Rainbow Six Mobile looks like Siege on the go

polygon.com:

Ubisoft is squeezing the tactical-shooter action of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow SixSiege onto mobile devices with the aptly named Rainbow Six Mobile. The Android and iOS title’s developers describe their new game as “like the full-fat version of Rainbow Six Siege that everyone knows and loves,” but tailored for touchscreen devices.

Developers at Ubisoft Montreal say Rainbow Six Mobile, which does not have a release date, will feature the same attackers-versus-defenders gameplay of Siege with teams of Operators with their own specialties and skills.

“While the core gameplay, characters, and maps may share similarities with Siege, we’ve rebuilt everything from the ground up with mobile usability in mind,” the developers said in an official announcement. “We have put a lot of work under the hood to adapt the Siege experience for mobile devices. This includes an entirely new gameplay control system developed specifically for mobile and extensive optimization of the UI and in-game visual presentation.”

Ubisoft devs said that goal with Rainbow Six Mobile is “not to have you stop playing on PC or console and switch to mobile,” but a chance to “play the game you love in short, accessible bursts, while also enabling millions of new players to get the R6 experience.” And while the game looks a heck of a lot like Siege, only less pretty, Mobile will “evolve very much into its own thing,” creative director Justin Swan said in an interview. Swan explains in more detail how Mobile and Siege are and are not alike, gameplay-wise, in that interview.

Rainbow Six Mobile will be free-to-play, and Swan says that players will “mostly” spend currency purchasing cosmetics, and that Operators will be unlockable and players can “one-off try Operators