When the Assassin’s Creed franchise comes to mind, you think of a large-scale single player experience. Ubisoft is looking to broaden that narrow view with the next “episode” in the series, which is said to feature an online multiplayer component. This tantalizing tidbit was casually dropped in the company’s revised 2009-10 outlook and as such further details are nonexistent at the moment. Certainly piques our interest, though.

Ubisoft was keen to mention that this upcoming installment is a new episode, not a new entry, ruling out the possibility that it will be called Assassin’s Creed 3. The title is due out in the company’s 2010-11 fiscal year, meaning the latest it could hit is March of next year. Platform specifics were not divulged. More details will follow soon, we’re sure.

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