The coolest news was that this new title (possible Assassin’s Creed 3?) would be the first installment in the franchise to introduce multiplayer! We don’t know what the multiplayer mode will entail but we at Game Rant are hoping it’s a co-op related or a possible co-op option for the campaign. I think if gamers had to choose what they want from multiplayer, co-op is what we want. Let’s play the other Assassin’s and work together!

Now comes news that the main character from Assassin’s Creed 2, Ezio, will be returning the the next installment and that it is in fact a follow-up to the most recent release. We also know that it is a full-retail complete game and not an expansion.

There will be several Ubisoft studios (the Montreal studio did most of the second installment) working together to make the game high quality and to make it fast - possibly for a holiday release this year. A spokesperson confirmed the following yesterday:

Where do you think the story will take us in the next Assassin’s Creed and what multiplayer features do you want?

Source: CVG