New Details on Assassin's Creed III

Assassin's Creed III is the fifth in the Assassin's Creed series on current-generation consoles. Assassin's Creed III has been officially confirmed for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, with a scheduled release date of October 30th, 2012 in North America and October 31st, 2012 in PAL regions. It has also been confirmed for Wii U, with a release date TBA. According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, the team has been "working for three years" on the project.

Assassin's Creed 3 Is Set in The America Revolution

 Assassin's Creed III is set near Boston and New York between 1753-1783. You are introduced to Connor as a child and experience a traumatic event that shapes his future. Judging from the images, it's clear that much of the game is spent exploring the wilderness and navigating what Ubisoft calls the "Frontier", which is supposedly 1.5 times the size of Rome in Brotherhood.  In addition to the night and day cycle from previous games, there will be a full weather system impemented in ACIII.  This means that snow and rain among others will be apart of the game.  One thing that Ubisoft said was that snow will play a big part in the way Connor moves around.  If there is almost a foot of snow on the ground, then Connor's movement will be hindered as opposed to there not being any snow on the ground.  Likewise to when he is moving from tree to tree.

Assassin's Creed 3 Plot Summary

An assassin named Connor Kenway is in the middle of the American Revolutionary War, though that's not the war he's fighting. Connor is fighting his own battle, which will intersect with the events of the Revolutionary War, and will find Templars and Assassins in both the Colonial and British camps. Source: Gamespy: Huge Preview: Assassin's Creed 3  Also, instead of Connor focusing on fighting against the Templars, it is said that some supporting characters will in fact be Templar, and you will be workong with them through some parts of the game.  Ubisoft wants to explore a sort of gray area in between the Assassin Order and the Templar Order more than ever before.
Meanwhile, Desmond and the remnants of the Assassin Order finally bring the fight to Abstergo to stop the launch of a satellite that will initiate doomsday.