User blog comment:DanyD/Assassins or Templars?/@comment-13471981-20130928130316/@comment-13471981-20130929184315

The multiplayer isn't fake, it's part of the canon universe. It was initially a training program, using simulations of real people and locations to teach Abstergo recruits techniques to hunt down the remaining Assassins. It was then released in the form of a game console, with as of yet unknown intentions.