The next Assassin’s Creed will find Ezio Auditore in Rome, Ubisoft‘s revealed during their third-quarter financial conference call.
An Ubisoft rep revealed Ezio’s intentions to “strike directly at the heart of the Templar Order.”
This is the same Assassin’s Creed that Ubisoft confirmed to feature online multiplayer. That same Ubi rep has said that the developer is putting a lot of importance into the multiplayer aspect of the game.