The Rainbow Six Siege Server outage has been confirmed by Ubisoft

Rainbow Six Siege servers are down for many players trying to access the online mode's of the game tonight.

PS4 and Xbox One gamers have been hit by error codes when trying to access matches online, with Ubisoft confirming issues with "Online Service Degradation."

"We are aware of issues impacting a number of our online services," a message from the support team confirms.

"Our technical team is investigating and working on resolving this as quickly as possible.

"We appreciate your patience and will continue to update this thread with any new information."