User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-12-'14 — New Assassin's Creed in Victorian London leaked/@comment-4254431-20150113091530/@comment-13471981-20150114163042

I was reserving judgment on that, but yes, it does seem rather weird.

Apparently the dlc was written by Jeffrey Yohalem btw. He did Brotherhood, if I remember correctly.