User blog comment:The Joker~/GamesCom 2012 ACIII Naval Trailer/@comment-84.218.33.123-20120815140530/@comment-4975789-20120817111759

http://www.evilsourcegaming.com/screenshot/assassins-creed-3-gameinformer-scans/

They said it ages ago in the April Gameinformer issue. One of the paragraphs on the 3rd scan down on the column to the very right says "Its fair to say you don't go through Boston and New York buying shops." But they do later say that there is something similar.