User blog comment:Kabutsu/ACIII Season Pass Confirmed/@comment-4889347-20121003164055/@comment-1824113-20121003194735

I get the impression that Ubisoft wants to justify creating a Season Pass of DLC. They've run out of room on the real timeline, so now they've resorted to making a cheesy alternate history to get people to buy DLC.

And hey, it worked. I'll buy it. :D