🎮 Ubisoft says Rainbow Six Siege’s Year 11 kicks off March 3, 2026, with Season 1: Operation Silent Hunt—headlined by Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake as a new operator 12.
Snake joins the roster as an Attacker built around stealth and recon, with tools like the TACIT.45 suppressed secondary pistol and the Soliton Radar MK. III gadget 2.
Ubisoft is framing the Year 11 roadmap as an ambitious push that keeps its attention on the core 5v5 experience and stronger competitive integrity 2.
Sources
- Rainbow Six Siege Adds Solid Snake to its Operator Roster, New 1v1 LTM, and More Coming in Year 11 Roadmap [wccftech.com] (2026-02-16)
- Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 Roadmap: Solid Snake, Ranked Changes, R6 Mobile [esports.net] (2026-02-16)
- Solid Snake Officially Joins Rainbow Six Siege As A Permanent Operator [gameranx.com] (2026-02-16)
- Yes, That’s Snake from Metal Gear Solid in the Upcoming R6 Season Operation Silent Hunt [mxdwn.com] (2026-02-17)
- Rainbow Six Siege's Metal Gear Solid Update Is a Match Made in Stealth Heaven on PS5, PS4 [pushsquare.com] (2026-02-16)
- Metal Gear's Solid Snake joins the roster of Rainbow Six Siege, finally making a crossover with Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher real [eurogamer.net] (2026-02-16)
- Solid Snake in R6 Siege X and more reveals of Year 11 seasons [esports.gg] (2026-02-16)
- Metal Gear's Solid Snake joins the roster of Rainbow Six Siege, finally making a crossover with Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher real - Eurogamer [google.com] (2026-02-16)
Highlights
- Permanent crossover operator: Ubisoft says Solid Snake is a permanent addition to the operator roster in Season 1—not a limited-time event character 2
- Battle Pass cosmetics: Operation Silent Hunt’s Battle Pass includes crossover items like Black Ice weapon skins and a Psycho Mantis outfit for Smoke 7
- Ranked changes: Year 11 brings ranked-mode adjustments aimed at reinforcing competitive integrity 2
- New 1v1 mode: Ubisoft is adding a dedicated 1v1 mode, with map updates rolling out throughout the year 1
Perspectives
Ubisoft: Ubisoft showed Snake teaming up with Zero (Sam Fisher) in the announcement, delivering a crossover between two of gaming’s best-known stealth icons.
Push Square: The outlet called the collaboration “a match made in stealth heaven,” and said fans have dreamed of a Snake–Fisher team-up since the early 2000s.
Eurogamer: Eurogamer said Rainbow Six Siege continues to thrive without much noise outside its core community, and noted that Year 11 follows major changes from the Rainbow Six Siege X update despite earlier hacker attacks.
Historical Background
Rainbow Six Siege launched in 2015 and has kept to a live-service model, with yearly seasons adding new operators and content [common]. Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake, created by Hideo Kojima, debuted in 1998 and became one of gaming’s most iconic stealth characters [common]. Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher previously joined Rainbow Six Siege as the operator Zero, showing Ubisoft’s willingness to bring stealth-game legends into its tactical shooter 1.
Timeline
Action Items
- Unlock the Solid Snake operator: Ubisoft says you can unlock Solid Snake through the Operation Silent Hunt Battle Pass 7