Billy Mitchell – Donkey Kong

The self styled King of Kong that featured heavily in a 2007 documentary, Billy Mitchell was one of the earliest professional gamers on record, holding world record high scores on Donkey Kong since the 1980’s, and also Pac-Man, in which he held the first ever perfect score of 3,333,360. Until his hubris brought him down, and curious minds at Twin galaxies, the de facto arbiters of gaming records, looked a little closer than he would have liked at some of his tapes. A VHS tape he gave to the site during the 2007 films production would prove to the site that his scores were set through emulator, instead of original arcade hardware, causing his scores and his crown to be stricken and the man effectively blacklisted from competitive gaming.

Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege is hosting another free weekend on August 16th, running all the way to August 20th. That means if you don’t own the game, you can download and try out all the maps, Operators and modes at no cost. The timing of the free weekend is important too, as the Rainbow Six Major championship will be taking place with a $350,000 prize pot.

On August 17th, Ubisoft will also showcase the next content update, Operation Grim Skym which brings two new Operators and a rework of Hereford Base to the game. More information on the identity of the two Operators – which include a UK police officer and an American who “remains an enigma” – and the rest of the update will arrive over the weekend.

PC players will have access to the free weekend before those on Xbox One and PS4. Rest assured that all progress will transfer over to the full game should you decide to purchase it.