Gamers who have been awaiting Assassin’s Creed 2 news finally got some good news, insofar that a new hero has been announced and a story teaser was introduced for the week ending on April 18th. There was also news of a Halo Encyclopedia being released and some new footage of Red Faction: Guerilla to round out the week.

Sunday

Madden NFL. Yeah, before it got kicked in the nuts with stagnation.

Ghetto Golf Seeks Publisher. I’m curious why no one wants to publish this game right now?

Monday

KillZone 2 Never Getting Co-op. As if some of us were really looking forward to it.

Nerdtacular Halo Encyclopedia. Yes, there is more to know than what you thought you knew about the Halo universe.

Doom 4 Not A Prequel or Sequel. It’s not a male nor a female, either.

Maxis Owns PC Sales Charts. That’s nothing new.

Tuesday

EA Sends Out 75,000 Battlefield Heroes Beta Keys. So are you going to be one of the lucky winners?

Legal Battle Brewing Over Fallout MMO. Apparently just getting the game made isn’t at the top of everyone’s priority list.

Square Enix’s New Game Vanguard Storm. And it may or may not be what you may or may not be expecting.

Wednesday

Assassin’s Creed 2 Story Trailer. New revelations or just some titillating teasers?

StarCraft II Battle Report 2. When faced with defeated call in some Banshees.

Mars Work In Progress Debut Trailer. Spiders’ upcoming action-RPG receives a debut trailer.

Thursday

Good Old Games Goes Postal. The movie may have sucked but the games are pure classics.

Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance Coming To Xbox 360. If you never heard of the PC port, then you may have done yourself a favor.

Resident Evil 5 And Wii Are Best Sellers In March. Completely unsurprising.

The Conduit Gets New Release Date. The popular-with-the-press shooter for the Wii is being pushed back, but why?

Friday

Wii Demand Finally Being Met With Proper Supply. And we were all under the impression that this wouldn’t happen until pigs started flying.

MadWorld Sells Only 66,000. Ouch, and we all thought GTA: Chinatown world did poor on the DS.

Sony Makes It Hard For Indie Devs To Prosper On PS3. Not that Microsoft makes it any easier.

GTA Chinatown Wars Sells Only 89,000. Dang, if it’s not a mini-game compilation, third party titles just doesn’t sell on a Nintendo platform.

Saturday

Red Faction Guerilla Dev Diary Explores Hostile Mars. The developer diary also talks a little bit about crappy economic conditions.

Somebody Found Some XNA Games That Don’t Suck. I didn’t think it was possible yet I was proven wrong.

Final Fantasy XIII Real-Time Battle Trailer. It may be in Japanese but the action speaks universally.

That wraps up this week’s news. You can definitely look forward for juicier insider news regarding the latest and your favorite games, as well as more trailers, reviews and general gaming updates right here at Blend Games. You can also check out our Gaming Trailer of the Week below, which features Bane in the upcoming Batman: Arkhum Asylum.