Ubisoft has revealed that Joshua Mills has been appointed as the brand new Artistic Director of the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege X.
The announcement follows Alexander Karpazis confirming that he can be stepping away from the position after eight years, sharing that the 2026 Six Invitational can be his final one as Artistic Director.
In a weblog submit on-line, Karpazis wrote: “I wish to thank the Siege group for trusting me with the tasks of Artistic Director and permitting me the privilege to signify their laborious work season after season.
“To the Siege neighborhood, thanks for giving me an opportunity and for sharing your imaginative and prescient and love of the sport with me. I’ll see you all on the Six Invitationals.”
Karpazis added that he’s leaving the Artistic Director position to pursue “new challenges inside Ubisoft”, although he has but to disclose particulars on what the following step of his profession entails.
The previous inventive director additionally leaves Rainbow Six Siege X as the sport enters Yr 11, with the reveal panel scheduled to happen on February fifteenth, the ultimate day of the Six Invitational.
Mills additionally launched a press release within the weblog submit, thanking Karpazis for his “steering” in his first public message because the official Artistic Director of the sport.
He has been working for Ubisoft Montreal for a very long time, relationship again to 2015 as a Senior Degree Designer for Watchdogs 2. For Rainbow Six Siege X, Mills has held a number of management positions, together with Affiliate Sport Director from 2022 to 2024 and Sport Director from 2024 to late 2025.
“Siege has been a part of my life for the previous decade,” Mills wrote. “However my love for all issues Rainbow begins nicely earlier than that. I’ve all the time been drawn to the high-stakes heroics of the franchise, and with my 4+ years on Siege to-date it’s been a dream to have turn out to be a part of its historical past.”
Six Invitational 2026
The shift in management comes at a vital level in Rainbow Six Siege X esports as all eyes are on the Six Invitational 2026, the crowning occasion of the season.
The event is already underway and is scheduled to complete with the Grand Finals on February fifteenth. The highest 20 groups from throughout the globe have begun their championship run within the effort to assert the lions share of a $3m (~£2.1m) prize pool.
