However, in a market analysis video that can be found in Assassin's Creed IV, it is revealed that Abstergo found Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the historical protagonist of Assassin's Creed II, to be an unacceptable choice for their game's hero. Since Assassin's Creed IV went radically meta by making the Assassin's Creed games an in-universe franchise, the presence of Assassin's Creed II on T-Bone's shelf could be considered yet another indicator that Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed take place in the same universe. Only two of them have exposed covers, and you'll never guess what's on those covers. In this trailer, Aiden Pearce's hacker associate T-Bone is shown seated at his desk with a healthy collection of CD cases.

One of the character trailers for Watch Dogs actually contains Easter eggs for both Assassin's Creed and Far Cry in the same frame, the eagle eyes over at Dual Shockers have discovered. These three franchises are all very incestuous. Those who played the Lost Expeditions DLC in Ubisoft's island adventure Far Cry 3 will also have encountered an Assassin's Creed Easter egg in that game. More recently, Watch Dogs returned the favor by including an Assassin's Creed Easter egg in one of the game's screenshots. Players of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag who explored the modern-day setting and hacked Abstergo Entertainment's computers (which use the patented Frogger security system) can unearth an e-mail concerning Abstergo's potential interest in ctOS, the central operating system used to control the alternate version of Chicago in Ubisoft's upcoming open world game Watch Dogs. As far as their main narratives go, Ubisoft's various action franchises all seem to exist happily independent of one another, even their Tom Clancy-branded games - that is, until you start peering very closely.

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