Work on
Assassin's Creed III began almost immediately after the release of
Assassin's Creed II (2009) by a senior team of Ubisoft developers. When Ubisoft first revealed
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in 2010, as new details came to light, there was some confusion within the gaming community as to whether this would be
Assassin's Creed III. According to the developers
Brotherhood was not
Assassin's Creed III, and that the third installment will not star a pre-existing character. Ubisoft Montreal's developers stated in their interviews that
Assassin's Creed III will be released eventually. Jean-Franรงois Boivin of Ubisoft stated that each numbered title in the series will introduce a new lead character and a new setting. Patrice Dรฉsilets, former series' creative director, said that the series has always been planned as a trilogy. He also commented on the story of
Assassin's Creed III, saying that it will focus on Assassins' quest to prevent the end of the world in 2012, and their race against time to find temples and Apples of Eden built by "Those Who Came Before". Desmond will be searching for clues as to the locations of these temples, by exploring memories of one (or more) of his other ancestors.[SUP]
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In October 2011 Alexandre Amacio, creative director of
Assassin's Creed: Revelations, announced that the next installment of the franchise was to be released before December 2012, however, Amacio himself would not be directing the game. This comes from the idea that Desmond Miles, the modern day protagonist of the series, was to finish his tale by December 2012. Amacio said that gamers should not have to play a futuristic game after the time period in which it is set.
In Assassin's Creed we set up a timeline with this whole end of the world plot in December 2012... That's fast approaching, and the story we have to tell, we obviously need to do it before we arrive at that point. It would be stupid of us to be centering a game on a semi-reality and then have that conclusion happen after that date in real life.
โ Alexandre Amacio