Ubisoft and Lenovo have announced Lenovo Legion as the official PC and monitor sponsor of Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege Pro League and Majors in an exclusive global partnership. The partnership will extend for the duration of the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League season, from Autumn 2018 through Autumn 2019 across North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Lenovo is providing a range of high-performance gaming hardware that will be put into the hands of some of the world’s most dedicated and skilled Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege players to push their limits in competition. The partnership also includes co-branding and co-promotion, as well as an invitation for fans to join global giveaway contests and a unique in-game Lenovo Legion charm that can be unlocked through an in-game challenge.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege attracts and engages more than 30 million players, and its esports enthusiast fan-base is growing fast: the Six Invitational 2018 saw a 300% increase in viewership versus last year’s SI, with a peak at 321,000 concurrent viewers during its Grand Final. Lenovo is equipping the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six pro teams with high-performance hardware for the speed and power that professional players demand.

“Forming partnerships is an important part of Lenovo’s gaming strategy. With Ubisoft, we share a deep commitment in supporting the professional esports community and gaming fan-base,” said Jeff Meredith, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Lenovo’s Consumer PCs and Smart Devices. “Combining Lenovo’s consumer technology expertise with Ubisoft’s competitive and immersive content was a natural fit to offer gaming enthusiasts a best-in-class gaming and viewing experience.”

“The signing of this key partnership with Lenovo Legion is a clear signal that the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League is reaching maturity, now attracting major partners while continuously growing,” said Geoffroy Sardin, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Ubisoft EMEA. “We cannot wait to unfold the extent of this partnership during our key events throughout the year, for instance at the Six Major Paris this August.”

Fans can follow all the high-powered action via @LenovoLegion on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and on Twitch when Season 8 begins in June 2018.

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Stunlock Studios, social video service Twitch, and Nexon today announced the debut of the Battlerite Pro League, the game’s official competitive circuit. 

Battlerite Pro League, Season 1 will feature a showdown of the best-of-the-best in Europe, North America, South America and Korea with sign-ups beginning today and the competition starting on April 12th, 2018. Each team will battle its way to the top in order to prove who is the best as they compete for a slice of an $80,000 prize pool, including more than $25,000 in the LAN finale prize pool. Twitch is the exclusive live streaming partner for the league with the first three seasons being broadcast HERE, while Nexon is handling production and distribution for the league in Korea.

“Our community has grown and matured immensely since Battlerite was released so it was time for us to provide a platform for the best players to show what they’re made of,“ said Alexander Hermansson at Stunlock Studios. “By partnering with Twitch and Nexon for the Battlerite Pro League, we’re not only offering an entertaining broadcast, we’re introducing the game’s intricacies to fresh audiences, newer players, and esports fans in many different corners of the world.”

Battlerite​ ​is​ ​a​ free-to-play ​PvP​ ​arena​ ​brawler​ ​and​ ​the​ ​spiritual​ ​successor​ ​to​ ​the critically​ ​acclaimed​ ​Bloodline Champions. Players engage in quick and intense action through highly competitive, rip-roaring 2v2 and 3v3 battles in vibrant, colosseum-style surroundings controlling one of 27 champions that specialise in either melee, support, or ranged combat. It’s all about skill-shots, timing, and reactions as players dodge projectiles and pull off massive ultimate attacks using intuitive WASD movement and cursor-based aiming.

Battlerite Pro League open qualifiers for each region begin next week. The regions will consist of 8 teams each duking it out over the course of 5 weeks to see which teams get to stay for the next season, which teams will be relegated and which 2 teams will make it to the LAN finale to represent their region.

Teams of three Battlerite players can sign up for the qualifiers before the 11th of April 2018 HERE.  There will be 4 qualifiers for each region with 2 teams qualifying each day to make up the 8 representatives of each region.

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Ubisoft has announced a new formula for the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League and for all Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege worldwide competitions, from amateur to professional levels, for the 2018-2020 period.

A new structure designed to support the growth of the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six esports scene after two initial successful years, will kick off on June 2018.

The Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League itself will be composed of two Seasons, six months each, from June to November and December to May. Each Season will be concluded by Season Finales, where the eight best teams of the Season – two per region: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America – will compete for a prize pool of more than $300,000 AUD. This six months format will start on June 2018, after a season of transition lasting from March to May 2018. This season of transition, our seventh Pro League season, will last 3 months, and a Season Finale will take place in the United States mid-May 2018.

The Challenger League will have two three-month Seasons per year, starting in September and March. It will also follow the Season 7 (transition season) format.

On top of this, each year will now feature two Majors. In addition to the Six Invitational each February, a “Six Major” tournament will take place in August. The first of these is the Six Paris Major, which will take place in Paris in August 2018. The Six Paris Major and the Six Invitational will grant more than $400,000 AUD and $600,000 AUD prize pools, respectively, with both events featuring 16 of the best teams from all over the world.

Before getting to the Pro League or the Majors, Australian players can compete in the current Rainbow Six Go4, an online community tournament that will determine which 8 community teams will participate in the first Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six ANZ Cup for 2018, which will commence Wednesday the 29th of January 2018.

While the detail of the future of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Year 2 is still on-going as all top-placing teams in Asia-Pacific, European, Latin American and North American regions will face off again in the second edition of the Six Invitational, which takes place February 13th to the 18th, 2018, in Montreal. The Six Invitational 2018 will determine the world’s best players of Year 2 as they compete for a prize pool of more than $600,000 AUD.

Schedule Sum-up for Year 2018-2019:

• Pro League Season 7 (transition season): March-May 2018
• Pro League Season 8: June-November 2018
• Pro League Season 9: December 2018-May 2019

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