Pro League reach an even higher level this year, we are announcing the opening of a Challenger League. It will serve as a stepping stone for up and coming teams wishing to make it into the Pro League, as well as a safety net for teams who have already made it in the Pro League. Each Season, several teams will drop from the Pro League and be replaced by the very best of the Challenger League.



GO4 FOR ALL PLATFORMS

We are convinced that weekly competition is key to a healthy competitive scene and community. Therefore, we will be holding weekly tournaments where any player, from any level will be able to compete for R6 Credits as well as exclusive charms. We will even be handing out some participation prizes!

We wish to truly thank every participants who competed in the 2016 competitions. We hope that you will continue your journey in the 2017 Leagues and weekly competitions.

Details about how to qualify into all of these Leagues will be detailed in the coming weeks. For more information about Year 2 of Competition, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and join the discussion on the official subreddit and Forums.


Jan 13, 2017
Half-Life - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)

So often the bleeding edge of games tech, yet so often fundamentally the same underneath: there’s a reason we can’t get enough of pretend shooting pretend people in their pretend faces. It is a pure test of skill and reflex, a game about movement at least as much as it is about violence, and done right it is absolutely delightful>. And hey, sometimes you get a decent gimmick or story thrown into the mix.

These are our favourite 50 first-person shooters on PC, from 1993-2017. Your favourite is at number 51.

… [visit site to read more]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


Last weekend was all about Rainbow Six: Siege action since the Final Qualifiers for the Six Invitational were taking place.

After some intense games we now know all teams which will take part in the $200,000 tournament. Eight squads joined the list of teams which will take part in the Six Invitational in Montreal. The Xbox One division qualified teams are: Lethal Gaming, Lucky7, Dex.UNITED and MindFreak. The following teams have qualified for the PC part of the Six Invitational: eRa Eternity, EURONICS Gaming, Santos Dexterity, and Envy.

SIX INVITATIONAL XBOX ONE PARTICIPANTS:

NA Invited: Team Elevate
EU Invited: Team Vitality
NA Qualifier: Lethal Gaming
EU Qualifier*: Lucky7
LATAM Qualifier: Dex.UNITED
ANZ Cup Winner: MindFreak

*Osterity has been disqualified from the competition for not following the rules and is replaced by Lucky7, second best team from the EU Xbox One qualifier. A statement will come later.

SIX INVITATIONAL PC PARTICIPANTS:

NA Invited: Continuum
EU Invited: GiFu
NA Qualifier: eRa Eternity
EU Qualifier*: EURONICS Gaming
LATAM Qualifier: Santos Dexterity
Asia Qualifier: Envy


The Six Invitational will be the biggest international Rainbow Six: Siege tournament ever and will take place on February 3-5th. Tickets for the event are already on sale here! There are three different types of tickets, with the prices starting at $30 CAD.

ONE DAY PASS

Price: $30 CAD
Guarantees: One day pass for the Six Invitational, 600 R6 credits

3-DAY PASS

Price: $75 CAD
Guarantees: Three day pass for the Six Invitational, 600 R6 credits per day.

VIP TICKET

Sold Out

Three day pass for the Six Invitational
30 minutes trip around the event on February 3rd
30 minutes meeting with developers and special guests
VIP seating place
R6 merchandise

Even if you are not able to attend the event, you will be able to watch the live stream on the Official Channel here. For more information about the Six Invitational, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and join the discussion on the official Reddit and Forums
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


Last weekend was all about Rainbow Six: Siege action since the Final Qualifiers for the Six Invitational were taking place.

After some intense games we now know all teams which will take part in the $200,000 tournament. Eight squads joined the list of teams which will take part in the Six Invitational in Montreal. The Xbox One division qualified teams are: Lethal Gaming, Lucky7, Dex.UNITED and MindFreak. The following teams have qualified for the PC part of the Six Invitational: eRa Eternity, EURONICS Gaming, Santos Dexterity, and Envy.

