Information about Season 2 of the Japan Nationals, an e-sports tournament for the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege, is now available!

Ubisoft has announced details regarding Season 2 of the Japan Nationals, an eSports tournament for its current tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege.

Rainbow Six Siege, a tactical shooter released in 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, focuses on multiplayer, where 10 players take on the role of "operators" with special equipment and fight on the offensive and defensive sides. The game is one of the most popular e-sports titles in the world today, featuring a severe system in which teamwork is extremely important due to the small number of players, and players must use special abilities to regain their strength.

The "Japan Nationals" is Japan's premier e-sports tournament using "Rainbow Six Siege" with cash prizes, consisting of a qualifying round open to anyone with five players per team, and a final match between the winning teams from the qualifying rounds, to be held on PS4 and PC respectively. Season 2 will be held throughout the year starting in April 2020, with a total prize pool of 5 million yen, and on the PC version, the top two teams from Seasons 1 and 2 will qualify for the offline grand finals.

The details are as follows.

Tournament Information (PS4 version)

The largest "Rainbow Siege" eSports tournament in Japan, to be held throughout the year starting in April 2020. 3-day qualifying round is open to anyone with 5 players per team.

Qualification to advance to the final stage:

1. Win any of the qualifiers from Day 1 to Day 3.

2. Runner-up twice in the Day1 to Day3 qualifiers

Schedule: <Season 2

Qualifying Day 1: Saturday, June 13 (Saturday, June 27 for PC version)

Preliminary Day 2: Sunday, July 19 (Saturday, July 4 for PC version)
*The winning team of Day 1 cannot participate.

Preliminary Day 3: Sunday, August 9 (Saturday, July 11 for PC version)
*The winning teams of Day 1 and Day 2, and the teams that have finished in the second place twice are not allowed to participate.

SEASON2 Online Final DAY1: Saturday, August 29 (Saturday, July 25 for PC)

SEASON2 Online Final DAY2: Sunday, August 30 (Sunday, July 26 for PC version)

PC version only: Offline Final: Sunday, August 23

The schedule is subject to change. Please note that the schedule is subject to change.

Number of teams that can participate in the qualifiers: 256 teams max.

Prize money: <Season 2

First place: 77,760 yen

Second place: 40,000 yen

Third place: 20,000 yen

Distribution: Available

Other details and registration: <Season 2

Preliminary Day 1 Registration: Coming Soon!

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Distribution Channel:

Rainbow Six Siege ESPORTS Channel

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/rainbow6jp

Mildom

#Mildom

Twitch

#Periscope (Twitter:@Rainbow6JP)

Periscope (Twitter:@Rainbow6JP)

Caster:

Frieda (Team GODSGARDEN, Twitter:@frieda0914)

Tomozo (Twitter:@tom85y)

Organizer: Ubisoft Corporation

Information】】 【Video Information
Rainbow Six Siege

Genre: Tactical shooter

Compatibility: PlayStation4, Xbox One, PC (packaged version only for PlayStation4)

Price: Deluxe Edition 3,960 yen (tax included)
Deluxe Edition includes: Basic "Rainbow Six Siege" game, all YEAR 1 and 2 operators
Players: 1 player offline, 2-10 players online
CERO: D

*The test server used to play Operation STEEL WAVE is a version of the new Rainbow Six Siege gameplay being tested and may differ from actual gameplay.

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