Today, new downloadable content was announced for the video game adaptation of Game of Thrones. The DLC, titled Beyond the Wall, adds an additional two hours of play according to the issued press release.

Beyond the Wall explores the past of Mors Westfold and his early experiences with the Night's Watch. Players will travel, as you might expect, beyond the Wall and into Wildling territory, uncovering the origin story of Mors.

Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall is currently available for PC and Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 version will be launched on the PlayStation Network "in the weeks to come."

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EA has announced release dates for Battlefield 3’s Aftermath downloadable content. Battlefield 3 Premium members on PlayStation 3 can get Aftermath on November 27th, while Premium Xbox 360 and PC players can get it on December 4th. Non-premium players on PlayStation 3 can get Aftermath on December 11th, and non-Premium Xbox 360 and PC players will round out the schedule on December 18th.

As with all Battlefield 3 content, Aftermath will cost $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points) and will be free to Battlefield Premium members. Aftermath is the fourth of five packs for Battlefield 3, coming ahead of End Game, which will be released in March 2013.

Separately, EA announced today that in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Battlefield and the milestone of Premium passing 2 million members, it will offer Battlefield 1942 as a free download. Players can get 1942 on Origin’s official site, which notes that it will require an Origin account and will expire on March 1, 2013.

EA also revealed some interesting stats for Battlefield 3, noting that since its launch in 2011, players have passed 95 billion total heals and four billion total revives, destroyed three billion vehicles and fired two trillion bullets. "[Premium] has been an ambitious way to give our fans fresh, high-quality content at a great value," said DICE vice president and general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson. " This achievement is helping us define the new standard by which all other shooters deliver content and exclusive bonuses to their player communities."

For more on Aftermath, check out the details DICE revealed in July. For any other Battlefield 3 needs, look no further than our Battlefield 3 wiki guide.

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Downloadable content is headed to the PC version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Ubisoft has announced that all content packs will be available on PC beginning today with the release of the Arctic Strike Map Pack.

PC players will also have the option to purchase a Season pass for $24.99 that will give them a $10 discount off the total price of upcoming downloadable content. The Season Pass is available now on Ubisoft's site and “includes all-new playable maps and game modes, extra weapons for Ghosts and Bodark units, additional Uplay achievements and more.”

Arctic Strike was previously released on consoles in July and adds new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer mode, a new Guerrilla mode co-op map and six additional weapons. The console versions of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier previously received additional content in the Raven Strike Pack in September and the Khyber Strike Pack earlier this month. Release windows for PC versions of those packs haven’t been revealed, but we’ve reached out to Ubisoft and will update this story with any additional info we receive.

For more on Future Soldier, read our Ghost Recon: Future Soldier review and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier wiki guide.

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The Artorias of the Abyss downloadable content for Dark Souls is now available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Artorias of the Abyss adds PVP mode to Dark Souls, allowing players to battle against each other, as well as new maps and environments, new bosses and enemies, new NPCs and new weapons and armor.

Artorias of the Abyss is available now for $14.99 on PlayStation 3 and 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360. The content was first released on PC in the Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition and was confirmed for consoles in May.

“Artorias of the Abyss is primed and ready to bring console gamers more destruction, more pain, and more ways to die,” said Namco Bandai vice president of marketing Carlson Choi. “Our console fan base absolutely loves the challenge the Dark Souls franchise has given them. Artorias of the Abyss is sure to up the death toll with the inclusion of PVP and its Match-Making features.”

For more on what’s new in Artorias of the Abyss, read about what’s in the new content and our breakdown of how it affects the game. For more on Dark Souls, look no further than our Dark Souls wiki guide.

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