User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 08-02-'13 — Next game will be all new, plus DLC promotional material/@comment-87.202.34.59-20130209224417/@comment-4519956-20130209230853

That's a valid point that I didn't even realize. Yves didn't explicitly say, "Connor will not return". He could be referring to Desmond's replacment. Nice post :)