Like many other games this time of year Rainbow Six Siege has rolled out a limited-time event to tie into the season called Snow Brawl which sees players using snowballs instead of firearms.

Snow Brawl is a capture-the-flag game mode taking place on a revised version of the Chalet map.

Players are divided into two teams: the Blue Blades and the Orange Blizzards. Attackers and Defenders both get their kit mixed up with a holiday theme.

“Ash gets crafty gift-wrapping a victory; Blackbeard reprises his role as the benevolent Snow Beard; Buck soldiers in to break down the defense; Montagne is everyone’s little helper this season; Osa’s shiny nose will guide this team to victory,” reads the announcement.

“Castle really bears down on this snowball fight; Frost is geared up for mischief; Rook blends in with his abominable defense; Thorn is all ears and prowling the snowbanks; Vigil is dealing out punishment and telling you why.”

Of course free events like this don’t generate any money so there’s a slew of cosmetic items so players can give Ubisoft the gift of their credit card details.

The Snow Brawl Collection has been introduced which can be earned by playing Event Challenges or outright bought. One Collection pack will be granted to everyone who logs in at any time while the event is live, and then you will need to start working towards them or paying up.

Packs can be bought for 12 500 Renown or 300 R6 Credits. Bundles can also be bought for 1 680 RS Credits.

R6 Credits can be bought for real money. As with most made up currencies these can be bought in bundles – instead of exact amounts – which makes getting specific values to buy these cosmetics difficult. At the time of writing 300 credits cost $4.99 (~R80.60), 1 200 cost $9.99 (~R161.36) and 2 670 credits cost $19.99 (~R322.89).

These bundles of credits go all the way up to 16 000 for $99.99 (~R1 615.08).

“This event brings with it the Snow Brawl Collection, which contains uniforms, headgear, weapon skins and NEW Operator Card Portraits for the Snow Brawl competitors. Snow Brawl also introduces the Snowflake Bundle with includes a signature weapon skin, a universal attachment skin, charm, and background. All this combined offers a total of 45 items,” the official Snow Brawl website reads.

You can see some of these cosmetics in the header image above or the gameplay trailer below.