Hero image: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. Image: Ubisoft, via Steam
Melbourne, October, PAX Aus. You know the drill by now!
Ubisoft ANZ has just dropped its PAX Aus 2026 lineup, and the headline is a good one for anyone who follows Oceanic Siege. The whole PAX Arena is being rebadged as the Ubisoft Community & Esports Stage, and the Rainbow Six Siege APL OCE Stage Finals are the centrepiece.
Four of Oceania’s top teams, Friday through Sunday, a $40,000 prize pool, and a place at the Osaka Major in November on the line. (That last part is the bit that actually matters. A Major berth is worth more to these rosters than the cheque is.)
There is a pile of other stuff on that stage too. An Assassin’s Creed sea shanty singalong, the Ubisoft Community Cosplay Runway, and a Just Dance-Along. And if you rate yourself, you can take a 1v1 against Martin Copping, the bloke who voices Mozzie, our own Australian operator. You have to register through Ubisoft’s form first, so do that now rather than on the day.
Three demos are playable: Rayman Legends Retold and Just Dance: Decade of Hits, both due out this year, plus Heroes of Might & Magic III: Remake over at the Aftershock booth.
Do the stamp rally as well. Finish a card and you go into the draw for a custom helmet built around Mozzie, and there is an Australia-exclusive Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced pin going each day. Limited numbers, first in gets them.
Over at the Quokka Theatre, Ubisoft is teaming up with Back Pocket for an hour of games and giveaways at 2.30pm on 11 October, with Austin Creed and John Robertson along for it.
What: Ubisoft at PAX Aus 2026, headlined by the Rainbow Six Siege APL OCE Stage Finals
When: Friday 9 to Sunday 11 October 2026
Where: Melbourne, in the PAX Arena
Tickets: through the official PAX Aus site
Get your Copping registration in early. That queue is going to be enormous!
Source: The Otaku’s Study, PAX Aus schedule