The multiplayer component of
Assassin's Creed III is being tasked to the team behind Assassin's
Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelations, according to a
host of Twitter and LinkedIn profile listings (via Gamesradar).
In
addition to work on the Assassin's Creed franchise, Ubisoft Annecy
designed the multiplayer components of the Splinter Cell games Pandora
Tomorrow (2004), Chaos Theory (2005), and Double Agent (2007).
Little
is known regarding the multiplayer component of Assassin's Creed III.
If it is based on the setting of the single-player campaign, gamers can
expect to traverse various sites in Colonial America during the
Revolutionary War.
As
of press time, Ubisoft had not responded to GameSpot's request for
comment. Assassin's Creed III is due out for the Xbox 360, PlayStation
3, Wii U, and PC on October 30, with a European launch pegged for
Halloween.