PAX 2009 will play host to demonstrations of quite a few big-name titles coming out. Among them is Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Xbox 360, and PC), the follow-up to last year's Jade Raymond-advertised original. This time, Altair's out of the picture and stepping out of the shadows is another of Desmond Miles' uniquely skilled ancestors, Ezio.
On the scene at PAX 09 were the merry band of men called Left4Friends, and they've let us in on the goings-on that happened in the Assassin's Creed II live demo. Read on for their thoughts on it.

Assassin's Creed producer and Ubisoft's very own cutie Jade Raymond has just moved up the ranks now that she's been promoted to head of the new Ubisoft Toronto studio.

Ubisoft has revealed their plans for the E3 Expo. Sure, they'll have their own booth on the show floor, but their press conference will be held on June 1 in an invitation-only set up at the Los Angeles Theater. They'll be bringing Assassin's Creed 2, Red Steel 2, Rabbids Go Home, a couple new games, and special guests during the event "to thrill attendees and web viewers."

Umm, Jade Raymond, anyone?

Thanks to GamesTM's latest issue, we've finally got our hands on new pertinent details on Ubisoft's latest post-catastrophic Chicago title, I Am Alive. Unfortunately for you admirers, though, the rumored bit that Jade Raymond will be working on it isn't true. But if you're interested in the game itself and not the rumored producer, you can stay and find out about the game in the full article.

Although Ubisoft has been acquiring companies left and right, that is not to say that they are not concerned about their financial performance, particularly with that of their new games Prince of Persia (PS3, Xbox 360) and Far Cry 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC). He also talked about their acquisitions, and why ratings need not necessarily define a game.

A sequel for Assassin's Creed was always expected, and hints have popped up here and there. Now, we have confirmation that it really is in the works. Not exactly formal as far as confirmation from studios go, but you take what you can get. Details after the link.

The MTV Game Awards 2008 has wrapped up and you wouldn't guess which one got the Game of the Year award. Come on, guess. Grand Theft Auto 4? Natch. This year they also gave their first ever Lifetime Achievement Game Award to Hideo Kojima. Well and truly deserved.

Vid of Jade Raymond handing the award to Kojima after the link.

So, it turns out that the rumor which suggested Ubisoft will be debuting an IP in E3 2008 is true. I Am Alive has indeed surfaced with a nice trailer and a bleak setting. The only question left now is whether or not Jade Raymond will be working on it. Keep your fingers crossed, fellas. The video comes after the jump.

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond is reportedly going to get real busy again real soon. She's supposedly going to work on a new game called I am Alive developed by Dark Works and it will be shown in this year's E3. The rest of the details follow after the jump.

(Editor's Note: Happy April Fools'! You'd think we'd run skimpy with all the non-news items, but actually, this might be our biggest issue yet!)

Y'know how notorious the gaming community could get during this time of the year. But in between rumors and Metal Creed Solid gags, this here QuickPeek 41 is one heck of a colossus. Dark AleX is back, Jade Raymond makes a cameo, and Niko Bellic's got quite a lot of action cut out for him in GTA 4. Mind the Whoopie cushions! Wohoo!