Posts By Will Pennell

Montreal – June 9 2020 - Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege will be available to play for free from June 11th through June 14th  , depending on the platform. Those interested can join more than 60 million players in the Rainbow Six Siege community across all platforms, including immediate access to all maps, modes, and 20 legacy Operators.

One of the titans of the turn-based shooter, XCOM 2, has made its way to the Nintendo Switch! Featuring all of the DLC and the War of the Chosen expansion, the XCOM 2 Collection offers the complete XCOM 2 experience on what is quickly becoming the most popular current-gen console, the Nintendo Switch. As a turn-based game that does not rely on latency, frame rate or even reflexes, it would seem to be a perfect pick-up and put-down game for the Switch. Will this ...

Something I have learned recently is that a few of the old adages we remember hearing from our parents and elders while growing up definitely still hold true. While other sayings may not (who else had a math teacher yell at them because "you won't always have a calculator in your pocket!" - thanks again for proving them wrong, Apple), the one that makes more sense now than it ever has for me is that "variety is the spice of life". 

LOS ANGELES & HELSINKI – May 26, 2020 – Redhill Games has revealed the first alpha gameplay footage of Nine to Five, the new team-tactics first-person shooter that’s as much about outsmarting your rivals as it is outgunning them. In addition, Redhill has announced that Nine to Five’s PC closed alpha will begin on June 4. Players can sign up right now for a chance to join at www.ninetofive.game.

As PC gaming technology pushes forward, so too does that of the accessories to go with them, and ROCCAT is one of the companies spearheading this charge. Nowhere is this more evident than with the Vulcan keyboard, which strives to be the fastest, most innovative keyboard on the market. Keystrokes and mouse-clicks have changed the world as we know it in innumerable ways, perhaps the most enjoyable of these innovations is that of the gaming industry. Having come ...

ROCCAT is easily one of the fastest growing names in PC gaming peripherals. Today, we are taking a look at the Kain 100 AIMO and 122 AIMO Titan-Click RGB gaming mice. A relatively young company, ROCCAT has been producing quality hardware since 2007 and boasts premium German engineering. While there is no doubt that German engineering is known around the globe for its high quality, attention to detail and uncompromising efficiency, how much can this truly ...

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath, a new expansion for the hit videogame Mortal Kombat 11, the best-selling title in franchise history that was named Fighting Game of the Year at the 2019 D.I.C.E. Awards. Set for a global release on digital first beginning May 26 and developed by award-winning NetherRealm Studios, Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expands the critically acclaimed story campaign with an all-new, ...

Today Ubisoft® announced details around the new North American League for Rainbow Six® Esports scheduled to debut in late June 2020. The Rainbow Six North American League will feature two regional Divisions – the United States and Canada – as well as a revamped path-to-pro tier designed to foster the best up-and-coming teams in both territories. The US Division will feature eight pro team organizations competing in an offline league based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The current state of technology is so relatively high-level and is moving forward so rapidly, that it is quite understandable to think that many people are being left behind. As newer and newer advances are made, a whole host of opportunities that were previously impossible to humans are suddenly tangible, able to be explored and completed. Certainly, the internet is the single most significant advance made in modern times, in terms of influence over the daily ...

Officially dropping on PC tomorrow, Gears Tactics is a turn-based tactical shooter set in the Gears of War universe. With the rest of the games in the franchise sporting a heavy focus on fast-paced action, it will be quite interesting to see how a slower, turn-based and more cerebral approach to the Gears universe plays out. I certainly hope that the wide variety of weaponry available in the previous games will be a key part of Tactics because, let's face it, ...