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Easter eIn the mobile game created by Gameloft, one of the locations within the state of Oregon was called "Assassin's Creek".
Soul Calibur V
Ezio Auditore, wearing his default outfit from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, was a special playable guest character in Soul Calibur V.
South Park
In the sixth episode of season 19 of South Park, "Tweek x Craig", the titular characters can be seen playing Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
Styx: Master of Shadows
Styx: Master of Shadows features a hooded goblin assassin with traits similar to the Assassin's Creed franchise, including the use of parkour, ledge and air assassinations, and an ability akin to Eagle Vision. Accompanying this, one of the game's trailers is titled Assassin's Green[1]
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 featured two promotional items for the Spy class obtained through random crafting or from pre-ordering Assassin's Creed: Revelations from Steam called the "Dashin' Hashashin," which resembled Ezio's hood, and the Sharp Dresser which resembled Ezio's Hidden Blade.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
In the fifth Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, the player may travel to a place called the "Bard's Leap Summit", a large cliff sporting a plank at the top, with a large drop to a pool below, resembling a Viewpoint and a Leap of Faith. After successfully performing a Leap of Faith, the player will be greeted by a ghost of a man dressed in Alik'r Warrior clothing, who explains that he leapt to his death. The warrior's clothing is similar to Altaïr's outfit, while the Alik'r are a desert-dwelling people extremely proficient in combat and thus are occasionally used as assassins. Lastly, the entrance to the Viewpoint is an archway that slightly resembles the Assassin insignia.
The Messengers
In an episode of The Messengers, "Why We Fight", an Assassin insignia can be seen on the back window of Tom's truck.
The Saboteur
In The Saboteur, the main protagonist Sean Devlin earned a racing car with white stripes, named Altaïr, which was nicknamed "The Flying Eagle."
The Simpsons
In the fifth episode of season 23 of The Simpsons, "The Food Wife," a poster could be seen in the back of the fictional games convention E4, featuring a hippie with two Hidden Blades and the title "Assassin's Creed - Summer of Love," beside some other game parodies.
The Witcher 2
During one mission in The Witcher 2, Geralt could walk up to some haystacks underneath a structure resembling a Viewpoint and find the body of a white-robed man, who looked suspiciously like an Assassin, that appeared to have died when his Leap of Faith failed. The white-robed man also had a blade covering his arm that looked like an Assassin's Hidden Blade.
If the player examined the body, Geralt said, "Hmm... Guess they'll never learn." From there, he would be granted a hidden ability called "Assassin", which add additional damage to enemies if attacked from behind.
Velayudham
In the 2011 Indian Tamil film Velayudham, the protagonist Velu wears an outfit similar to Altaïr's. In regards to this, the film's producers mentioned that the costume was heavily influenced by Altaïr's outfit from Assassin's Creed.
Watch Dogs
Created by Ubisoft, the 2014 game Watch_Dogs contains numerous references to the Assassin's Creed universe: there is an outfit named the DedSec White Hacker Suit, for which the color scheme resembles the Assassins' robes; a camera feed shows a father watching his son playing "The Wounded Eagle" memory from Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
The final criminal convoy mission is entitled "Requiescat in Pace", a reference to Ezio Auditore. At the beginning of the mission, Aiden is contracted to take down Olivier Garneau. Aiden references Abstergo's genetic memory research and corporate corruption before knocking Olivier unconscious. According to Olivier's profile, he was the CEO of Abstergo and targeted by the Brotherhood, referencing as to why Olivier never arrived to his shareholder's meeting in Chicago.
Several individuals who work for Abstergo Industries can be seen through Aiden Pearce's Profiler.
There is a phone conversation between two people talking about Assassins, Templars, and Hermeticists. Another conversation proposes that one of the Three Stooges was a Templar, with the other two being Assassins.
Copies of Assassin’s Creed and Assassin’s Creed II can be found in various locations.
There is a magazine which features Connor on the cover.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
During the mission "American Consumption," a flyer for video games can be found in the locker room. The list includes Assassin's Creed: Revelations, among other Ubisoft titles such as Just Dance 3, Rayman Origins, and Rocksmith.
Rainbow Six Seige
On the Bank map, an image of Arno Dorian can be seen on a newspaper.