SIX INVITATIONAL XBOX ONE PARTICIPANTS:

NA Invited: Team Elevate
EU Invited: Team Vitality
NA Qualifier: Lethal Gaming
EU Qualifier*: Lucky7
LATAM Qualifier: Dex.UNITED
ANZ Cup Winner: MindFreak

*Osterity has been disqualified from the competition for not following the rules and is replaced by Lucky7, second best team from the EU Xbox One qualifier. A statement will come later.

SIX INVITATIONAL PC PARTICIPANTS:

NA Invited: Continuum
EU Invited: GiFu
NA Qualifier: eRa Eternity
EU Qualifier*: EURONICS Gaming
LATAM Qualifier: Santos Dexterity
Asia Qualifier: Envy


The Six Invitational will be the biggest international Rainbow Six: Siege tournament ever and will take place on February 3-5th. Tickets for the event are already on sale here! There are three different types of tickets, with the prices starting at $30 CAD.

ONE DAY PASS

Price: $30 CAD
Guarantees: One day pass for the Six Invitational, 600 R6 credits

3-DAY PASS

Price: $75 CAD
Guarantees: Three day pass for the Six Invitational, 600 R6 credits per day.

VIP TICKET

Sold Out

Three day pass for the Six Invitational
30 minutes trip around the event on February 3rd
30 minutes meeting with developers and special guests
VIP seating place
R6 merchandise

Even if you are not able to attend the event, you will be able to watch the live stream on the Official Channel here. For more information about the Six Invitational, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and join the discussion on the official Reddit and Forums
Counter-Strike 2 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)

It’s the weekly Steam charts! These are the games which sold best on Steam last week. This week, it’s the first true> chart of 2017, as the last one covered the arse-end of 2016. All change, all change.

I’m even going to do this one upside-down. New year, new rules! And I don’t want to spoil the surprise right away.

… [visit site to read more]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


The open stage of the Six Invitational qualifier has ended, and the participants of the closed stage have been determined. Below you will find the teams that will fight for their spots at the final tournament, with a prize pool of US$200,000.

The open qualifiers took place in December. After a few weekends of the Rainbow Six: Siege competition, we are ready to present you with a full list of teams which will try to qualify for the Six Invitational tournament. These qualifiers will take place on January 7-8th. The final qualifier will be played out in four different regions, Europe, North America, Asia, and Latin America, and across two different platforms, Xbox One and PC.

PARTICIPANTS OF THE EU XBOX ONE FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Lucky7.Gaming
  • Qualifier #2: Barrage eSports
  • Qualifier #3: Supremacy
  • Qualifier #4: Osterity

PARTICIPANTS OF THE NA XBOX ONE FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Team Allegiance
  • Qualifier #2: Lethal Gaming
  • Qualifier #3: SoaR Gaming
  • Qualifier #4: SetToDestroyX

PARTICIPANTS OF THE LATAM XBOX ONE FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Chapecoense
  • Qualifier #2: Brazilian Killers e-Sports
  • Qualifier #3: DEX.United
  • Qualifier #4: First e-Sports

PARTICIPANTS OF THE EU PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: EURONICS Gaming
  • Qualifier #2: PENTA Sports
  • Qualifier #3: gBots
  • Qualifier #4: Playing Ducks

PARTICIPANTS OF THE NA PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: eRa Eternity
  • Qualifier #2: FlipSid3 Tactics
  • Qualifier #3: Ferocity Esports
  • Qualifier #4: Astral Authority

PARTICIPANTS OF THE ASIA PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Envy
  • Qualifier #2: Team1122
  • Qualifier #3: Liberty
  • Qualifier #4: Dynamo uFF

PARTICIPANTS OF THE LATAM PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Santos Dexterity
  • Qualifier #2: Nyx Erebo
  • Qualifier #3: paiN Gaming
  • Qualifier #4: BRK

Four best teams from the open qualifiers will take part in the Final stage on each platform and in each region. Double elimination bracket will be used in the closed qualifier with all matches being played in a best-of-three format. In the grand final of the closed qualifier, the team from the Winners Bracket will have a 1-0 map advantage over the LB team. Winner of each closed qualifier will take a spot at the Six Invitational in Montreal.

