As a result, some fans have started to wonder - will we ever see a playable female lead in the Assassin’s Creed series?

According to a recent interview with Assassin’s Creed 3 creative director, Alex Hutchinson (conducted by Kotaku), the team is not only interested in utilizing a playable female assassin in a future game, they actually thought about bringing in a leading-lady for Assassin’s Creed 3.

Unfortunately, the American Revolution setting made it difficult to employ a female assassin - given the gender roles of the time period:

No doubt plenty of Assassin’s Creed fans will remember recruiting female assassins to their cause in both Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Revelations; however, while it might seem like a sexist slight, it makes sense that players will have to settle for another male lead this round (given the historical locale of the next game). Renaissance Italy was full of well-know female figures that could rub shoulders with well-known men without being out of place; unfortunately, as indicated by Hutchinson, women during the American Revolution were, for the most part, resigned to less adventurous daily activities. If nothing else, the character would have had an especially difficult time infiltrating male-dominated societies such as the Freemasons.

Ultimately, the developers probably could have made it work; though, for some gamers, it might have been hard to accept a lady assassin rubbing shoulders with the likes of John Adams, George Washington, or Benjamin Franklin. Obviously, this isn’t to say that women in the American Revolution couldn’t have thrown-down on British soldiers but, considering some of the game does take place in areas outside of the New York and Boston city-centers, it would have been challenging for designers to find the right balance between characters that comment on the dangerous woman in their midst - or say nothing at all.

It took a long time to get playable female characters into fan-favorite franchises (like Gears of War); as a result, the very fact that Ubisoft has considered the idea should be encouraging to lady-gamers and players who are especially eager to see a dual-hidden blade-wielding female assassin.

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Assassin’s Creed III releases on October 30, 2012 for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. A Wii U launch has been confirmed — though an official release date has yet to be revealed.

Source: Kotaku