Roadrunner Download Sampler 2011.

For those eager to get in the festival spirit, looking for the perfect warm up to Download, or just 9 amazing tracks for free could do worse than visiting the Roadrunner Records facebook page for a chance to get their hands on a Download Festival compilation.
Featuring tracks from a wide spread of Roadrunner artists including the heavy chugging metal of CKY, the southern rock sleaze of Black Stone Cherry, Korn’s unmistakable brand of chunky de-tuned Nu-metal and much more.

Short, but so sweet it’ll rot your teeth out, this compilation is the perfect way to get pumped for Download. With under a week left, I’d say its high time you got your hands on this.

Assassins Creed Revelations.

In advance of next weeks Game Informer feature an article posted on USA Today.com has granted some insight into the dual Assassin image Revealed on the games Official Facebook page.

In the article a representative of Ubisoft reveals that Assassins Creed Revelations will indeed feature both Altair and Ezio Auditore, with Renaissance man Ezio travelling to Constantinople to follow in Altair’s footsteps, effectively finishing both protagonists’ stories.

“Delivering the final chapter of the Ezio trilogy is an important milestone in the Assassin’s Creed franchise for us and for our fans,” said Alexandre Amancio, creative director at Ubisoft Montreal. Assassin’s Creed Revelations includes lots of new features and some significant surprises”.

Assassins Creed Revelations.

Revelations will feature the multiplayer system introduced in Assassins Creed Brotherhood, but with new game modes fresh maps and additional characters.

Assassins Creed Revelations.

That’s not a typo. That would appear to be the title of the latest game in the Assassins Creed series. Images revealed in the 3 stage spamfest of the #ACReveal hashtag campaign would seem to suggest that the game is set to not only feature 2 Assassins, but also include the return of the game’s original lead character, Altair.

Ubisoft are not giving away any more free information, with the big reveal pointing to an article in the new issue of Game Informer, due for release Friday 13 May.
More solid information and details are expected to follow.