Forum:29th August Announcement ARG

Starting on 29/8/11 a cryptic message was seen on the main menu screen of Deus Ex: Human Revolution saying: 'Human Revolution – Special Message Incoming / Be Ready / 2200 GMT 29 Aug -- okM8-+Ds4Dui?lMh$Mzvm14SBqe7;G.I6=u74b?mkh-45Ki6Od+98XBpCku7'

At the alloted time this message changed to: '5-/!f/fq/xc/qy/d3/?x/t$/j#' and the ARG was born.

Further cryptic clues were released throughout the day, across different websites and services:

r5/ie/yp - Twitter from David Anfossi (http://twitter.com/#!/DavidAnfossi) DX: HR producer

bo/zv/3n/4h/9b/$=/=8/st/-9 - Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/DeusEx)

ad/uk/w0 - Twitter from Stephane D'Astous (http://twitter.com/#!/sdastous) EM manager

72/m1/.4 - Twitter from Jean-François Dugas (http://twitter.com/#!/Jeffachoo) DX:HR director

cm/n7/pg/gw/+j/#s/2a/8z/o! - Found in a picture uploaded by Jonathan Jacques-Belletête DX:HR Art Director

o./ll/e;/6u/;6/h+/v?/kr/1i - Found on frontpage of the community website

These clues were eventually solved by:

- taking the capital letters from the original announcement 'MDDMMSBGIKOXBC' and then substituting the letters with the pairings given in the later clues to give: '13311tower.com'

Following that link takes you to a picture full of snippets of info related to DX:HR. If you then clicked on the Illuminati eye, on a post-it note in the image then a username/password box appeared.

The log-in details for this were cracked from clues hidden in the source code of the page.

User: Uluru - found from GPS coordinates and referencing them on google maps to what was known as Ayers Rock (Uluru is its original Aboriginal and now official name).

Pass: 11m13clinic - found by reversing the playback of some Morse code found in a wav file that was referenced in the source code. 

When entered, a new image is displayed showing Adam sleeping in the pod he used while travelling to Singapore, with the text 'WHAT IS THE MISSING LINK?' 

NB: Confirmation from David Anfossi that this is the end of the ARG on twitter 

159.33.64.216, PoLLeNSKi, 74.214.41.63, 174.46.204.210


 * Great job =). Itachou [~talk~] 21:26, August 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Suspected that Eidos used this maneuver as a report generating exercise to capture fan coverage of the event to show internet conglomerate, Google (note persistent ga and google analytics links, graph functions, etc, in the pages/pictures source code) that the game was not only well received but capable of a cult following. By launching this project within the first launch week, perhaps they hope to inspire an investment from the multi-billion dollar company and gain the capital to create the so teasingly conceived DLC.  The puzzles were challenging and entertaining, yet ultimately dominated by the tenacity and tirelessness of the gamers and code crackers.  It  ultimately amounted to nothing more than a series of clues that lead to more clues, and at this time, no concrete answers.

Now we wait, but remember Eidos, the longer we (the collective fans that have eagerly followed this hunt) wait, the colder that burning passion for more will become***

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Additionally, even while confirmation that the ARG has been completed, the suspicious nature of the instance is plagued with lingering questions, a Username/Password screen that remains loaded.

Albeit in the same location as the original clickable Illuminati Eye, at the upper-right most corner of the 'K' in LINK provides another prompt, and when the original information is entered, the page does not simply reload, eliminating the prompt as if being freshly viewed, but instead removes the inputs as though they are incorrect.