
The Defenders are alien shapeshifters who look like REACT teammates, but can only use melee attacks. In Nest Destruction, the Attackers are REACT agents (a news release in July said Rainbow operators Ash, Mira, and Thermite formed this squad). Players will get a look at REACT, the faction that will be doing most of the cleanup in Extraction.

It was also the basis of Operation Chimera, an expansion for Siege that launched in 2018, which introduced a cooperative event called Outbreak.Ĭontainment’s new playlist is called Nest Destruction. In-game, the building is overrun by the Chimera parasite, whose outbreak forms the narrative context of Extraction. Monday’s announcement said Containment is “inspired by the upcoming game Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction,” which was re-titled from Rainbow Six Quarantine during an E3 2021 reveal in June.Ĭontainment will take place on a reworked version of the Consulate map. Rainbow Six Siege is getting a new, limited-time event, and it’s a tie-in for the series’ next game, Rainbow Six Extraction.Ĭontainment, as the PvP event is called, begins Aug.
