Have you been spending a lot of time with your airsoft team mates playing Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six Siege (RB6 Siege) when not on the airsoft field? I know some who do, since they prefer Rainbox Six Siege match-up games over the multiplayer modes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. For those who have been RB6 fans ever since Rogue Spear, then RB6 Siege is really up their alley, and with more challenges and ways to take down the OPFOR.

If you think that you have what it takes to be a great RB6 Siege team, then why not prove this on the world stage? Ubisoft has partnered with ESL, one of the biggest eSports organizations, and Microsoft Xbox to launch the Rainbow 6 Siege Pro League for the Xbox One and PC Gaming.

“Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege was built from the ground up with competition in mind. We’re excited to partner with ESL, one of the biggest names in esports, to deliver a league for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege fans to compete and enjoy the game they love,” said Xavier Marquis, Rainbow Six Creative Director at Ubisoft.

For now the RB6 Siege Pro League will be open to North American and European teams. Starting in March 2016, the best teams from these regions will be invited to compete in their respective regions for a seven week season. A total of 8 teams in each region will compete in the regionals.  The top two teams from each region will then join in the finals to battle it out to become the Pro League Season Champion.

A prize pool with a total of US$100,000 will be split amongst the competing teams in the Finals for Xbox One and PC.  This prize pool is quite small as compared to the Call of Duty World League where the prize pool s is a total of US$3 million. Nevertheless, it is something to start with when more and more teams will be joining in the future and the Pro League opened up to more regions.

“ESL Pro Leagues have become synonymous with professional gaming across the esports industry. We are delighted to add Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege to the line-up of games, and are excited for what is sure to be a great opening season of play. Our online ESL Play community has rallied around Rainbow Six Siege competition, and we’re sure that with our partners at Ubisoft and Microsoft, we can take the Pro League to the next level,” said David Hiltscher, VP Gaming Communities at ESL.

If interested, there are two ways to join the Pro League, provided the players are 18 years old and above:

• Option 1: Be among the top teams in Go4R6 monthly rankings on February the 22nd on the European and North American Servers on Xbox One or PC
• Option 2: Join some of the local competitions with access to the Pro League.

For live coverage of the games, it will be streamed on twitch.tv/rainbow6 and then will be available on their YouTube page.