Shogun 2 interview at NowGamer

[Martok]

1) That's always a good thing .
2) That may be good or bad. Good because maybe they might actually be working on MP good this time, bad because maybe they not. We shall see.

Well it sounds like CA is working on something fairly huge for the MP side of the game. However, it also sounds like they want to make sure it'll work properly before they go public with....whatever it is. Better that, I suppose, than announce it prematurely and get everyone excited, only for it to turn out they can't pull it off after all.

Of course it makes it somewhat frustrating for those who want more info, but I can't really fault CA for its thinking.