Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Jetstream Sam VR Missions Released April 9, 2013

The latest VR Missions have been released for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.  The new DLC will put players in the shoes of the game’s antagonist Jetstream Sam in an entirely new VR Mission campaign.  This DLC release is more than just a new set of VR Missions which you can use a new character skin to play in.  This is an entirely new story which follow’s Sam’s recruitment spree for the Desperado group.

The Jetstream Sam DLC is out now for $9.99 US on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and can be purchased and downloaded through their respective online marketplaces.  The full version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is required to play.  Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out now for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Halo 4 Castle Map Pack Released April 9, 2013

A brand new map pack has been released for Halo 4 this week.  The Castle Map Pack is 800 Microsoft Points (about $10US) by itself or free to people who have already purchased the War Games Map Pass or the Halo 4 Limited Collector’s Edition.  Take a look at this trailer for yourselves to see a glimpse at what is included!

If you have already purchased the War Games Map Pass or Halo 4 Limited Collector’s Edition, you will need to download the Castle Map Pack through the Halo 4 main menu.  There should be a star next to the Xbox Live Marketplace menu to tell you some new content is now up for download.  You can download the map pack from there.  It is about 450MB in size.

Note:  A new Halo 4 patch has been released recently, and you may need to download it in order to use the Castle Map Pack.  The patch is 36MB in size and should prompt you to download it automatically the next time you run Halo 4 while connected to Xbox Live.

If you haven’t downloaded the War Games Map Pass or any of the previous individual Halo 4 Map Packs, Microsoft says they are holding a promotion where they will be reducing the price of the War Games Map Pass and the previously released Halo 4 Map Packs on April 12th, 2013.  You can check out Major Nelson’s Blog for all the details.

Halo 4 is required to play the Castle Map Pack.  It is out now exclusive to the Xbox 360.