Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 Schedule Revealed

Ubisoft is preparing to launch the latest season Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege titled Operation Silent Hunt, and after recent hints and teases to the community, the iconic Solid Snake is officially joining the roster. In 2025, further developments took place Rainbow Six Siege Ubisoft has launched its biggest update to the popular online shooter, Siege X, breathing new life into the 10-year-old title and helping to boost player numbers.

However, despite the game's continued resurgence, the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 were tumultuous at best. before the new year Rainbow Six Siege suffered a massive hacking incident that forced Ubisoft to temporarily shut down the game's servers. Hackers flooded the in-game message system, gave away billions of R6 credits, suddenly developer-only skins were available, and other strange behavior. Even worse, the game suffered another hacking incident just a week later, with some players getting banned as well. Thankfully, Ubisoft was able to rectify the situation and has since managed to get the game back on track by teasing what's next.

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In late January, Ubisoft teased the arrival of Solid Snake Rainbow Six Siegealthough details were very scarce at the time and more information was planned to be revealed on February 15. As promised, Ubisoft has revealed Operation Silent Hunt, which kicks off on March 3rd, and features a ton Solid metal gearbox player references and content.

First off, Solid Snake from Solid metal gearbox series comes as an assault operator, again voiced by original voice actor David Hayter. Snake comes armed with his Soliton Radar MKIII gadget and On-Site Procurement ability. His gadget is a handheld device that allows Snake to see the floor plan of his immediate surroundings and the enemies on his current floor. The device also has three lights to indicate certain threats in the area, with green indicating that everything is clear, yellow highlighting the default cameras used by the enemy, while red indicating that 1 or more enemies are active in the area. Using precision mode on the device, the radar displays a location icon and cone of vision for all captured enemies, but keep in mind that it has a limited charge and cooldown timer, so use it wisely.

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For this unique ability, Snake's On-Site Procurement allows him to pick up useful pouches from fallen enemies, which replenish his stock of secondary items during a match. A bit interesting is that unlike other operators, Snake is able to have up to five different secondary gadgets at once. So Snake can use his scavenging ability to stockpile items in any of his open gadget slots, allowing him to adapt to different situations.

New weapons are also on the way, including Snake's Tacit .45 caliber secondary pistol. Alternatively, Solid Snake's primary weapons could be the PMR90A2 Marksman Rifle or the F2 Assault Rifle. Even better, the F2 can now use mounts.

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Ubisoft is also teasing the special Metal Gear theme mode which is currently referred to as [REDACTED] event. For many stealth fans, this mode could be a dream come true as it combines Solid Snake with Ubisoft's very own Sam Fisher. Splinter Cell series, also known as Zero in Rainbow Six Siege. The mode features a modified version of the Nighthaven Labs map, which will feature plenty of Metal Gear references. As expected, the event will have its own Collection series, styling Rainbow Six operators as iconic characters from the Metal Gear series such as Gray Fox and Meryl.

The Silent Hunt roadmap provides a few more details, including new Black Ice weapon skins, a 1v1 Arcade mode, as well as upgraded versions of the classic Siege maps like Coastline, Oregon and Villa. Rainbow Six SiegeThe 6v6 Dual Front mode will also be retired after Silent Hunt ends, and the Ubisoft team will also release a major Operator Balancing update. Changes include Skopos being changed to a 3-speed operator, Elaina's Grzmot mines causing a longer concussion, Amaru's Garra Hook gaining 1 additional charge, shield operators will no longer be able to break through a full health barricade, and much more.