Rainbow Six: Siege Gameplay Trailer Shows FBI Swat Specialists

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Rainbow Six: Siege showcasing the operatives players will be to pick from.

Shown in the trailer are a selection of special forces teams including Spetsnaz, SAS, GIGN, FBI, and GSG-9. However, the trailer focuses on the American FBI Swat unit.

Each of the units members are highlighted, along with their specialty weapons and gadgets, as well as how they're effective in combat scenarios.

Ubisoft has confirmed the Rainbow Six: Siege release date as October 13. The game will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and will mix team-based military shooting with highly destructible maps.

"Players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy position," Ubisoft explained previously.

Ubisoft has high hopes for for the upcoming shooter, recently saying it believes Rainbow Six: Siege has the potential to become the best-selling shooter in the company's history, surpassing Far Cry 4.

"Over its lifetime, we believe Rainbow Six: Siege has the potential to become the highest-selling shooter in Ubisoft's history," stated Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot during a recent call with investors.

However, company CFO Alain Martine pointed out that Rainbow Six games traditionally sell about three million units, "versus Far Cry [4] that this year has exceeded seven million."

"We believe that Rainbow Six--because of replayability and multiplayer--might have a potential to [do] better than Far Cry over its lifetime," Martine added.

Ubisoft also recently delayed The Division until 2016, it did not announce a new release date for the game.