Rainbow Six Siege free-to-play trail beginning August 16th

Never picked up Rainbow Six Siege throughout the Steam sales? Well, Ubisoft are going to give you a free shot at it regardless. Rainbow Six Siege will have a free weekend beginning on August 16th.

Ubisoft have decided to make Rainbow Six Siege completely free-to-play across all platfroms beginning August 16th, the event will run to August 20th. Throughout this time, Ubisoft have also decided to massively discount Rainbow Six Siege, according to their blog post found on the Ubisoft website, "you can pick up the Starter, Standard, Advanced, Gold, and Complete Editions of the game for a discount of up to 60% off if you purchase before August 27".

For those that already own Rainbow Six Siege, this free weekend also happens to coincide with Europe's largest Rainbow Six tournament, Six Major Paris. The tournament will be running from August 13th to August 19th and will be livestreamed on twitch.tv/Rainbow6. According to the Ubisoft blogpost, 'Operation Grim Sky' the next season for Rainbow Six Siege will also be showcased throughout livestream, and it will later be officially released on September 4th. For more information visit the Ubisoft website here.