User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-5174994-20140911193304/@comment-3046679-20140911194208

They're going back to AC2's concept art and making the "Da Vinci Mechanical Armor" as the Armor of Altair was originally called.

Except it will be much more emphasized in the "mechanical" department.