One thing I love about Ubisoft is there marketing.
Teaser video:
http://goo.gl/mfbE
(I believe that is Doctor Vidic talking, who very much sounds like Scolar Visari
)
It travels through a warehouse full of Animuses but cuts in and out displaying a cathedral of some sort.
Anyways, at the end of the little teaser it displays a bunch of weapons (axe, claw, fan, dagger, syringe) with different symbols which I think would led to the belief they are Templers weapons. There is also a little mini game, solution can be found here
http://goo.gl/JJQ8. What confuses me is the countdown. As I am writing this it shows 10:50:00 and is going down. Hopefully we will get some more news when it finishes.
EDIT
So the countdown ended and it has been officially announced. Will be out Holiday/Fall 2010, which was expected. I am just glad Leo Da Vinci is back in it, I really liked him. Also the idea of being able to fix up Rome instead of a villa is very cool. Finally something the florins are good for.