Ubisoft is really stepping up the pace of their development; hopefully, it will be without a sacrifice in game quality. After releasing Assassin’s Creed II only last fall, the company has announced the next installment, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, featuring online multiplay for the first time, for a November 2010 release.

The game appears to still focus on Ezio, the central character of Assassin’s Creed II, and his neverending quest for how to get rid of blackheads… err, I mean, how to off a whole bunch of famous people. Since the game does not appear to have the expected “Assassin’s Creed III” moniker, it appears this may be a side-story to the main series.

So long as Ubisoft keeps delivering the 1080p eye-candy combined with great play mechanics and a solid storyline, and they can issue new installments endlessly, as far as I’m concerned. However, let’s hope the series doesn’t travel down the Lara Croft path of diminishing returns by maintaining too steady a stream of titles to allow for actual improvement in the game.