Pro League Season 7 reached record numbers
Hong Kong— May 28, 2018 — Today, Ubisoft® announces that the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Pro League returns to Brazil as Season 8 Finals will take place at the Jeunesse Arena, from November 17 to 18. The Jeunesse Arena resides at the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park, and with a 12,000 seat capacity this is shaping up to be the highest attended Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six event, ever. For fans worldwide wishing to join one of the wildest esports crowd there is, tickets can be purchased via ESL.gg/R6ProLeagueRio
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As always, these Season 8 Finals will gather the eight best teams from across the world, two teams from each of the four Pro League regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. These teams will battle for a total prize pool of $275,000, bringing the grand total prize pool across all official Year 2018-2019 tournaments to an unprecedented $1,400,000.
The recent Pro League Season 7 Champion, Team Liquid, will even have the chance to defend its crown at home, should they successfully qualify for the Rio Finals, a prospect that is not promised considering how fierce the competition will be this year. Just last weekend, the Brazilian Team Liquid roster took down FNATIC (Australia), Millenium (France) and favorites PENTA Sports (Europe) in Atlantic City, throughout a two day LAN event of epic proportions, showcasing once again the extraordinary potential of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six esports.
Last weekend, the Season 7 Finals once again set a new record for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League Finals, reaching 254,500 peak concurrent viewers for the Grand Finale between Team Liquid and PENTA Sports, a figure 73% higher compared to the Season 6 Finals in Sao Paulo last November. Additionally, throughout the two days of the event (May 19-20), more than 3 million hours were watched across all channels.
After just a few weeks of rest, the Pro League teams will be back on duty with the start of Season 8 on June 11. It will introduce a new format and new features, in order to make Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six an even stronger and stable model. Starting with Season 8, each Pro League Year will indeed now be comprised of two six-month long Pro League Seasons. Additional details on Years 2018-2020 Pro League format can be found here.
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Regarding Pro League matches format, the Pick & Ban mode will now allow each team to prevent their opponents from choosing two Operators of their choice, one attacker and one defender, for the entire match, ultimately giving full control of the meta to the players. The mode will also be available in custom PvP games for all players. The Pro League match structure will finally be updated, as for each map the defender’s team will play all of its 5 rounds as defender before switching to attack for potentially 5 more rounds, depending on the score.
In summary, here is the list of the remaining Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six main events for Year 2018-2019:
- Six Major Paris: August 13-19 (open to public August 17-19 at Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles)
- Pro League Season 8 Finals: November 17-18, Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park
- Six Invitational 2019: February 2019, Montreal (exact location to be announced)
- Pro League Season 9 Finals: May 2019, location to be announced
For more information about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League, please visit http://www.rainbow6.com/esports and follow us at https://twitter.com/R6ProLeague.
About Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Inspired by real-world counter-terrorist organizations, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege puts players in the middle of lethal close-quarter confrontations. For the first time in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game, players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy’s position. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege gives players unprecedented control over their ability to fortify their position by reinforcing walls and floors, using barbed wire and deployable shields, laying mines and more, or to breach the enemies’ position using observation drones, setting charges, rappelling and more. The fast pace and uniqueness of each siege sets a new bar for intense firefights, strategic gameplay and competitive gaming.
About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2017-18 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,732 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoft.com.
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