Rumours of an Assassin’s Creed sequel have been spreading about since Assassin’s Creed came out, but Ubisoft have finally confirmed that they are “working hard on” the sequel. After the recent talk about the game being set in the 1700s, this may not be a surprise to many. However, the kicker in this story is that Ubisoft are quoted as saying Assassin’s Creed 2 will only arrive once there is “more anticipation for it.” Maybe if Ubisoft had spent more time making more than 3 mission types for the first game ten this one would have more hype, right? Right?

Via Gamezine.

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News coming straight in from Play.com Live in Wembley stadium is final confirmation that Haze will eternally be a Playstation 3 exclusive.

The full game is playable at the event – that’s right, the full game and Kev Lochun will be giving a preview this weekend. It’s looking clean and sharp, and overdosing on Nectar is a pleasing yet disorientating experience.

While playing through the game we got speaking to two independent Ubisoft reps. When asking both on whether the game will ever come out for the Xbox 360, they said in a resolute fashion that the game is not just a PS3 timed exclusive, but will never make its way onto any other platform.

This result is apparently a recent decision, but final. Sony must have paid Ubisoft/Free Radical a nice little packet to bag this one.

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Although said screenshots were allegedly thrown up by a member on the Castlevania team, the thread is now gone and the user deleted.

However, with the way the internet operates, somebody grabbed the shots while they were up and made them available for the world to see.

Details are scarce and many signs point to this being a fake, but if the screenshots are to be believed, it seems like it’ll be business as usual for Mr. Igarashi. At least it’s looks like it’ll be a departure from the fail that was the art direction in Portrait of Ruin.

Should we get any confirmation or more information, we’ll be the first to let you know.

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