User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-12-'14 — New Assassin's Creed in Victorian London leaked/@comment-117.248.4.248-20150322163247/@comment-25501691-20150322170402

Yes, when you open the game for the first time, it'll show you the latest version and start downloading it. However, you can still play the game, it just won't be patched, so have fun. You can see the progress of the download under 'downloads' in the main menu.