Wolves Esports Leaves Rainbow Six Siege, Expected to Return for new Chinese League

Wolves Esports announced on X that they were leaving Rainbow Six Siege; however, it’s more than likely that the organisation will simply return as WolvesY for the newly announced Chinese League, the CNL.

In a fairly brief post on X, followed by a video looking back at their European & MENA region roster, they posted “To everyone who represented the pack, supported us and to the incredible R6 community for embracing us – thank you 🫶. Goodbye for now 🐺.”

Wolves Esports Departs Siege. For now

That goodbye for now is likely the most telling, as it’s fully expected that Wolves will, in fact, be taking part in the new CNL league. In fact, in our recent interview with Siege Esports, we spoke about the R6 Share program, where Sebastien Rattor, SR Director Competitive Products at Ubisoft, had this to say: “There’s that X Factor of okay, where we want to see some growth. What are the opportunities that can arise from working with new partners?”

As we mentioned in the interview, shortly after we spoke to Sebastien and Maxime, it was announced that China was getting its own league.

The R6 Share program would be extended to the region. While nothing was confirmed about what teams from the new CNL would be joining, it sounds a bit like it might, in fact, be all 10 of the sides in the league. This would explain why Wolves Esports, a roster that has performed well in Europe & MENA, has never really looked like making a huge splash.

Now, with the organisation likely moving to a brand new region, and being in the Tier 1 of said competition, it makes a lot of sense for the sudden shift. As for the roster and coaching staff, we know it will be a fresh start as their former coach, Kendrew, announced. “With the news of WolvesEsports leaving Siege, the whole team will be entering free agency for the upcoming year, myself included. Thanks to Wolves for their support, they were a great org, and it is a shame that we couldn’t match that support with results.”

While it’s fair to say that Wolves Esports has never hit the highs that the organisation may have been expected to hit when they formed the side in 2022, they have still made an impact. While the origins of the org are from the football side of the same name in England, they have carved out an interesting niche within esports, and particularly in Siege. Outside of a few notable wins in B and C Tier events, the side had two big showings at the Six Invitational. First in 2023 when they lost to G2 Esports, but bagged a massive $135,000 in prize money, then again in 2024 when they lost to Team Bliss, securing a further $75,000. It’s possible the lack of Six Invitational 2025 and 2026 had an impact on this decision, but we’ll see them in China in 2026.

We expect to hear something official from Wolves soon. We’re not sure if the CNL news was broken too early, but we heard nothing about it at the event in Paris last week. We suspect a more official reveal for this expansion to R6 esports could be coming in due course. If it does, we’ll be sure to update this post with all the information.