UK-based humorist Danny Wallace is lending his voice and likeness toAssassin’s Creed 2. According to official release, Wallace’s character is a historian named Shaun Hastings who steers players and relates information about the environment. Noted as a “pivotal character,” it seems the funny-man scored a unique role. Wallace is the author of — among many other things — “Me and Yes Man,” a book that was twisted into a terrible Jim Carrey comedy flick....

I’m so on board with monster fusions If you’ve ever gotten a kick out of mashing disparate Pokémon together to makeunholy fusions(haven’t we all?), then you might be very intoCassette Beasts. It’s a peculiar turn-based monster-battling RPG that lets you fuse all 120 of its creatures to make funky new forms, use their abilities (like flying and turning magnetic) to explore the island of New Wirral, and form bonds with your companions....

Take to the skies Champions Onlinehas gone through some rather big changes since its launch back in 2009, most notablythe one in 2011which saw the MMO go free-to-play. Now there’s another rather large update to the game, with the long-awaited vehicle update finally being pushed out by Cryptic Studios in the form ofChampions Online: Reloaded. Vehicles can be obtained in several different ways, including the C-Store, Lock Boxes and in the Drifter Store....

For a series coming up on three decades of history, I guess it only makes sense it expands into mobile with everything else. During today’sAge of EmpiresNew Year, New Age Livestream, Microsoft unveiledAge of Empires Mobilewhich is coming to both iOS and Android Developed by TiMi Studios,Age of Empires Mobilebrings the classic RTS genre to mobile devices for the first time ever. Featuring several different civilizations including China, Rome, France, and Byzantine, players will be able to choose from over 40 heroes to raise an army and conquer others....

And a little dog, too [Update:Contest over! Winner is Julian.] To celebrate the launch of their new gameEvolutionon the App Store, our friends at My.com have given us a brand new, custom-skinned iPad Mini to give away to one lucky Dtoider! Retailing at $299, this 16GB iPad comes pre-loaded with a copy ofEvolution, and they’re throwing in a cute 3D sandstone statue of the game’s “Fido” character (seen in the gallery below) to boot....

Not a whole lot going on this week Dark Souls II‘s current-gen re-releaseScholar of the First Sinfound an opening in the Japanese sales charts and struck at an opportune moment. Most weeks, it would barely make a dent, but on this particular week, it was the pace-setter. According to the most recent Media Create statistics (and published by4Gamer),Scholar of the First Sinon PS4 was the best-selling videogame in Japan last week....

The newest installment of theCall of Dutyseries,Modern Warfare 3, has officially launched worldwide. Now that everyone can play the highly-anticipated Zombies mode, some wonder if the mode is exclusive to the game itself. Unfortunately,if you don’t ownModern Warfare 3, you’re able to’t play the new Zombies mode. Still, you can play the other versions of Zombies if you own otherCall of Dutytitles. Zombieshas been a feature ofCall of Dutysince its origins in 2009 inWorld at War....

And it’s not an Alien First, let me clear something up that also confused the shit out of me.Prometheus 2is no longer calledAlien: Paradise Lost, but insteadAlien: Covenantand is coming in 2017 (as the second chapter in a prequel trilogy). Meanwhile, Neill Blomkamp (District 9) has had hisAlienmovie (Alien 5, basically) put on hold until Ridley Scott’s sequel to his prequel. Meanwhile, watchingJodorowsky’s Dunerecently has me sad for the science fiction that could have been....

Progress… Due to a rather unfortunate slip-up in the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One ports ofFinal Fantasy VII, the music restarts after every single random encounter with enemies. The issue appeared in the game’s Steam release, and folks were dismayed to see itresurface again this year in these new console ports. For a widely-loved video game with iconic music, the audio bug is a significant oversight. Thankfully, Square Enix has sent out a fix forFFVII–not only to address the faulty overworld music playback, but also the black screen that appeared when transitioning from cutscenes to gameplay....

Flying mount time Earlier this week Square Enix began taking pre-orders forFinal Fantasy XIV: Heavensward– the upcoming first expansion toFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Releasing later this summer on June 23rd, the game retails for $39.99 on all its available platforms. For this weekend there is still alimited time discountthrown into the mix dropping the price of the PC version of the game to $29.99 for the base game and $46....

‘During the day, it’s a place of joy’ Five Nights at Freddy‘s is a new survival game where you play a graveyard shift security guard at a kid’s pizza joint. Apparently when darkness comes, the animatronic robots run amok and terrorize the establishment, and you have to keep them at bay. After a successful Steam Greenlight campaign the game released this week, and you may pick it up for $5 if the premise sounds like something you’d enjoy....

But first it needs to go through Kickstarter Flying Hamsterwas a shoot-’em-up (or should I say, “cute-’em-up“) for PSP, PS Vita, and iOS. Its sequel is not that, at all — it’s much more compelling. Fans of theWonder Boy/Monster Worldseries are going to want to take a look at this new action-adventure platformer. To be frank, I wasn’t into the cutesy aesthetic at first but such feelings disappeared the further into this Kickstarter pitch video I got....

Sup Holmes every Sunday at 2:30pm EST! [Sup Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great video games. It airs live every Sunday afternoon onYouTube, and can be found in Podcast form onLibsynandiTunes.] Recently on Sup Holmes were were lucky to chat with two huge fans of relatively niche game genres that have managed to parlay that passion into lucrative positions in the game industry. First is Nayan Ramachandran ofPlayism, who has channeled his life-long love of Japanese culture and games into a career, first in marketing and localization, and now in actual from-the-ground-up game development....