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

What do you think? Is this for Fallout: New Vegas or Call of Duty 7? Share your thoughts and comments below.

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Comments (110)

  1. Hey guesss what. My name is not Derek. Whoa! See how easy it is to LIE. Seriously. It’s not hard to lie to gamers. If you read the guidebook to fallout 3, the description of Col. Autumn is him wanting to have the perfect America back, with BASEBALL. I’m pretty sure it’s Fallout, and they crank out a new COD every 3 months, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was for COD. But i don’t think so.

  3. I’ve listened to it and here is what I’ve heard.

    they use the earths magnetic field x the information was gathered and transmitted
    mod (4 bing sounds)
    den 21 26 1 26 19 25 16 22 2 21 21 23 16 26 22 19 3
    nothing in life is to be feared it is only to be understood now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less
    mod 1 0 0(mysterious sounds?
    outside our conscious there lies the cold and alien world of actual things
    mod
    cant you see the whole spectrum
    (mysterious sounds?)
    (more mysterious sounds?)
    Kenneth whats the frequency
    linear not algorithmic
    —————————————————————–
    ok google says so far that
    the first line is Kryptos solution 2
    the second Quote is Marie curie a polish chemist and physicist
    the third quote is Heinrich Hertz a German physicist
    4th quote unknown
    5th quote is William Tager from when he assaulted Dan rather and said it repeatedly
    last is unknown

  4. if this call of duty treyarch and activision need to confirm something this is stupidd. last year mw2 already had like 3 trailers!!!!!!!!! i hope the next call of duty is just veitnam. black ops is a popular rumor but no! especially activision and treyarch would let stuff like this get out without them having like a teaser trailer like mw2!

  5. oh ya if this is set from 1945 to modern how would u have an m16 in 1945 really??? how would custom classes work?lets just go vietnam so i can own with a fully auto m16

  6. With in Infinity Ward emptying out everyone who was responcible for the good CODs, is it really a big deal?

    Well, maybe since Treyarch still has IW’s MW2 engine to play with.

  8. um guys havent you figured it out yet? its for the new half life game!!! i figured it out the other day but if you want a better less technical explanation of what was found check out the article on bashandslash.com, then think, ok so freedom 7 was the mercury spacecraft piloted by alan sheppard, alan sheppard appears in half life, the life expentancy of radioactive materials are calculated in their “half-life” and the next clue will appear on may the 5th this year. simples people!!!

  9. oh and if you dont belive me then check it out for yourself, as there is no vidoe on the third one there must be a clue in the audio file somewhere, play around with it. i am finding this fun though, hmmm i wonder if there is a company out there who would do this for people who paid, like make up these puzzles cuz i am finding all this facinating 🙂

  11. That’s not my website, but reading their forums is most informative on cracking these codes.

    The last transmission #4 said “Azure has the task”

    after searching a google group with azure in it, or something to that affect. It was found that azure is a member of 4 “consipiracy groups” he left the same message in all of them, one had a link to a file that required a password. the pass word was deciphered as “mason” and it was a JFK related document. The first letter of every sentence in that document spells out “TREYARCH”

  12. If this is for call of duty, its lame. If it were for Fallout, id be intrigues. I like ARG’s if they add some mystery to the story itself, but COD in general is not mysterious, and treyarch COD’s arent good

  14. transmissioin FIVE is now up!!!! the website has been redesigned!!! go treyarch!

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