GKNOVA6: Viral Site For Unknown Video Game Discovered – Fallout or Call of Duty?

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UPDATE 4/9/2010: Transmission #2 – https://movieviral.com/2010/04/09/gknova6-website-updates-new-codes-what-game/
A new website for an unknown video game has been discovered by IGN and Joystiq, after they received a package from somewhere in Maryland. The site plays a video, which you can watch after the jump. Initial rumors suggest that this site, www.gknova6.com, is related to an upcoming Bethesda release – Fallout: New Vegas. But not so fast, it may be for an upcoming Activision video game – Call of Duty 7 (rumored to be called “Black Ops”). What is clear? Well, the site includes multiple references to the Cold War, including photographs of John F. Kennedy delivering a speech about the Cuban Missile Crisis. But we’ll speculate about which title this is really for after the jump.

Members of the Unfiction forums have found something interesting that points this towards Call of Duty 7. The website includes a Google Analytics number that has been used exclusively by Activision for many other websites. Even though that’s the case, we have to look at the possibilities, and it’s quite possible Activision hired an outside company to run their websites and now Bethesda has hired that same company to run this website. The latter is less likely, so we’ll call it in favor of Call of Duty.

1-0 in favor of Call of Duty.

However as the Joystiq post says, the envelope is from Maryland – and Bethesday is based in Maryland, but so is the company the domain was registered to: MarkMonitor. That could mean Activision is doing their dirty work through that company, but that’s unlikely.  In addition, some members at the GiantBomb forums pointed out that the site was found using a Caesar cipher, and the plot of Fallout: New Vegas includes a slaver group called “Caesar’s Legion.” These two aren’t as solid as the Google Analytics number, so lets tie it up.

1-1, all tied up.

Now for the swing vote. The package sent to IGN and Joystiq was also sent to multiple high-profile Call of Duty fans, including WePlayCOD who tweeted “Just received a mysterious USB drive in the #WPC mailbox with what seems to be a cryptic audio transmission. Possible #CoD7 clue?” In our opinion, that is the straw that broke the camels back. Why would Bethesda be sending Fallout package to Call of Duty fans? I guess you could throw out a hypothetical situation, but we’re pretty sure this is for Call of Duty 7. Not to mention the Fallout storyline wouldn’t include the Kennedy presidency. We’ll know for sure within a week, because a code in the video translated to “APRIL WEEK TWO”. Oh, and:

2-1, Call of Duty takes it.

This is really just our opinion – and it’s still being debated by many gaming fans, so this is by no means confirmed. The content of the site (at least the content we know of) doesn’t suggest what video game it’s for, so there is no way to be sure. We’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest and make sure you let us know what you think, leave a comment below.

UPDATE: A third, and extremely likely alternative has been pointed out by Dane in the comments. It’s possible, as he suggests, that this is for the upcoming game Singularity. A quick Wikipedia read on the game says it’s based around the Cold War and involves a nuclear incident occurring on an isolated island, so the connection to John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis makes sense. And get this, it’s being published by Activision. If you read his comments, he also suggests the red lights on the TV read R – A – I – S, which would be another reference to the game, but I can’t really confirm that. So, I’ll put it at 1-2-1 in favor of Call of Duty, but this definitely tightens up the race. The only real beef I have with this newest guess is the fact it was sent to Call of Duty fans. So, I guess we’ll have to wait and see what this site is really about.

UPDATE #2: You can now count Fallout: New Vegas out. On the official Bethesda website forum, an administrator Bethesda’s community manager posted the following message: “Whatever this is seems cool, but it doesn’t relate to our games.” So, Fallout is out of the race, and that leaves either Singularity or Call of Duty. We’ll take the latter by a 2-1 count in favor of Call of Duty. Time will once again be the decider.

Sources: GiantBomb forums | Unfiction forums | Joystiq.com | Sage from the MovieViral.com Forum

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  2. It’s neither.

    How epicly dumb for people to be this wrong.

    It’s a game called Singularity, by Raven, Published by Activison, so it;s only partly right.

    The blinking light on the TV puts out the letters

    R A I S

    These are the given taglines for the 4 key gameplay features of the game, Revert, Age, Impulse and Stasis.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_%28video_game%29

    See the gameplay section and the bolded headings.

    The game is about the cold war and Einsteinium, the manipulation of the material and molecular world.

    The television doesn’t even match the aesthetic style of fallout at all.

    Such a travesty that a good game misses out on it’s well deserved publicity, from idiots saying it’s something so predictable and mediocre as Fallout or Call of Duty.

  3. Thanks, Dane. I’ll add that to the article. But I’m not sure I’m ready to call it 100% Singularity, because I’m still baffled by the fact the packages were sent to Call of Duty fans.

  4. Activison. Chances are call of duty fans are going to be more easily approachable for another fps title.

  5. It was sent to a site called “WePlayCOD”

    I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m just skeptical. And I don’t if what you said about the lights is true. I’ve heard others say it says “C O D 7”

  6. It is true that we, along with about 5 others in the CoD community received this package. As far as we can all tell, this DID come from Treyarch, it DOES reference CoD, as well as the rumored Cold War setting i.e. Bay Of Pigs.

    As for why it came from Maryland, we have no idea. Knowing Treyarch though, that almost certainly is part of the clue. We’ll be staying tuned into the GKNOVA6 site over the next few days, looking for any updates. Feel free to follow us on Twitter as the events unravel @WePlayCoD.

  7. @Nick

    I’ve also heard it spells “R A I S”, which would be an anagram for the modes in Singularity. I don’t know mores code and can’t be bothered to mess with it, so who knows…I’m leaning towards the CoD side also for the packages sent to WPC.

  8. I’m still up in the air. But I’m pretty sure it’s not Fallout, just because of the Activision Google Analytics number. But, could see the other game (Singularity) being a possibility.

    We’ll know for sure within the coming week.

  9. Yeah totally.

    I know for sure it’s something activision, or singularity.

    Theres the possiblity, activision is promoting 2 games with one campaign.

    This would be a smart move.

    I however can’t see this whole deal being simply for a dlc thing.

  10. Hell the games could even be related to each other in some wierd way. This is fun as shit though.

  11. I was a signal’s mate and lookout in the Swedish Navy, I know morse code. It does look a bit like morse, but whoever did the code has no clue because the timing is weird as hell. One thing is certain – it does NOT say anything like R-A-I-S. See for yourselves:

    R: short-long-short
    A: short-long
    I: short-short
    S: short-short-short

    That string is nowhere close to what that red light is blinking.
    I’m at work and don’t have time to transcribe the

  12. Just wondering if the site gknova.com has anything to do with this? The site just seems to mysterious to be just another website.

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