Rainbow Six Siege will be free to play next week

Players who try the game during the free weekend can carry over their progress and continue to play uninterrupted if they purchase the game (except on the Starter edition).

The first content from Year 3 Season 1, Operation Chimera, will be available on PC through the technical test server starting February 19 and will launch on all platforms on March 6. Meanwhile, the new co-op mode Outbreak will be playable on PC through the technical test server starting February 20. Outbreak will then be available on all platforms from March 6 to April 3.

Operation Chimera will mark the beginning of the third year of Rainbow Six Siege. Two new operators, specialists in biohazard situations and playable in adversarial multiplayer, will have to face a major threat in the game's first co-op event, Outbreak.

Additional details on the content of Operation Chimera and Outbreak event will be unveiled during the Six Invitational finals happening in Montreal on February 16-18. Be sure to tune in on www.twitch.tv/rainbow6 to learn more about the two new Operators and Outbreak event update.

For more information about the game or news on the upcoming title update, please visit www.rainbow6.com.

The full details and timing of the free weekend are available via the following link: www.rainbow6.com/freeweekend