Rainbow Six Extraction Will Be $40 And Come With Free Buddy Passes

Rainbow Six Extraction now has an official release date--January 20, 2022. And when Ubisoft's cooperative shooter does arrive, it will be at a budget price point of $40 and include two free 14-day trials to give out to friends.

Each edition of Rainbow Six Extraction will come with two Buddy Pass tokens, which will allow friends to play the full game for free for up to 14 days. Progression made by players using the Buddy Pass tokens will carry over to the full game should they decide to purchase Rainbow Six Extraction following the trial period. The Buddy Tokens are cross-play, just like the full game, so players on different platforms will be able to use and share Buddy Tokens.

The game will launch with a deluxe edition that includes everything in the standard edition along with three bonus packs for $50. Players who have played both Rainbow Six Siege and Extraction will receive the United Front cosmetic bundle for free, which includes four exclusive gearsets for both games, and which also unlocks all 18 Operators featured in Extraction for use in Siege.

Ubisoft's cooperative shooter takes many familiar elements from Rainbow Six Siege, including many Operators and mechanics, and tasks players with teaming up against an extraterrestrial threat known as the Archæans. Light RPG mechanics will allow players to upgrade the capabilities of each Operator, and the full game will include 12 maps at launch that are said to be three times the size of maps seen in Rainbow Six Siege. As the title will be a live-service game, Ubisoft is pledging weekly challenges and regular content updates.

While Rainbow Six Extraction includes various features from Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft is adamant that the two games will appeal to different audiences, with the game's creative director saying the two games are "very different." Rainbow Six Siege recently revealed Thorn, a new defender Operator whose explosive, proximity-based gadget can attach to various surfaces.

Amidst the release of new content for Rainbow Six Siege and the upcoming release of Rainbow Six Extraction, Ubisoft has yet to address the demands of a group of Ubisoft employees who are calling for action to be taken in regards to ongoing harassment and discrimination allegations at the company. A group of employees calling itself A Better Ubisoft in an open letter and subsequent petition has called on Ubisoft leadership to take real steps and hold harassers accountable in the wake of similar events transpiring at Activision Blizzard, which has now been the subject of multiple lawsuits and investigations related to sexual harassment and discrimination.