The PC closed qualifier is scheduled for January 7th, while the Xbox One closed qualifier will take place one day later, on January 8th. European matches will be kicking off at 2PM CET, while North America first round will be starting at 4PM EST/1PM PST.

Brackets can be found here:

NA Xbox One
EU Xbox One
LATAM Xbox One
NA PC
EU PC
LATAM PC
Asia PC

The Final Qualifiers for the Six Invitational will be streamed live. You will be able to watch those tournaments here

Tickets for the Six Invitational are already on sale. Those are available here starting at $30.

For more information on the Six Invitational, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and you can join the discussion on the Official Subreddit and Forums.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege - Ubi_Ludo


The open stage of the Six Invitational qualifier has ended, and the participants of the closed stage have been determined. Below you will find the teams that will fight for their spots at the final tournament, with a prize pool of US$200,000.

The open qualifiers took place in December. After a few weekends of the Rainbow Six: Siege competition, we are ready to present you with a full list of teams which will try to qualify for the Six Invitational tournament. These qualifiers will take place on January 7-8th. The final qualifier will be played out in four different regions, Europe, North America, Asia, and Latin America, and across two different platforms, Xbox One and PC.

PARTICIPANTS OF THE EU XBOX ONE FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Lucky7.Gaming
  • Qualifier #2: Barrage eSports
  • Qualifier #3: Supremacy
  • Qualifier #4: Osterity

PARTICIPANTS OF THE NA XBOX ONE FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Team Allegiance
  • Qualifier #2: Lethal Gaming
  • Qualifier #3: SoaR Gaming
  • Qualifier #4: SetToDestroyX

PARTICIPANTS OF THE LATAM XBOX ONE FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Chapecoense
  • Qualifier #2: Brazilian Killers e-Sports
  • Qualifier #3: DEX.United
  • Qualifier #4: First e-Sports

PARTICIPANTS OF THE EU PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: EURONICS Gaming
  • Qualifier #2: PENTA Sports
  • Qualifier #3: gBots
  • Qualifier #4: Playing Ducks

PARTICIPANTS OF THE NA PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: eRa Eternity
  • Qualifier #2: FlipSid3 Tactics
  • Qualifier #3: Ferocity Esports
  • Qualifier #4: Astral Authority

PARTICIPANTS OF THE ASIA PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Envy
  • Qualifier #2: Team1122
  • Qualifier #3: Liberty
  • Qualifier #4: Dynamo uFF

PARTICIPANTS OF THE LATAM PC FINAL QUALIFIER:

  • Qualifier #1: Santos Dexterity
  • Qualifier #2: Nyx Erebo
  • Qualifier #3: paiN Gaming
  • Qualifier #4: BRK

Four best teams from the open qualifiers will take part in the Final stage on each platform and in each region. Double elimination bracket will be used in the closed qualifier with all matches being played in a best-of-three format. In the grand final of the closed qualifier, the team from the Winners Bracket will have a 1-0 map advantage over the LB team. Winner of each closed qualifier will take a spot at the Six Invitational in Montreal.

The PC closed qualifier is scheduled for January 7th, while the Xbox One closed qualifier will take place one day later, on January 8th. European matches will be kicking off at 2PM CET, while North America first round will be starting at 4PM EST/1PM PST.

Brackets can be found here:

NA Xbox One
EU Xbox One
LATAM Xbox One
NA PC
EU PC
LATAM PC
Asia PC

The Final Qualifiers for the Six Invitational will be streamed live. You will be able to watch those tournaments here

Tickets for the Six Invitational are already on sale. Those are available here starting at $30.

For more information on the Six Invitational, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and you can join the discussion on the Official Subreddit and Forums.
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