The Ancestors Character Pack will be available for download December 13 for $3.99 on the PlayStation®Network and 320 Microsoft Points on XBOX LIVE®. The first two downloadable content packs are available for pre-order today.

Available yesterday, Nov. 7, on Xbox LIVE Marketplace six new sports included in Challenge Pack #1 include:

• Baseball: Frantic Fielder – Oil up your mitt and get ready for action! “Frantic Fielder” for Baseball gives all new meaning to playing catch. Fielding an endless stream of balls from a lineup of mascots tests everything from hand-eye coordination to speed. The more you catch the harder it gets – three misses and you’re OUT!
• Darts: Smart Shot – Exercise the brain and throwing arm simultaneously with “Smart Shot” for Darts. If hitting the bulls-eye wasn’t challenge enough, try competing against the clock with mathematical puzzles that require a sharp mind and even sharper aim.
• Football: Crazy Kicker – As the star kicker in “Crazy Kicker” for Football, you’ll discover the challenge of making a 40-yard field goal with all eyes watching. Account for factors like distance and wind to line up your shot perfectly and score! The crowd and mascots will cheer you on with every amazing goal.
• Golf: Champion Chip – “Champion Chip” for Golf takes the short game to a new level. Chip shots become increasingly challenging from different surfaces, distances, and with natural obstacles like wind steering the course.
• Skiing: Cool Ringings – Swoosh down the slopes with a license for speed, dodging mascots and ringing the cowbells for extra points in “Cool Ringings” for Skiing. Five different courses help players build their ski legs just in time for ski season.
• Tennis: Rapid Returner – Breaking a sweat is easy with “Rapid Returner” for Tennis, where mascots serve up a variety of zingers at increasing speeds to the forehand, backhand, net and baseline. If you’re looking for the ultimate Tennis training game, grab your racquet for and get ready for action.

New game add-ons will be made available each and every month through Spring 2012, with each release including some kind of free content to keep you on the field and in the game.

The DLC will be available for 800 Microsoft Points or for download automatically to consumers who have purchased the “Gears of War 3” Season Pass, which entitles you to the game’s first four game add-ons at a 33 percent discount, the Horde Command Pack includes:

New maps:

• Blood Drive – The Jacinto Medical Plaza was overwhelmed by evacuated citizens after the government-sanctioned Hammer Strikes, and the ensuing riots quickly turned this safe haven into a dangerous inferno. An abundance of high ground and funnelled choke points make this map a returning favourite to Horde.
• Rustlung – Once the pride of the Royal Tyran Navy, the foredecks of this decommissioned battleship are now riddled with bullet holes. Any team with the fortitude to hold the exposed central torpedo bay will find that the ship’s Loader has been replaced with a battle-ready Silverback mech suit.
• Azura – This island resort was once the exclusive domain of Sera’s educated elite, but the tranquil water gardens and lush foliage have become a hotly contested combat zone. Dual snipers overlook a powerful explosive weapon, while the defensive central platform may be your last resort of retreat.

New upgrades:

• Command Center – A brand new type of fortification that allows you to call in fire support from sniper teams, mortar strikes and even multiple Hammers of Dawn.
• Decoy Upgrade – A new fortification level that turns your decoy into an Onyx Guard bot that will fight in your defense.
• Sentry Upgrade – This upgrade adds a fire bolt sentry that deals much more damage and is very effective against Berserkers.
• Silverback Upgrade – This advancement allows you to upgrade your Silverback exo-suit with devastating rockets and extra levels of repair cost reduction.

New characters:

• Onyx Guard
• Big Rig Dizzy
• Bernie

New weapon skins:

• Team Plasma
• Jungle Camo

Sounds like fun regardless if your fighting for the Horde or the COG.

With less than 2 weeks to the sale date on Forza 4 racing fans are in a frenzy. When you look at this why wouldn’t they be. I mean they Turn 10 is delivering 60 of the hottest cars on the planet via a six game add-ons Season Pass for only 2,400 MS points (a 30% savings over buying all six DLCs on their own).

