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Black Hound, A ##### ###### Game

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Tempy

don't ask me for codes
http://ingsoc.org has changed to supposedly tease a game:

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Of note is the inclusion of Nintendo's next console:

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The title of that page is "Black Hound - A ##### ###### Game"

Apparently http://ingsoc.org popped up somewhere in May with the same countdown to 9/11, KojiPro logo, and "KOJIMALIVES" text:


Domain was registered by someone in Kirkland, WA. There are a lot of devs in that area (Monolith, Warner Bros, etc)

Some old Reddit thread with interesting info: https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFri...jima_lives_a_countdown_what_the_hell_is_this/

Clicking on the logo sends you to the @KojimaLives twitter account, which has posted the following images over time:

May 26 - https://twitter.com/KojimaLives/status/603061116520931328/photo/1
June 1 - https://twitter.com/KojimaLives/status/605422682138509313/photo/1
July 29 - https://twitter.com/KojimaLives/status/626155711148396544/photo/1
July 29 - https://twitter.com/KojimaLives/status/626170370467364864/photo/1
July 29 - https://twitter.com/KojimaLives/status/626185475405955072/photo/1
August 26 - https://twitter.com/KojimaLives/status/636627899244646404/photo/1

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Hidden morse code message on the old site: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=165571280&postcount=4028

Elaborate fan page? New Carnival of Stupid?
 

amnesiac

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"Currently unannounced Nintendo console" and the plain text used for the countdown make it seem really fake to me.
 

Takao

Banned
I'm gonna say fake:
1) That's the KojiPro logo, which is owned by Konami.
2) Kojima is supposedly still a Konami contractor until the end of the year.
3) If Nintendo had to put a muzzle on Square Enix, they wouldn't let someone else start talking about NX.
 

AniHawk

Member
I'm gonna say fake:
1) That's the KojiPro logo, which is owned by Konami.
2) If Nintendo had to put a muzzle on Square Enix, they wouldn't let someone else start talking about NX.

but isn't it far more likely that kojima has gone rogue and gives no more fucks?
 

weekev

Banned
Its fake, and its pretty cruel as there are PT vibes along with the Kojima link. Harsh on the gaming community (especially those of us that didnt get to experience it)
 

Onaco

Member
I'm gonna say fake:
1) That's the KojiPro logo, which is owned by Konami.
2) Kojima is supposedly still a Konami contractor until the end of the year.
3) If Nintendo had to put a muzzle on Square Enix, they wouldn't let someone else start talking about NX.

Nintendo did what now?
 

ekim

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- an org domain
- some weird nameserver
- pictures are named "promo-art"
- the bland naming of an unnamed Nintendo console

Looks fake to me or that is what Kojima wants us to think. Hm.....
 

Mariolee

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I'm gonna say fake:
1) That's the KojiPro logo, which is owned by Konami.
2) Kojima is supposedly still a Konami contractor until the end of the year.
3) If Nintendo had to put a muzzle on Square Enix, they wouldn't let someone else start talking about NX.

Gonna go with this as well, though you put it much better than I ever could.
 

ekim

Member
When you change the url to http://ingsoc.org/#Connect - you will have some fade which usually opens a dialogue or something. If you add something to the ModalDialog div, it will appear in the upper left corner. Still looks fake to me.
 

ElTorro

I wanted to dominate the living room. Then I took an ESRAM in the knee.
No official promo would have this "currently unannounced console" line.
 

Arion

Member
I doubt Kojima can start planning and talking about a brand new game this close to finishing TPP. If he is still making games it would be at least another year or so before we hear from him.
 

ika

Member
If it's true that the domain was up before the Kojima drama went public, maybe...

I'm not a fan of Kojima or MGS so I don't know if this kind of thing is usual, but P.T. Demo also looked anything but a Kojima game at first... And this web has some Silent Hills reminiscences to me (the first Kojima game I was interested in and the reason I got a PS4 -yes, you can laugh at me *sigh*-), so this part of me wants it to be real, not only because it'd be for NX (first Nintendo console to get a Kojima game since... NES? -Twin Snakes doesn't count as it was developed by SK-), but because the potential Silent Hills had (even if Del Toro is not involved anymore, apparently) to be the best horror experience ever.

We'll know in 13 days, I guess...
 

ekim

Member
Well the picture used (sad bunny plush) and the font are totally reminding me of Silent Hill. So maybe someone with the same amount of letters in it's name is doing some kind of fan game and just wants some attention or it's simply fake. Either way - it's there to make us think it's about Silent Hills.
 
I was thinking the hash tags were Watch Dogs2, then realized HIDEO KOJIMA fits em. Either an elaborate reveal or an odd way to announce DLC.
 
I doubt Kojima can start planning and talking about a brand new game this close to finishing TPP. If he is still making games it would be at least another year or so before we hear from him.

This, every exec contract with their salt has non compete restrictions on leaving, no way would it be this quick.

but isn't it far more likely that kojima has gone rogue and gives no more fucks?

you don't go rogue against multibillion dollar corporations and their army of laywers.
 
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