Published , by Ozzie Mejia
Published , by Ozzie Mejia
One of the biggest weekends of the year for Rainbow Six Siege esports is about to begin. In fact, the game's top teams are already duking it out in an effort to advance to those final three days of competition. The Six Major Raleigh is the second major for Siege in 2019, bringing together the top teams from around the world. This is the first Siege major in history to be hosted in the United States and officially marks the halfway point for the Rainbow Six Pro League: Season 10. Shacknews has everything you need to know with our full guide on how to check out all of the action.
The Six Major Raleigh will award $500,000 USD, spread across a field of 16 teams. Here's how the prize money will be allocated:
Earlier this week, there were four groups, each with four teams. They will engaged in a double elimination bracket, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the playoff stage. These matches were best of three games.
Here are the results to the group stages, with the bottom two teams eliminated from competition:
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
The remaining teams have advanced to the playoffs. This is a single-elimination bracket. All matches are best of three, with the exception of Grand Finals, which will be best of five.
Here is the Top 8 bracket:
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, August 16
Saturday, August 17
Sunday, August 18
The Six Major Raleigh will air live on Twitch from Friday through Sunday, starting Friday morning at 6AM PT. On Saturday and Sunday, the broadcast will begin at 7:30AM PT.
The future of Rainbow Six Siege will be unveiled on Sunday. Ubisoft is set to reveal the game's next DLC pack. This is being called Operation Ember Rise, with two new Operators set to make their Rainbow Six Siege debut. These Operators, as well as other changes, are set to be detailed as part of a special DLC showcase presentation on Sunday, prior to Grand Finals.
Shacknews will be in attendance at this weekend's Six Major Raleigh, as well. Come back on Sunday, as we report back with firsthand knowledge of everything you need to know about Operation Ember Rise.
Ubisoft and Twitch are offering specal cosmetic Charms for those who tune into the Six Major Raleigh playoffs this weekend. You do not need to own Rainbow Six Siege in order to earn these items, as they'll show up for you the moment you log into the game for the first time on either PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One. You will, however, need to link your Twitch account to your UPlay account, which can be done on the Ubisoft website.
Here are the levels of Charms you can earn:
You will earn credit towards these Charms by viewing either the main Rainbow 6 Twitch channel or any of the alternate language Twitch channels, including Spanish (LATAM or Spain), Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Russian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese (Hong Kong), Thai, Mandarin (Taiwan), and Polish.
Ubisoft will regularly update the Rainbow Six Esports YouTube channel with full matches that can be viewed on demand.
As noted, Shacknews is on-site this year checking out the action. Stay tuned as we report in from this year's Six Major in Raleigh, North Carolina.