Insurgency has always wanted to make war hell. As a mod in 2007, it was a hectic, 'realistic' alternative to clean and sportsmanlike Counter-Strike firefights. As a standalone release in 2014, it ...

Andrew Spearin spent five years in the Canadian Army Reserve as an infantry soldier and bagpiper. He was never deployed in combat, but even during his time in basic training in 2002, he realized that ...

Insurgency: Sandstorm is the followup to the popular indie, modern-day tactical shooter Insurgency by New World Interactive. The original game, which itself came from a Source mod, ended up using ...

I still regret sleeping on the original Insurgency, a hardcore tactical shooter that launched in 2014. It received a lot of good buzz among fans of the genre, so I decided to keep tabs on its sequel, ...

Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer New World Interactive have announced Insurgency: Sandstorm is now available for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Users who already own the game on the ...

Arming citizens makes great graphics but using them for an insurgency carries great risks. Most would die. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) With the Ukrainian ...

The thing that stays with you is the sound. Not just the roars of RPGs being propelled from their launchers or the menacing bleeps of IEDs. Not just the rattle of arguing assault rifles, either. It's ...

Insurgency is starting to feel less like a title and more like an approach for New World Interactive, the Amsterdam team of 35 founded by veteran Half-Life 2 modders. Despite a decade of success in ...

Since 9/11, it has become commonplace for scholars, politicians, and military thinkers to refer to current U.S. military and diplomatic actions as being part of a ...

Focus Home Interactive has lifted the wraps off a fresh trailer for Insurgency: Sandstorm ahead of the game’s much-anticipated console release on September 29, 2021. The ‘Boots on the Ground’ trailer ...

Check out our Reviews Vault for past game reviews. Man, first-person shooters sure are a lot harder when they don’t resemble Michael Bay movies. I mean, I played a round of Battlefield 4 the other day ...