When is the next Rainbow Six Siege season?

While it has been less than one month since the start of Operation New Blood, with the new-season-hype already fading away fans are starting to ask themselves when is the upcoming season of Rainbow Six Siege coming.

Although it's impossible to have the exact dates for Y9S3, we have a basic idea of when the next season should be presented and, most importantly, when the upcoming season of Rainbow Six Siege should be launched.

Here are all of the details we know so far about Rainbow Six Siege's Year 9 Season 3!

When will be the next Rainbow Six Siege season deployed?

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege's next season (Year 9 Season 3) will be launched in September 2024. We expect the upcoming operation to be revealed between the second and the third week of August 20204.

What will be introduced in the next Rainbow Six Siege season?

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege's next season will be Year 9 Season 3. Looking at Ubisoft's current roadmap picture, we can easily gather some information about what will be introduced to the game in a few months time.

Unlike Operation New Blood, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Y9S3 will include a new operator, which will be from Greece.

Additionally, Ubisoft expect to include the next features to the game with the launch of Y9S3:

• Siege Cup: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Siege Cup will be an competition integrated to the game where players will be able to face off in a competitive bracket.
• Badges and Career: Ubisoft will introduce a career menu and a badge system to showcase the player's progression.
• Shooting Range access during matchmaking: Ubisoft expect to introduce this feature with Y9S3, which will allow players to warm up their aim before the start of a match.
• Versus AI 2.0: Ubisoft will launch an update to Versus AI where they will introduce attackers to the game mode so players can practise their defenses.
• Reputation System update: MouseTrap will be introduced to the Reputation System on consoles.
• Solis and Dokkaebi's updates: Solis and Dokkaebi will be balanced.
• After action screen 2.0: Ubisoft plan on launching a new after action screen, which will include new statistics regarding each player's performance.
• Custom 1v1 Preset: A 1v1 preset playlist in the Custom Playlist.
• Drone and gadget previsualizations: Ubisoft plan on adding previsualizations on drone jumps and throwable gadgets.

When was Operation New Blood announced?

Operation New Blood was announced on May 26 during the BLAST R6 Major Manchester grand final.

The BLAST R6 Major Manchester is the first international event of Rainbow Six Siege's Year 9. The second Major will be played in Canada, while the Six Invitational 2025 will be played in the United States in February 2025.

When was Operation New Blood released?

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege's Operation New Blood was released on June 11.

The launch of Operation New Blood saw the arrivals of Sentry and Striker, the new Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege recruits. Moreover, other new features were introduced to the game, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege's Membership system, the warming up game mode Endless Drill, changes to Fenrir and Solis' gadgets, and more.

Overall, Operation New Blood's release had mixed feelings by the community. While some fans enjoyed the balancing changes made, a big part of the fanbase complained about the lack of new features, like a fully-new operator. However, Ubisoft's intentions are clear: improving what's already in the game before launching massive waves of new content.

Here's everything included in Operation New Blood:

• Ubisoft to nerf Solis and Fenrir in Operation New Blood
• Rainbow Six Siege operator guide: Striker
• Rainbow Six Siege operator guide: Sentry
• Rainbow Six Siege to introduce warming up game mode called Endless Drill with Operation New Blood
• Ubisoft to fully launch Rainbow Six Siege's Marketplace with Operation New Blood
• Rainbow Six Siege's Arcade game mode Attrition to be re-introduced with Operation New Blood
• Rainbow Six Siege Membership: What is it, price, what does it include, cosmetics, and more!
• Stadium Bravo and Stadium Alpha to lose bulletproof glass with Operation New Blood
• Fenrir Elite Bundle announced at the BLAST R6 Major Manchester
• When will Operation New Blood's Test Server open?