User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/"World War II not unlikely for AC III."/@comment-3123551-20101014111414/@comment-1153722-20101014122417

That Dutch article is about an interview with Vincent Pontbriand, one of the games' developers, who says that they (the team) were discussing World War II and a female Assassin. So who are you going to trust: the whole team working on the series or the storywriter alone?

And AC III will NOT be set in Modern Times. How many times do I have to repeat that? You're just thinking your assumption is a fact. Why would the team discuss World War II as a setting, while Desmond is the only protagonist?