When Assassin's Creed Unity is released, it will signal the beginning of a "new cycle of Assassin's Creed games" from Ubisoft.
Alex Amancio, Creative Director on Unity:
"It's a new start, it's a new narrative start. That is symbolized by a completely new context for the present day. You've seen a little bit of an evolution with Black Flag. We're not going to do the same thing. What we're doing with Unity is really the beginning (of) this new cycle of Assassin's Creed games.

"Because it's new, we can actually explain it properly because nobody is going to feel like it's redundant. I would say that Assassin's Creed Unity is the best entry point for the franchise since Assassin's Creed."

To some, this is great news. To others, it's terrible to hear.

(via Examiner)