NOTE: Fans who purchase the Season Pass will receive the first game add-on, the “American Muscle” car pack as an additional bonus.

The American Muscle car pack includes:

• 1965 Pontiac GTO
• 1968 Pontiac Firebird
• 1970 Buick GSX
• 1970 Dodge Cornet Super Bee
• 1966 Chevrolet Nova SS
• 1969 Shelby GT500 428CJ
• 1971 Plymouth GTX 426 Hemi
• 1967 Dodge Cornet W023
• 1968 Dodge Dart HEMI Super Stock
• 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt

Also coming to Forza 4 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the famous Indianapolis 500.

Pre-Order to qualify for the “Launch Bonus” car pack which includes:

• 1965 Ford Mustang GT Coupe
• 2011 Koenigsegg Agera
• 1997 Lexus SC300
• 2011 RUF RGT-8
• 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport

Can’t wait until October 11, 2011 to get your Forza on, then your in luck the Demo hits Xbox Live next week October 3, 2011, for gold members and October 7th, 2011 for all members.

The free Red Dead Redemption Myths and Mavericks Bonus Pack DLC is now available for download worldwide on Xbox LIVE, and the PSN Store in both North America and Europe.

The Team behind Red Dead Redemption just pushed a FREE DLC pack with tons of new maps and fan-favorite characters from the single-player story. Charecters like Landon Ricketts, Deputies Eli and Jonah, Mexican Army Captain Vincente de Santa, outlaw Javier Escuella, rancher Drew MacFarlane, Native American informant Nastas and John Marston’s ranchhand ‘Uncle’.

The Myths and Mavericks DLC Pack also features a bevy of new multiplayer locations, including Cochinay, Nekoti Rock and Beecher’s Hope and more, along with new Stronghold games in Armadillo, Tumbleweed, and Chuparosa (a full list of locations is listed below). Check out the new pack, click here.

Maps/Modes (bolded locations are brand new to multiplayer)

• Cochinay – Gold Rush, Shootout, Gang Shootout, Stronghold
• Nekoti Rock – Gold Rush, Shootout, Gang Shootout
• El Presidio – Gold Rush, Shootout, Gang Shootout
• Plainview – Gold Rush, Shootout, Gang Shootout
• Gaptooth Mine – Shootout, Gang Shootout
• Pike’s Basin – Shootout, Gang Shootout
• Perdido – Hold Your Own, Grab the Bag
• Benedict Point – Hold Your Own, Grab the Bag
• Beecher’s Hope – Stronghold
• Torquemada – Stronghold
• Armadillo – Stronghold
• Chuparosa – Stronghold
• Rio Bravo – Shootout, Gang Shootout
• Tumbleweed – Stronghold

The King of Pop may have left for the big concert in the Sky but his memory and music live on in Ubisoft’s ‘Michael Jackson The Experience for Kinect’ with the new Avatar Costume collection featuring many of MJ’s most memorable costumes.

Avatar items include:

• Beat It Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• Billie Jean Live Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• Black or White Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• Leave Me Alone Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• Smooth Criminal Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• They Don’t Care About Us Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• Thriller Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)
• Thriller Girlfriend Outfit (400 Microsoft Points)*
• Bubbles Avatar Prop (240 Microsoft Points)

*Thriller Girlfriend Outfit is only available for female Xbox LIVE Avatars.

A trio of Maps and new Achievements worth 150 Gamerscore for the Halo standard 800 MSP sounds like a winning combination to me.

