Assassin's Creed is slowly (and finally) sneaking up on DS

After the majesty of last week's releases, it's back to the more mundane pace you'd perhaps expect at this post-Easter time of year. Things are looking especially quiet when it comes to PSP, in fact, with only one game per week seemingly scheduled throughout the month of April.

Of course, on DS there's always volume although there's nothing especially promising as we were particularly disappointed by Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles, one of the higher profile titles owners of Nintendo's handheld will have been keeping an eye on. That's assuming it makes it out on time, of course – the game is one slippery customer when it comes to sticking to a release date.

Perhaps the only other game of particular note is The Sun Crossword Challenge, which when originally released in its US form was called The New York Times Crossword, an entirely different type of newspaper compared to our soaraway Sun, the one what won it, etc.

Europe: Out April 4th
Double Sequence: The Q-Virus Invasion (DS)
Jetix Puzzle Buzzle (DS)
Riviera: The Promised Land (PSP)

Europe: Out April 11th
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (DS) (Click to read our review.)
Chessmaster: The Art of Learning (PSP)
My Riding Stable (DS)
Solitaire (DS)
The Sun Crossword Challenge (DS)

US: Out April 8th
Fab 5 Soccer (DS)
Plushees (DS)
World Championship Cards (PSP)

US: Out April 15th
Cory in the House (DS)
High School Musical 2: Work This Out (DS)
Rondo of Swords (DS)
Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys (DS)