Ubisoft reveals Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 roadmap

On the final day of the Six Invitational 2026, Ubisoft unveiled the full roadmap for Year 11 of Rainbow Six Siege through a Reveal Panel.

The upcoming year promises to bring fresh content to the tactical shooter, including new and remastered operators, modernised maps, revamped game mechanics, balance changes and more.

Year 11’s first season, Operation Silent Hunt, will begin on March 3rd, 2026. Headlining the update will be the new operator Solid Snake, the main protagonist of the Metal Gear Solid series. He will join as an attacker, with one armour and three speed stats, as part of Ubisoft’s collaboration with Konami.

Solid Snake will come with a unique Tacit. 45 as his secondary weapon, along with the F2 and PMR90A2 as primary weapons. He will be equipped with the Soliton Radar MKIII, a gadget capable of detecting nearby enemy positions in real time. Additionally, Solid Snake will bring a distinct passive to the game, allowing him to pick up to five different secondary gadgets from dead players.

Operation Silent Hunt will also introduce a limited 4v4 game mode based on Metal Gear Solid. Other features will also be added, including balance changes aimed towards roamer and entry operators, a two-week-long 1v1 Arcade playlist, modernised maps for Consulate, Oregon, and Villa, alongside a new battle pass.

The second season will see attacker Dokkaebi remastered as she will no longer be able to target all defenders at once with her call, opting for a mysterious new gadget that targets individual players. Additionally, a new primary weapon will be given to multiple operators, including Dokkaebi herself.

Ranked 3.0 will also be added in Season 2. Ubisoft shared that the playlist will no longer have hidden matchmaking rating (MMR), and ranks will be displayed based on player skill. It will also mark the return of placement matches to Ranked, which will take effect at the start of each season. Five divisions will also be introduced to Champion, which is currently the highest in-game rank.

Other content arriving in Season 2 includes a new map called Calypso Casino, mouse and keyboard support for consoles, and three modernised maps. An esports tab will also be available in-game, allowing fans to keep track of all Tier 1 teams alongside player stats. Season 2 will also feature the arrival of rotating operator trials, where players will be able to test out a selection of operators they do not own.

Finally, the season will see the removal of Dual Front a year after the mixed operator mode was introduced. A new limited-time mode, called Final Assignment, will be available for Dual Front before it is shuttered.

Season 3 will bring a new operator to Rainbow Six Siege, codenamed FIREWORKS. Based on the teaser animated by YouTube channel Siege Tales, which was also showcased during the Reveal Panel, the operator can fire a projectile that pierces through enemy shields

Ubisoft also announced that the Legend Division will be added during Season 3 as a solo queue playlist exclusive to Champion players.

Legend will use a regional MMR leader board that opens every mid-season, which will display players’ top operators and their overall MMR. Following the end of a season, the developers will grant an in-game charm to the top 100 players.

Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 Season 3 will bring Operator Mastery, where players can level up a selected character. It will be divided into four tiers: Specialist, Expert, Veteran, and Master, each of which will reward player titles and card borders.

New modes will also arrive in Season 3, including 3v3 Arcade playlists and a Drone Racing event. Anti-cheat, account security and anti-toxicity will see improvements through the release of the R6 Shieldguard Secure Platform.

Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 Season 4 will see the last operator remastered, alongside the release of a new weapon, attacker secondary secondary gadget, and three more modernised maps.

The Hostage mode will also undergo a rework to make it more competitive, bringing the mode to the Ranked playlist.

Season 4 will see the release of the social hub, allowing players to access cross-platform friend lists, view recently played players, and send squad invitations through unique codes.

A new mechanic will also arrive to Testing Grounds, an in-game mode where Ubisoft trials upcoming mechanics for feedback before adding them to the game. This time, players will be able to experiment with half-raised reinforcement walls.

Classic events will also make a return in Year 11 Season 4. Larceny makes a comeback, which enhanced destructibility in the modified Hereford Base map as players fought for control over various safeboxes.