User blog comment:JAlbor/Wikia at E3 2012/@comment-3254365-20120522164515/@comment-1153722-20120523055834

Think about all those times they asked us where we would like to see Assassin's Creed III go during 2010 and 2011, when they were apparently already working on it since late 2009/early 2010. You can be sure that there already are studios working on the next game.