Game Theory: The Assassin's Creed Shared Universe Conspiracy

MatPat reveals he has discovered a secret that will blow viewers' minds about the Assassin's Creed franchise.

Game Theory is a show that keeps coming back for more, much like the Assassin's Creed franchise releases annually.

MatPat claims to prove the existence of an unknown entry in the Assassin's Creed series that is hidden in plain sight and available for purchase on store shelves.

The hidden game is Watch Dogs, with protagonist Aiden Pearce being a modern-day descendant of the Assassin's Order with his plot tied to the broader AC franchise.

Before humanity existed, The First Civilization was a race with triple helix DNA that was extremely advanced and genetically developed humans from primates to serve as a workforce.

The First Civilization used Pieces of Eden, powerful items that activate naturally occurring neurotransmitters in the human brain to exert control over the human population.

• Some First Civilization members interbred with humans, creating hybrids immune to Pieces of Eden • These hybrids inherited abilities like Eagle Vision • They fought for human freedom and justice against The First Civilization

After The First Civilization was wiped out, hybrid genes spread through the human gene pool, and those with high concentrations were recruited to protect humanity against threats to free will, leading to the conflict between the Assassins and the Knights Templar.

• An email in Assassin's Creed 4 shows Blume offering use of the C.T.O.S. security network to Abstergo Entertainment • Abstergo Entertainment is the Templar-run video game company that creates games using Animus experiences • This directly connects Watch Dogs' central technology to the AC universe

• Assassin's Creed games can be seen on shelves in Watch Dogs homes • An Easter egg shows a father joking about his son playing a game where you enter digital limbo after assassinations • Abstergo employees are visible in Chicago in Watch Dogs through hacker profiling

Aiden freerunns similarly to AC assassins, has a focusing power like Eagle Vision, uses predictive countering techniques, employs stealth operations, and relies on hacking like assassin hackers Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane.

Aiden is called The Fox, and there is a historical AC assassin named La Volpe (the fox) from Italy who was a leader of thieves working against corruption, much like Watch Dogs hackers.

Olivier Garneau, CEO of Abstergo Entertainment from Assassin's Creed 4, mysteriously disappears after leaving for a shareholder meeting in Chicago.

In Watch Dogs, Aiden discovers Olivier Garneau wanted by The Brotherhood at Brandon Docks and hunts him down to eliminate him, proving Aiden's alignment with the Assassins.

The fact that The Brotherhood allows Aiden to help with their targets speaks volumes about his skill, lineage, and assassin status, something that took most main AC characters half their game to achieve.

The connection between Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed is confirmed through following Abstergo across both games.

Ubisoft has integrated all major company-owned IP games released in recent years into one shared universe.

• Jason can mark and track targets through walls like assassins • Training from the Rakyat people appears to be an Assassin Order offshoot • An abandoned Abstergo facility appears in The Lost Expeditions DLC mission

• Access code 1 2 2 1 1 2 references December 21, 2012, the Mayan apocalypse date central to AC lore • The Silver Dragon Dagger mimics Piece of Eden mind-control properties • In Far Cry 4's Valley of the Yetis DLC, AJ must destroy a yellow glowing relic that controls minds, mirroring Pieces of Eden

• Splinter Cell's Megiddo organization parallels the Templars as a shadowy global power • Ghost Recon features Abstergo Industries in DLC content • These connections blur the line between Easter eggs and full canon sharing

Aiden, Jason, AJ, and other Ubisoft characters from yearly franchises all live in the same world with connections growing stronger year by year.

A giant Avengers-style crossover game featuring these characters would generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

• Assassin's Dogs (combining Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs) • Splinter Recon (combining Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon) • Integration of other franchises like Rayman

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