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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege Operation Para Bellum Details

Today UBISOFT revealed first details of “Operation Para Bellum”, the major update of Season 2 of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege Year Three.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege Year 3 Season 2 content seeks to enrich the community experience with two new Italian operators specialised in defense and the nineteenth map of the game.

Operation Para Bellum will also introduce the Pick & Ban system that provides an extra layer of strategy between teams, as each side tries to counter their opponents’ picks during the banning phase.

The full reveal of Year 3 Season 2 content of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege will be made on May 19th – 20th during the Pro League Finals.

For more information about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, please visit: https://rainbow6.ubisoft.com.

First-Person Shooters Rainbow Six: Siege | Donster | May 8, 2018 |

Command LIVE: Commonwealth Collision Release Date

command-live-commonwealth-collision Matrix Games announced today that Command LIVE: Commonwealth Collision, the latest expansion of the Command series will be released on May 10th.

Will you lead the most impressive Carrier Task force ever gathered after World War II or will you take the opportunity to destroy it?

Main Features

Playable as the India-UK or Pakistan-China alliances.
Battle with or against a fleet of multiple aircraft carriers that includes the brand-new HMS Queen Elizabeth and INS Vikrant, along with the Type 45 destroyer.
Attack or defend a target set that includes seaport facilities, a deployed brigade, and even an admiral in his personal aircraft.
Coordinate the efforts of units that vary wildly in capability. Each side has a mixture of western and eastern platforms that range from fresh and untested to old and obsolete in terms of individual quality. Knowing the strengths and limits of each one is key to victory.
Control such potential game changers as the CM-400AKG anti-ship missile, F-35 stealth fighter, Astute-class submarine, and Soar Dragon high-altitude drone.
Command a force with fewer resources than a Nimitz CSG or Backfire regiment, making intelligent planning and asset management necessary.

Get more information about the game from its official Product Page. The game will also be available on Steam.

Command LIVE Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | May 8, 2018 |

Just Announced Hardware for 8 May 2018

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

Hardware | Donster | May 8, 2018 |

Steam Announces Call of Duty WWII Free Multiplayer Weekend

call-of-duty-wwii Steam News announces a free weekend and sale are underway for Call of Duty: WWII. From now until Sunday, May 6th at 1PM PDT, Call of Duty: WWII Multiplayer is free to access on PC!

Details:

All progression carries over from free trial to full title once purchased
All inventory items and unlockables will carry over from free trial to full title once purchased

There’s also a Steam Discount on WWII from today until May 7th:

Call of Duty: WWII – 35% Discount
Call of Duty: WWII Digital Deluxe Edition – 25% Discount
Call of Duty: WWII Season Pass – 20% Discount

Get in and try it out on your own, or party up with your friends!

Call of Duty: WWII First-Person Shooters | Donster | May 4, 2018 |

Aggressors: Ancient Rome Announced

aggressors-ancient-rome Slitherine announces Aggressors: Ancient Rome – the new turn-based 4X strategy game that brings you back to the ancient world. A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavour, Aggressors lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the Mediterranean world. Choose Rome to conquer the Mare Nostrum, or Carthage and build an immortal trading empire. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world, changing the course of history, from Egypt to Athens and Sparta.

Be like Gaius Marius, with his exceptional abilities in reforming Rome and its army. You can manage all aspects of your empire: war, trade, internal politics, diplomacy and cultural development. Rule your empire by managing its internal politics and developing its economy. Establish trade routes to reap wealth, ensure the loyalty of your citizens, manage demographics, technological research, internal reforms, and laws; the tools at your disposal are endless and seamlessly integrate with each other. But beware: citizens react to the current situation and they can move to other places when they are not happy.
Be like Caesar, with his unparalleled strategic genius.Experience the incredibly deep combat system, with each unit having its own abilities and traits, with terrain affecting the outcome in a meaningful way. Army morale and the supply system are crucial and need to be considered before any battle. You will need all your guile and strategic mastery to triumph on the battlefield. Vae victis!
Be like Hannibal, play your own way and surprise the enemy. Play on your strengths, beware of your weaknesses. The ancient world is brutal, for no mercy shall be given to the defeated. Twenty factions, from migrating barbarian tribes to advanced empires, which interact with each other through an extremely detailed diplomatic system. Make use of more than ten available diplomatic agreements, including the possibility of forming Federations and Confederations as well as affecting nations and provinces in your sphere of influence.
Believe us, you never played a 4X like Aggressors. Manage all aspects of your mighty empire with complete freedom: you can decide to start with an advanced nation surrounded by newer civilizations, or you can choose to start as a young tribe, ready to take on an older and decadent empire… or you can decide to completely randomize the map and play in a uniquely generated world. The choice is yours!Dive into Aggressor at your own pace: thanks to the tutorial and tool tips you can gradually explore all the options available to you.

Aggressors: Ancient Rome will be available on Steam and PC in Q3. The Beta is open now! Slitherine is looking for experienced players who want to test their abilities in Aggressors. Join up here! You can watch the Aggressor: Ancient Rome – Join the Beta Trailer and find out more about Aggressors: Ancient Rome at the games official webpage.

Aggressors: Ancient Rome Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | May 4, 2018 |

Order of Battle: Sandstorm Release Date

order-of-battle-sandstorm Matrix Games announce that Order of Battle: Sandstorm is going to be released on May 16th!

In Order of Battle: Sandstorm you’re going to lead a whole new range of units in a series of new exciting scenarios. Will you manage to earn the title of Desert Fox?

We have something else to show you until then – including something that is new to the Order of Battle expansions, so stay tuned!

Get more information about Order of Battle: Sandstorm from its product page!

Order of Battle: Sandstorm Strategy and Wargaming | Donster | May 4, 2018 |

Report Claims Eight New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities Impact Intel And ARM Processors

By Paul Alcorn @ Tom’s Hardware

The online German computer magazine Heise.de is reporting that eight new Spectre-class vulnerabilities have been discovered. The vulnerabilities purportedly affect Intel and ARM processors, but the impact on AMD processors remain unknown. We reached out to Intel for comment, and the company provided this statement, which neither confirms nor denies the vulnerabilities:

Protecting our customers’ data and ensuring the security of our products are critical priorities for us. We routinely work closely with customers, partners, other chipmakers and researchers to understand and mitigate any issues that are identified, and part of this process involves reserving blocks of CVE numbers. We believe strongly in the value of coordinated disclosure and will share additional details on any potential issues as we finalize mitigations. As a best practice, we continue to encourage everyone to keep their systems up-to-date.

Much like the first round of Spectre vulnerabilities, these newly discovered vulnerabilities rely upon a side-channel attack on a processors’ speculative execution engine. As per normal and responsible reporting policies, the teams of researchers that discovered the attacks are not releasing details until processor vendors are given a reasonable amount of time to develop patches, which should help ward off exploits, at least for now.