Ubisoft has announced that it will sunset Rainbow Six Mobile (R6M), with the tactical shooter staying online until January 15th 2027.
The decision was confirmed in a message from the development team published on October 8th. Ubisoft Nova, the studio behind the game, said the next season would still launch as planned, and that more details on the shutdown would follow in the coming weeks.
“There’s no easy way to put it,” the team wrote, before confirming the closure. The message gave no commercial reasoning for the decision, and said only that the studio would move on to other long-term strategic projects.
From soft launch to sunset
R6M is a free-to-play 5v5 first-person shooter built for phones, based on Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege (R6). Players pick an Operator with their own gadget, then attack or defend an objective across maps carried over from the PC and console game, among them Bank, Border, Clubhouse and Oregon.
The game entered soft launch in 2023 and has run through 15 seasons since. On Google Play it has passed 10m downloads and holds a 4.6 rating from roughly 132,000 reviews, with recent player feedback focusing on hit registration and the cost of unlocking Operators. Ubisoft Nova replied to several of those reviews to say the comments would be considered in future updates.
Content has continued to arrive throughout the year. Operation Concrete Impact launched in September with Zofia as its new Operator and Close Quarters, a 3v3 mode, while a PAYDAY crossover bringing the Wamai Chains and Hibana Joy bundles to the shop runs until October 12th.
What happens next for players
The next season is still scheduled for release next week, and the game will remain playable for just over three months after that. Ubisoft said it would share further updates so players know what to expect and can prepare for the transition.
The message did not cover what will happen to Platinum, the game’s premium currency, or to purchases made between now and the shutdown date. It also did not say whether any of the game’s content or features would be carried over elsewhere in the Rainbow Six franchise.
The team thanked players for their part in the game’s run, pointing to the memes, videos, strategies and tournaments produced by the community over the past three years. Rainbow Six Siege itself remains active on PC and console, where Ubisoft continues to run its seasonal content cycle.
