Via Kotaku: The programming schedule for San Diego Comic Con reveals a “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” Rumors and images floating around the Spore forums say the game will be called Darkspore. “Maxis Studio (The Sims and Spore video games) has just announced their next project, a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore,” says an event listing for SDCC. “Join key leads from the dev team, Thomas Vu, Paul Sottosanti [...]

Via Joystiq: On the eve of E3, Patrice Désilets, creative director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, unexpectedly left his position, just as Ubisoft prepared to woo the media with the first in-depth look at this November’sBrotherhood sequel. Looking to quickly bury the distraction, Ubisoft called Désilets’ departure a “creative break” and said that his work on Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was “essentially done.” While we still have yet to hear from Désilets himself, his close colleague, associate producer Jean-Francois Boivin, was not surprised by [...]