User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 28-02-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag revealed/@comment-123.100.140.209-20130228141342/@comment-4999424-20130228145144

Are they milking Connor? No. And AC is basted around moder timeline(and the past) so the AC universe is always evolving forward even if they releases a game/novel/movie/comic or not. There was also a article some time a go that the AC universe has been planed years ahead.