Following a number of high-profile esports organisations dropping out of the competitive Rainbow Six Siege scene, Ubisoft has made the decision to merge the US and Canada divisions into a single North America Division.
While Ubisoft claims the move is being done to "ensure that all North American players are competing at the highest level of competition," this is also certainly a workaround to make up the numbers in the US, where organisations such as eUnited and Tempo Storm recently pulled out. The same merger will be happening with the Challenger Leagues that sat under the top divisions in the US and Canada. Ubisoft says more details about how the NA Division will work will be released after the Six Invitational in February.
According to a coach of one of the Canadian teams, the merger will see teams from the region given the ultimatum of relocating to Las Vegas before the NA Division begins in March or face losing their spot in top-tier Siege.
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