For some gamers, they managed to avoid the glitch by not saving the game, at all, while in the year 2012. A few others turned on the subtitles and averted breaking their game. For some gamers, neither "fix" worked.
Ubisoft, the company behind the blockbuster game has yet to comment, living up to their growing reputation in the gaming community of being "anti-consumer."
As of writing, Ubisoft has not provided a timetable, but it is clear that a patch will be needed.
You can read the Ubi forums here (a lot of the posts have been removed due to profanity from frustrated owners): Brotherhood Forum thread