Meet the True Sons, the latest faction in The Division 2. Well armed, organised and led by a charismatic figure, the True Sons are hellbent on proving the old adage of survival of the fittest in a post-apocalyptic American wasteland.

Jade Raymond, formerly of Ubisoft and one of the creative forces behind Assassin’s Creed joined EA in 2015 as one of the co-founders of EA”s Motive Studio in Montreal. Motive was heavily involved in the since cancelled Amy Hennig-led narrative-driven Star Wars game that Visceral Games was working on before EA shut them down, cancelling the game. She's now left EA.

When you’ve got the licenses to everything Tom Clancy, a brand that encompasses everything from Splinter Cell to The Division, it’s a kick in the teeth not to see the more extreme politics of today tackled in video game form.

The Toys to Life genre is effectively dead. While Nintendo is still selling Amiibo by the truckload, they’re more popular for their collectability than for anything they do in games. The franchise that popularised it all, Skylanders, is on indefinite hiatus. Both Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions were cancelled – so Ubisoft’s late entry into the segment is curious. That game is Starlink: Battle for Atlas, a new release that has players mounting spaceships on their controllers, bringing the changes they make to those ships to life in the game.

I liked Assassin’s Creed Odyssey a lot, even though there’s very little Assassin’s Creed to it. It’d becoming more and more of an RPG, which has many fans wondering if it would be better that the series splits off into two. I’m completely happy with the direction the series is going, and the more fantastical fun injected into the game (along with the historical setting), the better. Consumers, it seems, agree.

Assassin’s Creed’s gradual evolution to RPG is complete. While it remains familiar, the deeper combat, dialogue choices and consequences have upended Assassin’s Creed’s stealthy roots to deliver a sprawling, multi-tiered historical RPG epic. It’s the culmination of the series own journey, and only fitting it be called Odyssey.

Are you Team Kassandra or Team Alexios? If you haven't made up your mind yet, here are five compelling reasons why you should choose the female protagonist option when Ancient-Greece-set Assassin's Creed Odyssey releases on 5 October.

Unlike other entries in the toys to life genre, Starlink: Battle for Atlas feels fresh and ready to roll with its unique take on the formula. Naturally,we had some questions for the team behind the game, questions that Lead Designer Jesse Knapp was only too happy to answer for us.