Square Enix Collaborates with Ubisoft, Bringing Lara Croft to Rainbow Six Siege and Brawlhalla

While we may be in between games and movies at the moment, there's been two lots of surprising news to come from the "Tomb Raider" series in recent days. Square Enix has been collaborating with Ubisoft to bring Lara Croft to two of their titles; "Brawlhalla" and "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege".

Promotional image for Brawlhalla

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

News of Square Enix's collaboration with "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege" was first to arrive, with the announcement being made during The Six Invitational event in Quebec. The reveal being only a small part of a larger two-year roadmap for the title.

In the upcoming Fifth Year, Season One of the game, playing as Ash, gamers will be able to wear a custom take on Lara's original outfit. The outfit includes a dark brown backpack embellished with "6" and clasped together at the front similar to Tomb Raider Legend's style, brown shorts, black holsters, red sunglasses, and the Tomb Raider Anniversary-style teal tank-top. The original look comes together with classic-braid and dual pistols.

As it's an elite skin, Polygon predicts that it will cost R6 Credits to obtain. For the cost, players will get the elite skin including the "Tomb Raider" uniform, headgear, a victory new animation, a TR chibi charm, a gadget skin, and weapon skins for Ash’s two assault rifles and two pistols. At present, no release date for the new season has been announced.

"Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege" is an online tactical shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal for PC, PlayStation 4 and XBOX One.

Brawlhalla

The second collaboration is with Blue Mammoth Games which sees both Classic and Reboot editions of Lara Croft join the "Brawlhalla" ranks.

According to the "Brawlhalla" website, the collaboration comes with "custom Signature effects, a dedicated Roster spot, and an additional Skin that has its own unique Weapon Skins and lock-in animation." The update also includes a new FFA Map called "Temple Ruins" with beautiful artwork reminiscent of conceptual artwork, and a new permanent game mode called "Temple Climb". Players who are successful will also be able to step on top of the new TR themed podium.

Fans can choose which Lara to play as; Classic Lara armed with dual pistols or Reboot Lara protected by her handy bow and arrows.

"Brawlhalla" is a free to play multiplayer title which is available on PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, XBOX One and Nintendo Switch, allowing for cross-play across all platforms.