The guys at GenGamers have posted five new screenshots from Athena Sword, the upcoming Raven Shield expansion pack.

The official Raven Shield website has been updated with v1.4.1 patch notes. The patch will include the optional support of Punkbuster, and fix some translation typos, custom mission support and memory leak problems. 1.4.1 should be out next week. Thanks Blues News.

The official Raven Shield website has been updated, offering info on a glitch the dev team found. Looks like there is a problem with custom campaigns not being unlocked with the new patch. A fix should be out early next week.

As promised, Ubi Soft has released a new patch for Raven Shield updating the game to version 1.4. There's a US upgrade from 1.31 or 1.0, and same for the UK version (1.31, 1.0). Here's a partial list of changes (more here)

General Improvements
- Firing animation, sound and muzzle flash should now be completely synchronized with trigger pull. Additionally, the network code for firing bullets has been reworked and less information is now sent for each bullet fired. This will hopefully result in a performance improvement in heavy firefights in restricted bandwidth situations.
- We're introducing a spam filter which is configurable in the server.ini and supports a voting option.
- We tweaked the silenced weapon damage to hopefully make the silencer a real option in Raven Shield. Silenced weapons should now do a minimum of 50% of the damage their noisy counterparts do. Additionally, the silenced SPP pistol should now be even more "silent".
- Drawing tool is now accessible between rounds.
- Players will now automatically switch to their primary weapon when they've thrown their last grenade.

There is also a new Windows dedicated server release, allowing you to host a server for the game without owning it.

The Raven Shield website has been updated with a new producer's letter, offering info on an upcoming v1.4 patch for the game. There's also word a Raven Shield SDK will be released in December.

Athena Sword isn't even out yet but GameStop already has a listing for a second Raven Shield expansion pack, shown as shipping November 18 and carrying a price of $29.99. The first expansion pack also turned up at online retailers unannounced so there could be some truth in it. Thanks C&VG.

GenGamers has posted three new screenshots from the Athena Sword expansion pack for Raven Shield.

The promised Rainbow Six: Raven Shield patch has been released, you can find it on the official site or FileShack. It's a small patch which "fixes a server crash during countdown due to armpatch files being uploaded/downloaded".

PC.IGN's Athena Sword preview is online, offering a look at what this Raven Shield expansion pack has in store for the Rainbow Six fans.

According to the official Raven Shield website, a new patch is ready to roll out. It will be released Tuesday July 29, and will include such things like the arm patches fix that caused server connection problems.

WorthPlaying has posted a bunch more screenshots from Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword, the expansion pack for Raven Shield.

GameSpot's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword Q&A is up, asking producer Nicola Aitoro a few questions about this Raven Shield expansion pack. Nine new screenshots are included.

Ubi Soft has released not one, but two videos from Athena Sword, the upcoming expansion pack for Rainbow Six: Raven Shield. Both videos show ingame footage. Thanks 3D Gamers.

Ubi Soft has released another new Raven Shield map, BB-combatzone1. Inspired by the Counter-Strike map de_Clan1_mills, this map supports Bomb and Team Survival modes. Thanks Blues News.

The Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield website has been updated, offering some information on problems found in the recently released 1.3 patch and plans for a 1.4 patch. Thanks Blues News.

HomeLAN Fed has an Athena Sword Q&A this morning, asking Ubi Soft's Nicola Aitoro about this Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield expansion pack. Questions are about the storyline, new locations, added weapons, new multiplayer modes, other improvements and release date.

Ubi Soft has released yet another new multiplayer map for Raven Shield, H-Hanger. Can be played in Team Hostage Rescue and Bomb game modes. Thanks Blues News.

Raven Shield Platoon is reporting that there's a nasty server crash bug in the Raven Shield 1.3 patch that was released today. At random times, the servers crash when the deployment timer is stuck at 1. You can quit by opening the console and type in disconnect or quit. Thanks Blues News.

As promised, Ubi Soft has released the newest Raven Shield patch updating the game to version 1.3. You can grab various versions from FileShack. The following things have been changed/added

- Optimization to prevent frame rate drop during firefights: We now only spawn one non-visible impacts out of 16. This reduces the number of decals and the number of particles/wall effects. Also, first-person weapons are no longer affected by projectors.
- Fixed map download: There's now a visual effect related to downloading the map. Map files are saved to a temporary folder and allow you to play immediately after downloading.
- Server restrictions now work correctly for high capacity magazines, demolition kits, electronic kits, lock pick kits, and gas masks.
- Name change restrictions: To prevent people from giving away enemy positions by changing their name, the Name and Setname functions only allow one change every 60 seconds.
- Ban system: Implemented a new ban system linked to CD-Key. When a host bans a player, the ubi.com ID number of the banned player appears on the player banlist.ini. This player may no longer join the server. To un-ban a player, the host needs to delete the appropriate player number. If you would like to know your ubi.com ID use the command "myid" in the console. This ID number will also be listed in the ravenshield.ini file.
- Sound bug: Fixed a sound bug that makes the editor crash when you convert stereo sound to mono.
- All-Seeing Eye: ASE is now officially supported by RVS.

The official Raven Shield website has been updated, mentioning that a new patch for the third Rainbow Six game will be released today. You can look forward to increased framerate during firefights, full ASE support and more bug fixes among other things. Thanks Blues.