The Can🃏adian Videogame Awards recently aired and, in amongst the hustle and bustle, a web address was shown onscreen leading to a countdown timer. The countdown at ended last night, revealing what appeared to be an incomplete download code for the Xbox Marketplace. Tonight, a new update helps confirm those suspicions with a new entry referencing the PlayStation Network and another incomplete code appropriate for that online store.
These posts make references to a network protocol called “Crazy Eights” and a “Project Arkham” which may or may not be really significant. Additionally, a clickable seal in the corner of the page (which resolves to a 404 error) contained a little code around the fringe. Sleuths at alternate reality gaming forum quickly decoded it to reveal another web address, , though there is only a placeholder from registrar GoDaddy occupying the space at the moment.
For clues as to who might be responsible, we can look at the . Doesn’t narrow the field too much though eliminating anything Activision does remove a lot of suspects. Admittedly, it doesn’t look as though all of the pieces are in place for solving this puzzle yet but it’s something we should keep an eye on.
[thereisnolist.ca, Thanks ACC3SS!]
Published: Jun 2, 2011 04:00 am