The second episode in The Fate of Atlantis, Assassin's Creed Odyssey's DLC inspired by the afterlife in Greek mythology, will be out on June 4, Ubisoft has announced.

The Fate of Atlantis - Torment of Hades will continue the story started by Fields of Elysium, which launched last month. The Steam reviews for the DLC are currently "very positive", suggesting it's worth considering if you enjoyed the base game. Torment of Hades is the second of three episodes planned for The Fate of Atlantis, and the third is due out "mid-2019".

Torment of Hades is, as you might have guessed, all about exploring the underworld, and you'll get to meet Hades himself. Ubisoft teased the environments in this gif yesterday: expect dusty plains, dead trees and enemies with strange, glowing markings.

There are two ways to start The Fate of Atlantis. The first involves completing the Between Two Worlds questline, along with the Heir of Memories and the Lost Tales of Greece questlines that follow, and having a character at level 28 or above. The second is a shortcut option that gives you a new level 52 hero to begin Heir of Memories, but it doesn't carry over your progress from the main campaign.

You can only buy The Fate of Atlantis as an entire package, but it's 50% off on Steam for the next few days, making it $12.50/£10.50.

The Lost Tales of Greece are a steady stream of new missions for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and the next episode in the series will feature a hunt for an impostor who is posing as none other than you.

The story is called “A Really, Really Bad Day,” and it’s the ninth episode in the Lost Tales of Greece series. Someone in Lokris is pretending to be you, and is ruining your reputation in the process. Players will have to travel to village there and figure out who the impostor is. You’ll need to reach chapter five in the main story to open this quest.

The new Lost Tales episode will be available free to all players May 14. Also on the way this month is a new title update, which adds a few new improvements to the game, including unique legendary lieutenants who scale up with players’ levels. The update will also reduce the objectives in weekly contracts so they’re quicker to finish.

A purported leak that provides details on the next Assassin’s Creed game has been making the rounds on 4chan and ResetEra for the last day or two. It’s even accompanied by several off-screen screenshots that portray a Viking-themed setting and characters. But as is often the case with these things, it’s fake.

As some sharp-eyed ResetEra members determined, the screenshots included with the “leak” actually show assets found in the Unity Store. In particular, one scene is clearly set in a free environment called The Blacksmith, which was created by Silvia Rasheva to make a short film of the same name.

Here’s one of the “leaked” screenshots, along with a shot of The Blacksmith free Unity asset.

Even if the forum members hadn’t unearthed this connection, there’s no escaping the fact that the supposedly leaked screenshots look really bad, especially in comparison to Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed: Origins. They look bad compared to the original Unity assets they’re using, in fact. That’s a bit of a red flag, especially when the leak is claiming the next Assassin’s Creed will be a “cross gen” title.

There were other red flags as well. The leak claimed the next Assassin's Creed world map will be split up into kingdoms that encompass all of Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Even given the size of Odyssey's sprawling map, that is absurdly large. 

It’s certainly not out of the question that we’ll learn more about the next Assassin’s Creed through leaks—that seems to be the usual way of things these days—but this one is just bogus.

Oh, Ubisoft. If you're going to go there, you might as well go the whole hog.

The latest mercenary to appear in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is Testiklos the Nut. As well as his unfortunate name, he's laden with a tragic past. OK, it's not a tear jerker, but I guess it's a bit sad. He misses his brother, you see. Testikles (who you might've met previously in the game). They were separated when they were young, and Testiklos hasn't been the same since. 

Someone's already hunted him down and killed the poor guy and his pet boar. Yes, he's an animal lover. See, there's more to him than just a silly name. He's got lots of things going for him.  

You can fight and recruit Testiklos the Nut now. 

Update: we added a quick edit here to reference the fact Testikles had previously appeared in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is kicking off its second major DLC, The Fate of Atlantis, by sending players into the ancient Greek afterlife. The first of three episodes, Fields of Elysium, will launch on April 23.

You can check out the trailer above, which boasts the stunning backdrops we've come to expect from Assassin's Creed, as well as a suitably dramatic score. A seething Cerberus also makes an appearance. 

Fields of Elysium promises encounters with various mythical beasts and Greek gods and players should expect to face the forces of the Isu during the adventure. More legendary weapons and gear are up for grabs and new Ability enhancements will be introduced with the episode, allowing you to modify existing abilities to alter their function.

The Fate of Atlantis storyline starts after you've completed the main game and you'll need to complete the Between Two Worlds questline, along with the Heir of Memories and the Lost Tales of Greece questlines that follow. A character level of 28 or higher is also required. You can check the full details here.

The Fate of Atlantis DLC will continue with a second episode, Torment of Hades, and conclude with Judgement of Atlantis, completing the second story arc sometime this summer.