Assassin’s Creed multiplayer fans used to sitting in empty game lobbies in the hope of finding a game can rejoice this weekend.

Ubisoft has released a closed beta of their Assassin’s Creed Revelations multiplayer game for New Zealand PlayStation Plus subscribers. Stating today (3 September), eligible PlayStation 3 owners can download the 2.5GB file from the PlayStation Network.

The beta includes nine character classes and three maps. Hurry up and download it, as the beta ends on 11 September.

See here for more details. Whilst you are downloading the beta, take a look at the video below about the encyclopedia that comes with the Animus Edition.