Wizards of the Coast‘s (WotC) latest hardcover book, Heroes of Shadow, is yet another new take for their fourth edition Dungeons and Dragons (4e D&D) role playing game (RPG).

Up until this point, characters in 4e D&D were strictly the good guys and had no serious option to play or act evil but Heroes of Shadow changes that paradigm. Players can now take on the role of traditionally evil villains including the Assassin (first introduced in 1978, but not seen much since) or Blackguard (a fallen Paladin, a common archetype to D&D), all worked out with their own special powers and features.

The Animus has been activated again at Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 2 website and, let me tell you, it looks hot.

During the E3 2009 conference attendees were given a glimpse of the sequel titled Assassin’s Creed 2. The only confirmed date is the US release date of November 17, 2009, for Xbox and PS3.

Even though the scenery and times have changed, the war between the Templars and the Assassins wages on. In the game players control…