User blog comment:MarkvA/Gamescom - Assassin's Creed III Preview/@comment-4999424-20120821130024/@comment-4043223-20120821210904

The surprise will be the modern day story and the events surrounding Desmond, the Assassins and key relationships that will be introduced at the beginning. I also expect there to be either a portable animus or Desmond can now partially control the bleeding effect through meditation.