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The most noticeable difference is a change in Olivier's company position, since ''Black Flag'' has him as Abstergo Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer while ''Watch_Dogs'' puts him even higher as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a job that at the time was still occupied by [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Alan Rikkin]]. While it would be chronologically consistent for this Olivier to be the same one as in ''Black Flag'', since both games are set in 2013 and hacked security camera footage from ''Black Flag''{{'}}s post-game reveals Supervisor [[Melanie Lemay]]'s worry at suddenly losing contact with Olivier just two days after his departure, [[Layla Hassan's personal files|files]] collected by the Abstergo employee [[Layla Hassan]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) reveal that Olivier was still alive according to a recovered [[w:c:watchdogs:Quinkie's|Quinkie's]] receipt dated 25 May 2014, five days before his murder was captured on CCTV.
The most noticeable difference is a change in Olivier's company position, since ''Black Flag'' has him as Abstergo Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer while ''Watch_Dogs'' puts him even higher as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a job that at the time was still occupied by [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Alan Rikkin]]. While it would be chronologically consistent for this Olivier to be the same one as in ''Black Flag'', since both games are set in 2013 and hacked security camera footage from ''Black Flag''{{'}}s post-game reveals Supervisor [[Melanie Lemay]]'s worry at suddenly losing contact with Olivier just two days after his departure, [[Layla Hassan's personal files|files]] collected by the Abstergo employee [[Layla Hassan]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) reveal that Olivier was still alive according to a recovered [[w:c:watchdogs:Quinkie's|Quinkie's]] receipt dated 25 May 2014, five days before his murder was captured on CCTV.


Even all this aside, [[Ubisoft]]'s stance on any connection between the two is that it is a non-canonical "[[Easter eggs|Easter egg]]", with ''Black Flag''{{'}}s Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] saying the ''Watch_Dogs'' development team asked for an idea and accepted his "little joke",<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/472105805974872064|Darby McDevitt|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]] twice refuting the alleged link, once in March 2017 during a {{Wiki|Reddit}} AMA session when he stated that "[Watch_Dogs] and [Assassin's Creed] are different universe[s]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/|archivedate=26 March 2017|author="AymarMtl"|date=21 March 2017|accessdate=19 November 2024|publisher=''Reddit''|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref> and again in a November 2017 tweet in which he asserted there was "no multiverse. [The games] are not part of a join[t] narrative" before requesting that fans stop asking him, adding "[he's] said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that".<ref>{{Twitter|venngar_0011|status/927670643373387777|venngar_0011|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]|image=Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|AymarMtl|status/927671432938696704|Azaïzia Aymar|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|venngar_0011|status/927671710303825920|venngar_0011|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?|image=Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|AymarMtl|status/927670643373387777|Azaïzia Aymar|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D|image=Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref>
Even all this aside, [[Ubisoft]]'s stance on any connection between the two is that it is a non-canonical "[[Easter eggs|Easter egg]]", with ''Black Flag''{{'}}s Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] saying the ''Watch_Dogs'' development team asked for an idea and accepted his "little joke",<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/472105805974872064|Darby McDevitt|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]] twice refuting the alleged link, once in March 2017 during a {{Wiki|Reddit}} AMA session when he stated that "[Watch_Dogs] and [Assassin's Creed] are different universe[s]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/|archivedate=26 March 2017|author="AymarMtl"|date=21 March 2017|accessdate=19 November 2024|publisher=''Reddit''|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref> and again in a November 2017 tweet in which he asserted there was "no multiverse. [The games] are not part of a join[t] narrative" before requesting that fans stop asking him, adding "[he's] said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that".<ref>{{Twitter|venngar_0011|status/927670643373387777|venngar_0011|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|AymarMtl|status/927671432938696704|Azaïzia Aymar|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|venngar_0011|status/927671710303825920|venngar_0011|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter|AymarMtl|status/927670643373387777|Azaïzia Aymar|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

Revision as of 05:35, 19 November 2024

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This article title is conjecture. Although the article subject is canon, no official name for it has been given.
Chicago CCTV footage of the fixer shooting Olivier Garneau

This individual was a hitman based in Chicago.

Biography

On 30 May 2014, he was hired to assassinate Abstergo Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer (CCO) and Templar ally Olivier Garneau. After attacking and destroying his vehicle on the freeway, the hitman shot Garneau as he tried to crawl away. The hitman's actions, however, were covered-up by the company and kept deep under wraps.[1]

Legacy

In late 2017, CCTV footage of the assassination was obtained by Layla Hassan, which she kept in her personal files on other mysterious disappearances and deaths related to Abstergo Industries.[1]

Behind the scenes

The CCTV image of the man is an allusion to Aiden Pearce, the main protagonist of the first entry in the Watch_Dogs series, as the two appear to be identical. In Watch_Dogs (2013), the player is assigned a target by the name of Olivier Garneau in the mission "Requiescat In Pace". They are instructed to "immobilize" his car and only to "knock down the target"; killing Olivier will automatically fail the mission, although it is possible to execute him after a mission success. Although this Olivier is described as being "targeted by the Brotherhood" and involved in "genetic memory manipulation", there are a few discrepancies between what is presented here and in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013).

The most noticeable difference is a change in Olivier's company position, since Black Flag has him as Abstergo Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer while Watch_Dogs puts him even higher as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a job that at the time was still occupied by Grand Master Alan Rikkin. While it would be chronologically consistent for this Olivier to be the same one as in Black Flag, since both games are set in 2013 and hacked security camera footage from Black Flag's post-game reveals Supervisor Melanie Lemay's worry at suddenly losing contact with Olivier just two days after his departure, files collected by the Abstergo employee Layla Hassan in Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017) reveal that Olivier was still alive according to a recovered Quinkie's receipt dated 25 May 2014, five days before his murder was captured on CCTV.

Even all this aside, Ubisoft's stance on any connection between the two is that it is a non-canonical "Easter egg", with Black Flag's Lead Writer Darby McDevitt saying the Watch_Dogs development team asked for an idea and accepted his "little joke",[2] and Brand Manager Aymar Azaïzia twice refuting the alleged link, once in March 2017 during a Reddit AMA session when he stated that "[Watch_Dogs] and [Assassin's Creed] are different universe[s]"[3] and again in a November 2017 tweet in which he asserted there was "no multiverse. [The games] are not part of a join[t] narrative" before requesting that fans stop asking him, adding "[he's] said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that".[4]

Appearances

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: OriginsLayla Hassan's personal files: "The Gone Files: Olivier Garneau – Chicago CCTV Footage"
  2. Darby McDevitt (@DarbyMcDevitt) on Twitter "@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke." (screenshot)
  3. "AymarMtl" (21 March 2017). I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!. Reddit. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved on 19 November 2024. "@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!
    @AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!"
  4. venngar_0011 (@venngar_0011) on Twitter "@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A" (screenshot)
    Azaïzia Aymar (@AymarMtl) on Twitter "@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)" (screenshot)
    venngar_0011 (@venngar_0011) on Twitter "@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?" (screenshot)
    Azaïzia Aymar (@AymarMtl) on Twitter "There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D" (screenshot)