{"id":1773881,"date":"2026-02-16T10:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1773881"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:57:50","slug":"metal-gears-solid-snake-joins-the-roster-of-rainbow-six-siege-finally-making-a-crossover-with-splinter-cells-sam-fisher-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1773881","title":{"rendered":"Metal Gear&#8217;s Solid Snake joins the roster of Rainbow Six Siege, finally making a crossover with Splinter Cell&#8217;s Sam Fisher real"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" 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class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Solid-Snake-in-R6-Siege.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Solid Snake in R6 Siege\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Solid-Snake-in-R6-Siege.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft\/Konami<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" 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class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"029df0cb-1e56-4f73-b333-5fa819bbfbdc\" data-name=\"Tom Clancyu0027s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Tom Clancyu0026#39;s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Tom Clancyu0026#39;s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Tom Clancyu0027s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Tom Clancyu0027s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X\" title=\"Follow Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X\"><br \/>\n  Follow Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six Siege X<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege\">Rainbow Six Siege<\/a> is one of those multiplayer games that continue to thrive without making much noise outside their core communities. In fact, last year brought a number of substantial changes to the game through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rainbow-six-siege-x-update-detailed-as-game-goes-free-to-play\">Rainbow Six Siege X update<\/a>. Shame about those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rainbow-six-siege-still-struggling-after-ubisoft-was-forced-to-briefly-intentionally-shut-it-down-following-third-party-hack\">massive attacks from hackers<\/a> though.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, a new year brings new opportunities, and this next content drop had probably been brewing for a long while. The rumours were true: Solid Snake as seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/metal-gear-solid\">Metal Gear Solid<\/a> is coming to the game on 3rd March. Yep, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-2-finally-frees-mgs4-from-the-ps3-with-august-release-date-sony-state-of-play\">Konami has gone beast mode<\/a> and is even doing a huge collaboration now with a publisher that was a major competitor years ago.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AAbyOXDwRXM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AAbyOXDwRXM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AAbyOXDwRXM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The reveal trailer is self-explanatory: Sam Fisher (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/splinter-cell\">Splinter Cell<\/a> series) and Solid Snake in the same game? Working together? Time-travel back to the mid-2000s with this trailer and you&#8217;d blow the gaming industry&#8217;s collective mind. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>-ification of every franchise big enough is real, but if that&#8217;s the future of entertainment, we might as well enjoy team-ups that always were destined to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher joined Rainbow Six Siege a few years back, when it was starting to embrace the potential of crossovers with other IPs. Of course, it&#8217;s far more shocking when those big collabs happen with different publishers, and even more special when we&#8217;re talking about stealth game legends. And if you were thinking Solid Snake is just a skin or a lazy operator design, you&#8217;d be wrong:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Silent Hunt Operator Gameplay Gadget &amp; Starter Tips\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kzoCyLaeuto?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kzoCyLaeuto\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Silent Hunt Operator Gameplay Gadget &amp; Starter Tips<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kzoCyLaeuto\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As thoroughly described by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ubisoft.com\/en-us\/article\/7wYca8Fw674NP93tZe9uDe\/solid-snake-joins-rainbow-six-siege-in-operation-silent-hunt\">the blog post on Operation Silent Hunt<\/a>, &#8220;Solid Snake excels at tracking down Defender positions and scavenging supplies on the battlefield to adapt to any situation&#8221; thanks to the familiar Soliton Radar MKIII gadget and an &#8220;On-Site Procurement ability.&#8221; The battle pass for this season instantly unlocks Snake and includes cosmetics for other operators, like the Psycho Mantis outfit for Smoke. Later, a mystery new mode will be added alongside more MGS outfits and the long-awaited team-up with Sam Fisher, which is a limited-time mode of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the fan excitement surrounding Snake&#8217;s arrival to R6 Siege, it&#8217;s safe to say this new addition to the roster will shake the meta up in big ways, as the stealth legend is a master of controlling movement in the battlefield and can carry more secondary gadgets. Can he be a lore-friendly <em>and<\/em> balanced operator? Let&#8217;s hope so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege\">Rainbow Six Siege<\/a> is one of those multiplayer games that continue to thrive without making much noise outside their core communities. In fact, last year brought a number of substantial changes to the game through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rainbow-six-siege-x-update-detailed-as-game-goes-free-to-play\">Rainbow Six Siege X update<\/a>. Shame about those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rainbow-six-siege-still-struggling-after-ubisoft-was-forced-to-briefly-intentionally-shut-it-down-following-third-party-hack\">massive attacks from hackers<\/a> though.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, a new year brings new opportunities, and this next content drop had probably been brewing for a long while. The rumours were true: Solid Snake as seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/metal-gear-solid\">Metal Gear Solid<\/a> is coming to the game on 3rd March. Yep, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-2-finally-frees-mgs4-from-the-ps3-with-august-release-date-sony-state-of-play\">Konami has gone beast mode<\/a> and is even doing a huge collaboration now with a publisher that was a major competitor years ago.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AAbyOXDwRXM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AAbyOXDwRXM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Rainbow Six Siege: Solid Snake Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AAbyOXDwRXM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The reveal trailer is self-explanatory: Sam Fisher (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/splinter-cell\">Splinter Cell<\/a> series) and Solid Snake in the same game? Working together? Time-travel back to the mid-2000s with this trailer and you&#8217;d blow the gaming industry&#8217;s collective mind. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>-ification of every franchise big enough is real, but if that&#8217;s the future of entertainment, we might as well enjoy team-ups that always were destined to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher joined Rainbow Six Siege a few years back, when it was starting to embrace the potential of crossovers with other IPs. Of course, it&#8217;s far more shocking when those big collabs happen with different publishers, and even more special when we&#8217;re talking about stealth game legends. And if you were thinking Solid Snake is just a skin or a lazy operator design, you&#8217;d be wrong:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Silent Hunt Operator Gameplay Gadget &amp; Starter Tips\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kzoCyLaeuto?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kzoCyLaeuto\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Silent Hunt Operator Gameplay Gadget &amp; Starter Tips<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kzoCyLaeuto\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As thoroughly described by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ubisoft.com\/en-us\/article\/7wYca8Fw674NP93tZe9uDe\/solid-snake-joins-rainbow-six-siege-in-operation-silent-hunt\">the blog post on Operation Silent Hunt<\/a>, &#8220;Solid Snake excels at tracking down Defender positions and scavenging supplies on the battlefield to adapt to any situation&#8221; thanks to the familiar Soliton Radar MKIII gadget and an &#8220;On-Site Procurement ability.&#8221; The battle pass for this season instantly unlocks Snake and includes cosmetics for other operators, like the Psycho Mantis outfit for Smoke. Later, a mystery new mode will be added alongside more MGS outfits and the long-awaited team-up with Sam Fisher, which is a limited-time mode of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the fan excitement surrounding Snake&#8217;s arrival to R6 Siege, it&#8217;s safe to say this new addition to the roster will shake the meta up in big ways, as the stealth legend is a master of controlling movement in the battlefield and can carry more secondary gadgets. Can he be a lore-friendly <em>and<\/em> balanced operator? Let&#8217;s hope so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six Siege X Metal Gear&#8217;s Solid Snake joins the roster of Rainbow Six Siege, finally making a crossover with Splinter Cell&#8217;s Sam Fisher real Kept you waiting, huh? 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