Updated blog post accidentally reveals Rainbow Six Extraction release date

It's been a long road for Ubisoft's upcoming squad-based shooter to get here. Rainbow Six Extraction was formerly named Rainbow Six Parasite. The game was formally unveiled at E3 2021 to much fan hype.

The core gameplay is based on a time-limited game mode, Outbreak, that was released for Rainbow Six Siege back in 2018. However, unlike Outbreak, where players fought against hostile aliens in Mexico, Extraction appears to be set in more populated cities.

In Extraction, players will team up in groups of up to three with up to twelve maps available at launch. Meanwhile, Siege owners will be able to unlock all 18 operators in the game upon purchasing Extraction. All versions will also come with cross-play and cross-save capability.

In other Ubisoft news, the studio is currently working on several free-to-play shooters. Earlier this year, Ubisoft revealed Heartland, a spin-off of Division. Another Tom Clancy game, XDefiant, was also unveiled earlier this year with Ghost Recon Frontline in development. However, the resulting backlash from the latter's announcement might have forced Ubisoft to reconsider its upcoming slate of games.