Next Assassin's Creed Has New Hero, Time Period, Developer

The next Assassin's Creed title will take place in a new time period
for the franchise, and stars a new protagonist. Ubisoft CEO Yves
Guillemot said the "all-new Assassin's Creed hero, within an all new
team and time period" will be "another major leap forward for the
franchise" when it releases some time before April 2014.

"It is the benefit of multiple teams working on multiple chapters of
the product," Guillemot said, "each getting several years to make their
versions of an Assassin's Creed game."

Guillemot did not specify which "new team" is behind the development
of the upcoming Assassin's Creed title, or whether it will release on
current or future generation platforms.

The next chapter in Assassin's Creed III, The Tyranny of King Washington, releases on February 19.

IGN will have more from Yves Guillemot on the future of Ubisoft on next-generation consoles very soon.