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- Ubisoft and Twitch have partnered to host a Rainbow Six Siege competition at next week’s E3 videogame convention.
- The match will feature musicians and streamers battling it out for a $100K USD total prize pool, half of which will go to charity.
- The event will stream across several Twitch channels on June 10 following Ubisoft’s annual E3 media briefing.
Next week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles will offer a glimpse of some of the biggest new games on the horizon—and it’ll also feature a Rainbow Six Siege 
competition between musicians and streamers.
The Twitch Rivals x Rainbow Six Siege Celebrity Showdown competition will air immediately after Ubisoft’s E3 media briefing on Monday, June 10. It will be broadcast live on the Ubisoft Twitch channel, the Twitch Rivals channel, and also the channel of each participating streamer.
Musicians Faheem “T-Pain” Najm and Miles “Lil Yachty” McCollum will each captain a team, with streamers such as “AnneMunition,” “Sacriel,” “ZanderLP,” and “Lil_Lexi” also competing. The teams will battle for a total $100K prize pool, with $40K going to the winning team’s chosen charity, $10K going to the losing team’s chosen charity, and $50K split amongst the winning team’s streamers.
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Ubisoft recently held the Rainbow Six Pro League’s Season IX Finals in Milan, Italy, with the Season X finals planned for a yet-to-be-announced location in Asia this November. The publisher has also teamed with third-party organizers for tournaments in 2019, including DreamHack Valencia in July and DreamHack Montreal in September.
