Update: As predicted, Assassin's Creed 2 is now free to keep via Uplay, so you can it now and start hopping around picturesque Renaissance Italy while stabbing lots of people. It's over a decade old now, and online features are no longer ed, but it's still a good 'un. Pick it up before April 17 and keep it forever.
Original story: If nothing else, it's a good time for free games, with a bunch of D&D material (including Adventure with Muk, an introduction for kids that contains a great character sheet I used in my own last game, and the sandbox campaign Lost Mine of Phandelver), and you can grab both Sherlock Holmes: Crime & Punishment and Close to the Sun from the Epic Store right now.
As spotted by Rayman Legends) with Assassin's Creed 2 appearing as an free offer on German site mydealz.de.
Looks like the game that brought us Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and includes a character named Mario introducing himself by saying "It's-a me, Mario," will be free to keep on Uplay from Tuesday, April 14. Its follow-ups Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Revelations will be available for a discounted price too.
While you're in the market for freebies, the Sokpop Collective are giving away their tiny train sim Soko Loco.
