User blog comment:D. Cello/Safety and Peace/@comment-30497090-20120404115449/@comment-3967215-20120405002230

I believe that while most of the developers were working on AC:BroHood and Rev, that they were working on ACIII. Which they were. They say they had it planned from the start and I do think that they used ACB and ACR as sort of a "bridge" to get where they needed to be, i.e the Grand Temple.