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Ubisoft announces schedule for Rainbow Six Siege Invitational

The developer also revealed a new map.

David Craddock

January 19, 2017 4:03 PM

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Ubisoft announced the full schedule for its Rainbow Six Siege Invitational, a tournament that will be broadcast from February 3-5.

Matches will be broadcast on Rainbow Six Siege's Twitch and YouTube channels. The full schedule for the tournament can be found below.

Rainbow Six Siege Invitational pits the top players on Xbox One and PC against each other for a prize pool worth $200,000.

Additionally, Ubisoft announced Velvet Shell, the first Operation of the game's Year 2 batch of downloadable content. Velvet Shell consists of one map and two Operators hailing from Spain. The Operation will be shown during the Six Invitational livestream.

Feb. 3, 10 am EST – PC and Xbox One quarter finals

Feb. 4, 10 am EST – PC and Xbox One semi-finals

Feb. 5, 10am EST – Velvet Shell live demo and PC and Xbox One grand finals

David Craddock

Long Reads Editor

David L. Craddock writes fiction, nonfiction, and grocery lists. He is the author of the Stay Awhile and Listen series, and the Gairden Chronicles series of fantasy novels for young adults. Outside of writing, he enjoys playing Mario, Zelda, and Dark Souls games, and will be happy to discuss at length the myriad reasons why Dark Souls 2 is the best in the series. Follow him online at davidlcraddock.com and @davidlcraddock.