Ubisoft recently hosted a monumental Six Invitational tournament in Boston, Massachusetts. This event, one of the most valuable esports tournaments in the world, was deployed on a grand scale. From live music performances to the reveal of ‘Siege X’, the crowd was hyped, the players were energetic, and the end result was nothing short of cinematic.
In an interview at the Six Invitational in Boston, François-Xavier Deniele, the VP of Global Esports at Ubisoft, sat down to chat with Gaming World Media. He took a deep dive into the ongoing success of Rainbow Six Siege, and what it takes to keep an esports game healthy for so long.
‘We Have a New Generation’
Rainbow Six Siege has been one of the strongest esports games for an entire game. It’s adored by millions of fans worldwide, and the success of the Six Invitational 2025 is a testament to that fact. This $3 million event saw FaZe Clan secure the trophy for the first time, following an intense second-place finish at 2024’s tournament in Sao Paolo.
One of the biggest talking points to take away from the Six Invitational is that two ‘orgless’ squads managed to make it not just to the Six Invitational, but damn far into the tournament. Unwanted and RazaH ended up in fourth and sixth place, respectively. They secured their fair share of the prize pool and proved that you don’t need the backing of a huge organisation to make it big in Rainbow Six.
That was a sentiment echoed by Deniele when he interviewed with Gaming World Media at the Six Invitational:
It’s showing that it’s possible and it’s not just marketing or a PR message.
It’s true – you can become the world champion!
For me, it’s also sending a message to the big clubs to say that it’s not an event where you will win because you have the potential of your players or logistics, it’s really a question of being able to find the best talent.
It’s a good message, and for me, it’s a good way also to say that the game is healthy.
Talk turned to the topic of fresh players rotating through a competitive scene. In some esports games, the same pro players stick at the top year in, and year out, and teams often battle to secure familiar faces with each new season. That’s not always the case in Rainbow Six, and Deniele acknowledged that:
In terms of talent and players, we have new players…
For me, that’s one of the key elements to follow on with my team in esports, is to see new talent coming in. A game is dead when you don’t have new talent coming, when it’s always the same guys.
No, the fact that we have new guys coming, it seems like we have a new generation.
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No one likes this crap only the boomers like it and they pocket off it people like max dood. Esports are and always will be stupid. The sooner Sony and endeavor shut down EVO the better same with these other events. These same clowns will look stupid if they have to go to anti-gay countries to compete after all their bull