Rainbow Six Mobile shuts down on 15 January 2027 after global release in February 2026
Ubisoft is ending Rainbow Six Mobile. The game will stay online until 15 January 2027, less than a year after its global launch.
- According to Kotaku, that shutdown comes less than 12 months after the global release on 23 February 2026.
- The game had a long road to launch: announced in 2022, it went through beta periods in 2023 and 2024, was delayed to 2025, and then rolled out regionally before its global launch.
What happened
Ubisoft has put Rainbow Six Mobile on the path to shutdown. According to Kotaku, the mobile shooter will remain available until 15 January 2027. The notice is said to have come from the game’s official X account, although the original post cannot be directly verified in the material provided. Kotaku names Ethan Gach as the author of the report discussing the shutdown.
The timing stands out because the game was only released worldwide on 23 February 2026. That means the planned shutdown lands less than a year after the full launch. Kotaku also reports that Ubisoft said the next season will still arrive as scheduled next week. No exact reason for ending support is given in the available information.
Rainbow Six Mobile was announced in 2022 and then went through beta periods in 2023 and 2024. After that, it was delayed to 2025, then launched regionally before later rolling out worldwide. The article also mentions millions of downloads on Android and iOS, but no exact figure is provided. The supplied information also does not say which regions were part of that earlier 2025 rollout.
Timeline
2022 — Rainbow Six Mobile is announced.
2023-2024 — The beta period continues.
2025 — The game is delayed and later appears regionally; the regions are not specified in the provided information.
23 February 2026 — Rainbow Six Mobile launches worldwide.
8 October 2026 — Kotaku publishes the report about the planned shutdown.
Next week after the Kotaku report — Ubisoft says, according to Kotaku, that the next season will still arrive as planned.
15 January 2027 — Rainbow Six Mobile remains online until this date, according to the notice.
Background
The available information mainly points to a long and uneven release history. The game was announced in 2022, stayed in beta for a long time, and was then delayed before its global launch in February 2026. That makes the planned end of support especially notable, since the title will not have been fully available worldwide for even a year.
The provided material does not give a concrete explanation from Ubisoft for why support is ending. There is also no confirmed information about an internal decision, a change in development plans, or a specific commercial reason. The text only says that Ubisoft will keep the game online until 15 January 2027 and that the next season will still arrive as scheduled.
The notice also does not include an exact download count. The supplied information says Rainbow Six Mobile has reached millions of downloads on Android and iOS, but without a specific number or additional source, that remains a general description rather than a hard figure.
The regional rollout in 2025 is also unclear. The text says the game first launched regionally before its worldwide release, but it does not specify which markets or countries were involved. That leaves the exact rollout sequence partly open, despite the clear timeline around announcement, beta, delay, regional release, global release, and the later shutdown.