Today, Ubisoft unveiled the next planned downloadable content for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack contains a total of six maps for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack Coming January 24 Players will visit new areas which they may be familiar with from the Mediterranean Defense feature. The maps include the holy city of Jerusalem,  the imperial district of Constantinople, and the mercantile district of Dyers. Due to the requests of fans of the franchise, three multiplayer maps are returning from Brotherhood. Players will be able to once again experience the streets of Firenze (Florence), the mountains of San Donato, and the...

Ubisoft has finally unveiled the final release date for the console versions of Ghost Recon Future Soldier as May 22, 2012. A PC version will be released at a later date. The publisher also announced that the multiplayer beta which was promised long ago has finally been dated as coming during April. “Ubisoft prides itself on creating some of the most compelling and innovative experiences in digital entertainment,” said Adrian Lacey, IP development director at Ubisoft Studios France. “Today we are feature complete in our multi-player, single-player and four-player co-op campaign modes. We have made the decision to move the date in order to ensure that all these ingredients are pushed...

The teams over at Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software have released the first behind the scenes trailer for the 2012 content season for Call of Duty ELITE. “I mean with all contributing to this season of content, the possibilities are limitless,” said Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward. The content is set to debut first on Xbox 360 to those with premium ELITE subscriptions on January 24. At which point owners will be treated to two new multiplayer maps Piazza and Liberation. Check out the trailer below!  

This week BioWare Pulse sat down with Rob Blake, audio lead, and Caroline Livingstone, voiceover director, to discuss the process of voice over recording. The duo discuss the process and difficulties surrounding voice over recording and the technology behind it. “We developed this system called IVM…” started Blake, when Livingstone interjected. “Intensity volume matrix. The writers were on board with it, they kinda created this drop-down tool where you can decide how you want your line read. It’s just added this layer of texture to the game which is super cool.” She then continued to explain their approach with Mass Effect 3, “So stepping into Mass Effect 3, we...

Looks like Electronic Arts has yet another strange case on their hands. This time Textron, the parent company of Bell Helicopters, is looking for the removal of its helicopters, the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, the UH-1Y Venom ”Huey,” and the the V-22 Osprey VTOL from the game. Both EA and Textron had been having talks over the issue but those have seemingly fallen apart and EA is expecting a court decision to be made so they have already gone ahead sought court judgement. “The Bell-manufactured helicopters depicted in Battlefield 3 are just a few of countless creative visual, audio, plot and programming elements that make up EA’s expressive work, a first-person military combat simulation,” says the...