Details on the previously announced follow-up to 2009’s smash hit Assassin’s Creed II have popped up in Ubisoft’s third quarter financial conference call. Confirming my suspicions that such a game would star protagonist Ezio, Ubisoft revealed that the hero will romp about Rome subduing the Templar opposition.

Stressing the care Ubisoft is taking with the multiplayer mode in this new, unnamed title, a company representative wouldn’t dish out any further details. I just hope the development team of Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow’s unique and compelling versus feature is involved in some way.

When asked if the short turn-around time between Assassin’s Creed titles suggests the franchise is moving to an annual release cycle, CEO Yves Guillemot said, “We can’t comment on that yet. We are going to come very often (to) that franchise.”

For the skinny on Assassin’s Creed II, check out my Crush! Frag! Review!

[Via: Kotaku]