Ubisoft announces a free weekend us coming for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, giving ample notice since this will begin on February 15th. The announcement also includes details on how the weekend will be followed by the testing and eventual launch of new content for the tactical shooter:

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be available to play for free from February 15th to 20th*. Interested players can join the 25 million strong Rainbow Six Siege community on all consoles and Windows PC via Uplay and Steam.
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 19th and will launch on all platforms on March 6th. Meanwhile, the new co-op mode Outbreak will be playable on PC through the technical test server starting February 20th.

Outbreak will then be available on all platforms from March 6th to April 3rd.

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 16th – 18th. Be sure to tune in on https://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

*Free Weekend available on PC from Feb. 15th - Feb. 18th, on PS4 from Feb. 15th - Feb. 20th, and on Xbox One from Feb. 15th – Feb. 19th