“God I hate losing my keys.”

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Revelations for a 2011 release. The previous instalment in the series, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, has only been on the shelves for six months, suggesting that one of the more interesting new IPs of 2007 has officially made the transition to annualised cash cow. Handheld spinoffs and Facebook games notwithstanding, Revelations will be the fourth title in the free-roaming action series.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze, protagonist in the preceding two instalments, will again take centre stage. Our hero will be travelling to Constantinople to investigate the growing influence of the Templars. He’ll doubtlessly do everything in his power to resolve matters peacefully, before reluctantly concluding that he needs to introduce a rather large number of people to the pointy end of his hidden blade. This will be the final stanza in what Ubisoft has termed the ‘Ezio Trilogy’.

Assassin’s Creed Revelations is due for release on 360, PS3 and PC in November.