We all knew that Assassin’s Creed II was on the way, but what we didn’t know was if the sequel would have anything better going for it than the flag-collecting boredom of the original. Thankfully Game Informer has seen fit to reveal some details about the upcoming sequel.

First off the main character has changed, even if the picture to the left looks suspiciously like Altair from the original. The new protagonist is known as ‘Ezio’, a young noble who has lost his family to as yet unknown rival families. This totally original plot (yeah right) will probably lead to Ezio wanting some form of revenge, and I’ll probably bet my life savings on that (all 10p of it!).

The reason for the new character is due to the game being set in Venice, 1476 to be precise, as playing Altair’s corpse wouldn’t be much fun (well, unless he’s a zombie Altair. One of the new assassinations could be chewing off someone’s ear). Also, as we know, Venice is full of water so Ezio can actually swim this time; making him about a thousand times better than Al…wait, what’s his name?

Most importantly there’s “16 unique mission types” and, wait for it, collecting those pesky flags actually nets you some rewards this time around.

For the full run-down on what else is rumoured to be included in Assassin’s Creed II go here.

This trailer for the upcoming film tie-in X-men Origins: Wolverine shows a taster of the gamplay you can expect from the game. The result is pretty flashly, complete with Wolverine leaping at a helicopter in that badass kind of way that only Wolverine could pull off. It’s hinted in the trailer, but the game will also include a large amount of blood and gore so don’t expect your usual X-Men game.

It’s a game based off a film, so you wouldn’t be wrong to automatically be suspicious of how good the game will actually turn out. I say we give this one a chance though, as they can’t all turn out to be awful can they (the upcoming Ghostbusters game looks pretty great too).

Of course, this isn’t the first X-Men game to appear on consoles, but it may turn out to be the most decent one. Let’s hope that also extends to the film that it’s based on.

The game will be out for the PS2, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC and Wii on 1 May.