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Talos
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Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 27
[Puzzle] Blizzard.com Possible ARG by Blizzard Entertainment Hey there,
I registered quite a while ago because of an ARG related to the game Sin Episodes: Emergence. Unfortunately that ARG was never solved but that's another story.
Now I really do not know if this thing is actually interesting for you guys. I hope the title of this thread is fitting but anyways here's the deal:
blizzard.com
There's a splash image on the site that changes every day and every new splash image shows another rune image.
So far this is what has been discovered about the Splash images:
Splash Image 01 News
Splash Image 02 News
Splash Image 03 News
Splash Image 04 News
There might be information hidden in the images as I tried to uncamo them but they need a password.
I reckon this puzzle is more of a game for blizzard fans but I thought what the heck and posted it here.
People obviously suggest that this puzzle might be related to the unveiling of the game Diablo 3 at the Blizzard Worldwirde Invitational. But the puzzle has yet to be solved.
Maybe you guys got some ideas.
Greetz
Talos
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:16 am
OwnD
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Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 144
Shouldn't this be in N&R?
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:39 am
enaxor
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OwnD wrote:
Shouldn't this be in N&R?
Done.
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:51 am
redct
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Personally, I doubt it's turning into an ARG. Just something mysterious and slightly puzzle-y to build the hype and excitement.
But if it does turn out to be one...
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:53 am
Nighthawk
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Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
This could also be for Starcraft II, no?
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:10 am
Lunsford
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I would be so siked if this was for real!!!
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:30 am
KLind
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There have also been hidden images slowly being revealed on Blizzards site (from what I understand they've been found in the CSS). Here's what we have so far:
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:46 pm
Talos
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Exactly. Links to these images were found in the master.css file:
http://us.media.blizzard.com/232309/master.css
Quote:
/*.tundra {background:url(_images/04.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
/*.cold {background:url(_images/16.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
/*.cavern {background:url(_images/15.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
/*.icy {background:url(_images/23.jpg) no-repeat 0 0} */
Notice the image file names:
04, 16, 15, 23
Someone suggested that those are 4 of the numbers found in the numbers from the tv series Lost. http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Numbers
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:21 pm
Will 2.0
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 1431 Location: Burlington, Vermont
The runes look like the ones in Diablo 2, and it's been reported that it's been in development for some time now. I'm already set it's that and there really is no puzzle since everything will be revealed Saturday at the Conference.
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:40 pm
jelloarm
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...Penguin?
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:26 pm
Soda
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Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 107 Location: Vancouver,Wa
Yeah My brother was taking about it, I think it's for the new game.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:36 pm
Lunsford
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Does anyone know the exact date for the Lich King release?
edit: nvmd!!! It's November 3rd
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:44 pm
echoPath
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My guess is that they are going to announce the release date for WotLK. The ice theme fits, and those look like Arthas' glowing eyes. I wouldn't count on Diablo yet.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:56 pm
Lunsford
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I went to amazon.com to check out the stills they have of the new LK game, and it is the whole "icelandic" theme.. so it is a strong possiblilty that Blizzrd is going to do some viral for the new game!! How exciting.. this might be the only way I can get my husband to actually play an ARG, if I tell him it is about WOW...
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:03 pm
Gwarg
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Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 31
Blizzard WWI Paris, France All of this suspense is building up to the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Paris this Saturday. The image will be completely revealed on that date 6/28/08.
For more information:
http://www.blizzard.com/wwi08/index2.xml
On MMO-Champion (http://www.mmo-champion.com/) they are speculating that Blizzard will announce that they are going to develop Diablo 3, however there have been no news releases as of yet.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:00 pm
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