Rainbow Six Siege crosses 70 million players

The comeback story that keeps on giving.

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Ubisoftsharedits Q3 earnings for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, boasting an impressive record-setting quarter overall. One of the major highlights is Rainbow Six Siege, which has crossed 70 million players, up from 60 million players around nine months ago.

An update released in December added special support for the latest consoles, enabling a120 FPS modeon Xbox Series X and PS5. The next game in the Rainbow Six franchise isRainbow Six Quarantine, which has been repeatedly delayed and is currently scheduled to release at some point after April 2021, as is fellow Ubisoft title Far Cry 6.

Rainbow Six Siege first released back in 2015 and has seen numerous new Operators and updates since. Rainbow Six Siege was added toXbox Game Passfor console back in October 2020 and is still available in the service right now, which likely aided the growth of the game’s playerbase throughout the last quarter.

Other big highlights forUbisoft’s latest quarterinclude Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which saw the biggest launch of any game in the Assassin’s Creed franchise and propelled Ubisoft to its biggest quarter in company history.

Addictive, challenging shooter action

Ubisoft’s hit shooter is hotter than ever, touting tense tactical gameplay, and regular free updates. Powering through 2020 with millions of players, Rainbow Six isn’t slowing down.

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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.