• Condemned: Condemned takes place aboard Orbital Station Gamma, a massive space station high in orbit above the planet Reach. Prior to the Covenant’s overwhelming invasion, Orbital Station Gamma provided long range communications for UNSC fleets and a vital lifeline between Reach and Earth. During the Battle of Reach, the station suffered terrible punishment at the hands of the Covenant but a few fortified sections remain intact, fully pressurized, and ready for combat. Condemned supports 6 – 12 players in a variety of action-packed game types, including Team Slayer, Team Objective and Free for All.
• Highlands: Highlands takes place on the top-secret Military Wilderness Training Preserve on Reach. The Preserve is a large, wooded area where Spartan super-soldiers trained long before the war with the Covenant began. During the Battle of Reach, the Preserve was the site of key battles between the alien invaders and a group of Spartans who used their familiarity with these UNSC training grounds to significant tactical advantage…but not everyone who enters these woods makes it out alive. Highlands expands the fight with massive-scale engagements for 8 – 16 players in Big Team Battle, Team Slayer and Team Objective.
• Unearthed: Unearthed takes the battle for Reach to a large Titanium mine and refinery located in the Viery civilian sector of the planet. This particular mine was built to take advantage of the exposed titanium inside a massive meteor crater. The titanium produced here is used in much of the UNSC hardware, from the chassis of the Warthog to the meters-thick armour plating of capital ships like the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. While this facility was quickly abandoned when the Covenant arrived on Reach, it still has significant tactical (and economic) value and it won’t be long before both humans and Covenant return to battle for control. Unearthed allows up to 4 players to launch a counterassault against the Covenant in Firefight and Firefight modes such as Generator Defense.

Good news for all you PS3 and PC Fallout New Vegas gamers feeling left out and unloved by Bethesda. Today they announced that Dead Money would be hitting your systems on Tuesday Feb 22nd. Further news on the Fallout DLC front comes news that there are 3 more chapters scheduled for release “in the coming months”. All 3 of these DLC chapters will be released simultaneously across all platforms.

Good news eh?

Sweet – Just in time for the weekend, Bethesda has released an official trailer for the upcoming New Vegas DLC titled, Dead Money. Dead Money hits Xbox 360 consoles on Tuesday Dec 21, 2010 for 800 MS Points.

Be sure to check out our upcoming review.

Today Ubisoft announced the Animus Project Update 1.0 DLC for PS3 and Xbox 360. Not only did they announce that it was out but it’s also FREE!! Yes I said Free. The Animus Project 1.0 includes a brand-new game mode and brand new map for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer.

Further to that, The Animus Project 2.0 is coming in January with another new game mode and multiplayer map and will also be totally free.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of us.

Thanks UbiSoft.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

Animus Project Update 1.0 DLC
Now AVAILABLE FOR FREE

Animus Project Update 2.0, Available in January, Will Also Be Available For Free

Montreal, CANADA – December 14, 2010 – Ubisoft announced today that the Animus Project Update 1.0 downloadable content (DLC) for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system is now available on XBOX LIVE® and PlayStation® Network for download for free.  Ubisoft also announces that Animus Project Update 2.0 will be available in January and also free to download.

The Animus Project Update 1.0 includes a brand-new game mode and brand new map for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer. The game mode, Advanced Alliance, makes the original Alliance Mode with target identification and engagement more difficult than in original Alliance Mode, thus providing a more challenging experience for players.  With three teams of two players each, Advanced Alliance is a tougher test for players and rewards teams that use stealth techniques to hunt their targets.

Located on a rocky tidal island of Normandy in France, the new map, Mont Saint-Michel, offers breathtaking scenery sure to enchant all. Its particular topography of narrow streets, high-perched bell-tower and multi-leveled architecture is perfect for hunters and predators alike to surge from out of nowhere to execute their prey. To survive, recruits need to use free-running and narrow roads to their advantage.

The Animus Project Update 2.0 includes a brand-new game mode and brand new map for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer. The Pienza Map provides the perfect free-running playground where predators and targets can blend and disappear. In the new Chest Capture Multiplayer Mode two teams comprised of three players each partner with fellow Templars to either defend or capture Chests. Also included is the new Templar Score feature to reward diligent work by Abstergo recruits.

For updates on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, please visit the game’s official Web site at www.assassinscreed.com, via Twitter @AssassinsCreed and Facebook at facebook.com/assassinscreed.

Assassin’s Creed Project Legacy is available on Facebook at: http://apps.facebook.com/projectlegacy.