The next Assassin's Creed game will be called Assassin's Creed Dynasty, claims an employee working on the game's animation at Technicolor.
Speaking exclusively to PlayStation Universe, our source works at Technicolor based in Bangalore on the animation team and claims he is working on the new Assassin's Creed instalment right now.
Technicolor's animation team have worked on many big games in the past, including the FIFA, Call of Duty and Resident Evil franchises. We've done a bit of digging too, and know that Technicolor has also worked with Ubisoft in the past, and indeed most of the gaming powerhouses.
Now, the word 'Dynasty' is pretty much synonymous with China, and with so many different eras to choose from Ubisoft is spoilt for choice.
https://www.psu.com/news/assassins-creed-dynasty-leak-suggests-china-location/Ubisoft has touched on this era in the past with Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China.The platforming game was set in 1526 with the Ming Dynasty starting to crumble, and players took the role of Shao Jun, an Assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood.
In another strange coincidence, Ubisoft also created a short animation film called Assassin's Creed Embers in 2014 which featured none other than Shao Jun, who was Ezio's only protégé and student.
Putting this all together, we can make assumptions in saying that Assassin's Creed Dynasty (still unconfirmed, and could be an internal code name like Empire was for Origins) could feature Shao Jun, and could be set in the Ming Dynasty period.