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Call it shootout at Place Bell.

Friday through Sunday, 4,500 gaming enthusiasts will pay $135 to $240 a ticket to watch the world’s top 16 teams compete to be named world champion of Ubisoft’s tactical shooter game Rainbow Six Siege.

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A total of $3 million in prize money will be handed out at the end of the Six Invitational weekend, with the winning team claiming $1 million, or $200,000 per player. The event also features developer panels, cosplayers and talks by content creators from the gaming community.

The teams competing hail from countries including Brazil, Australia, France, Ukraine, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.

“It’s the biggest (Rainbow Six) Esport event of the year,” said lead game designer Jean-Baptiste Hallé at Ubisoft’s Mile End headquarters on Thursday afternoon. “Last year, we had 22 million unique viewers watching around the world.”

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is a first-person tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft, released on Dec. 1, 2015. The game emphasizes team play, putting players in hostile environments where they alternate between being attackers and defenders in situations with hostages, bombs or an area to be secured.

There are more than 55 million Rainbow Six Siege players around the world. Players can either partake with friends or let the game choose teammates for them.

Environmental destruction is a key component to the game. An introductory video reminds players that “walls, floors and ceilings can be breached.”