Final update:

Well, that's all folks. As you can see on survivor2299 website, this was all a hoax. All I can say is that it was fun to watch this develop, and give credit to the maker of this for making it seem so believable. It's amazing how much free time some people have on their hands. Despair not, because we all know Fallout 4 is in development.

Clarification video by Brodual.

Hoaxer revealed himself at reddit/r/Fallout.


Teaser site - thesurvivor2299.com

Info

  • Site is registered to ZeniMax Media (Bethesda is a part of ZeniMax)
  • Date 2299 would place the game around 15-20 years after Fallout: New Vegas
  • The Morse code playing on the page spells out 11.12.13. (11 December by Day/Month/Year date format), so we'll probably get more info during Spike Video Game Awards
  • The site contains a script called fallout.js

My body is ready. Unless it's an iPhone game, MMO or MOBA. :P


UPDATE 1:

Kudos to NIKENIT for discovering this (quote):

Looking at souce code right now. These are some comments from it:

--- Flash Window http://www.youtube.com/user/BethesdaSoftworks/videos ---

--- Message DD/MM/YYYY For European and American sites --

--- Countdown --- (there is going to be some sort of countdown there)

Well, and source code has the AgeCheck function.


UPDATE 2:

Countdown has started, check the teaser site.


UPDATE 3:

This may be a hoax, however Bethesda declined to comment on all of this. (Thank you ifthisthenthat)

Script also cotains /radio/bridgeport-5284ec0d1b93c.mp3 and /radio/fall-river-6191da7f11n.mp3, which may suggest that the game may be set around Bridgeport, CT and Fall River, MA.


UPDATE 4:

Links to hidden images have also been found in the site's code, pointing at prepareforthefuture.com (which redirects to the official Fallout site.)


UPDATE 5 (Thanks to MegaGiga):

As The Vault reports, Bethesda has filed for Fallout 4 trademarks with the European Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market. The filing shares Nice classes 9 and 41 with the filing for Fallout: New Vegas, which was made about four months before the teaser trailer was published.

Is this the same situation? Or is it just a gaming company covering its intellectual property hide? Mysteries.

Mysteries everywhere.

Source


UPDATE 6 (Thanks again ifthisthenthat):

Erik Todd Dellums, the voice actor of Three Dog in Fallout 3, commented on the tease on his Twitter account.


UPDATE 7:

Site updated, lots of interesting things found. Check out this video from Brodual for more info.

Also, make sure to follow Reddit Fallout section for the latest news and updates (The Survivor 2299 Speculation and Hype Megathread).


UPDATE 8 (Thanks ifthisthenthat and frankyboy for these updates):

This post pretty much confirms that this is real! :)

New text showed up on the teaser site:

"VGNR [CAP] - ***? - LET- GRZ XJG XRS FWZZR GOS UIEG SII GZVZI || GRZ SAW XRS SAZZ XJG DZVB GRZ XUJIZ"

Which translates to one two two seven two zero one three || one one two five two zero one three. Those can be interpreted as the dates 12/27/2013 and 11/25/2013.


UPDATE 9:

Possible map (thanks frankyboy)

New messages and translations december 1st (thanks Mallorn):

THE INSTITUTE IS SEALED. THEY WON’T HELP US I’M HEADING TO BLACK ROW. -TBNLS 5120-

Another Institute reference (the MIT of Fallout) and the introduction of something called Black Row. Nobody seems to have convincingly figured out what ‘TBNLS 5120′ means just yet.

New morse code 1 "Calling all stations, this is overseer 119 emergency enemy unknown, SOS. Vault 119 Quabbin 7667, repeat, SOS, Vault 119 Quabbin 7667 enemy unknown"

New morse code 2: "Calling all stations, this is Vault Overseer 119, anybody near Quabbin? SOS Vault door breach, repeat, SOS Vault door breach, enemy unknown, level 1, 2, and 3 gone, survivors on (service lift? sealed? secure location?) level 4"

New morse code 3: "Calling all stations, this is Vault 119, SOS, Level 4 is under attack, Overseer is dead, repeat, SOS,Level 4 is under attack, Overseer is dead. (We want Mark I? We won’t make it?)"

Check out this Google Document, it contains everything we know so far.

Also Austrian store gameware.at offers Fallout 4 for pre-order for PC, PS4 and Xbox One! (thanks Silvero_Ceriano for sending me this)


Update 10:

Bunch of new stuff, watch this video for more info.

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damn that site killed my eardrums >_>

11 years ago
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maaaaan... already can't wait to see what it will be :D

11 years ago
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yeahhh great game

11 years ago
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Woah, hold on there! I didnt manage to play Fallout games yet!

11 years ago
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WT Serious F

11 years ago
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What's your problem exactly?

11 years ago
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Needs more black and white choices, also main character is dudebro420 action hero messiah, also everyone shares a single consciousness and judges you based on karma meter; so you can eat babies but still be the hero of the wasteland if you give some water to a homeless guy. Needs moar lens flare, over the top Hollywood emotional bullshit with predictable twists, needs moar bullshit motivational stuff, needs moar questmarkers, needs more dlc and seasons passes and micro transactions, also needs an option where you can pay for cheats or just pay 20 dollars and let the game play it self or maybe even an option to just pay some cash and win the game instantly.

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my wallet is ready

11 years ago
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I really hope it's true, but game informer suggests it is a hoax.

:(

11 years ago
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Damn. But I guess there's still some hope, since they refused to comment.

11 years ago
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I really hope we got some more infos soon!

11 years ago
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So i played hours and hours on all the fallout games.. my conclusion: they are awesome. Great story lines, a good rpg with excellent actors in them, etc but with all good games there are also some points that can/could be improved. I agree that the reputation system in Fallout 3 was a bit.. wonky.. to say the least. Any game has bugs and demanding "the perfect" bugless game is nearly impossible. I find it seriously twisted when people and companies a like build a hype around a game, like they did with rome 2 that, for all purposes was in such a bad state with bugs with mistakes etc, that it shouldn't be released when it was released. I hope that fallout 4 isn't one of these games.. but then the fallout series does have a good standing in the gaming community so i keep my fingers crossed and we shall see. It's also possible that the developers put fallout 4 into the fridge, just like starwars 1313.
Anywho I'm not that picky with my games and i play most genres, but fallout does have a special place in my game collection :)

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26 days....seems to close.

11 years ago
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26 days till trailer

11 years ago
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More stuff added to the page.

11 years ago
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As The Vault reports, Bethesda has filed for Fallout 4 trademarks with the European Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market. The filing shares Nice classes 9 and 41 with the filing for Fallout: New Vegas, which was made about four months before the teaser trailer was published.

Is this the same situation? Or is it just a gaming company covering its intellectual property hide? Mysteries.

Mysteries everywhere.

Source

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Interesting. Thanks, I've updated the main post with this.

11 years ago
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Three Dog voice actor comments on the tease.

His actual twitter account link.

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Nice! :)

11 years ago
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Hope they really announce Fallout 4 after 26 days. First thing on my wish list.

11 years ago
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the voice of three dog had said on his twitter a whlie ago he was approached about doing the voice again.

11 years ago
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A friend of mine sent me this, apparently he read about this somewhere.

"ZeniMax registered both Wolfenstein's and The Elder Scrolls' domains through Corporate Domains Inc, while TheSurvivor2299 was registered with GoDaddy.com. Meanwhile, ZeniMax uses its own DNS servers for its registrations (ns1.zenimax.com) while TheSurvior2299 uses a separate, self-branded server: ns1.thesurvivor2299.com. Furthermore, the whois page for TheSurvivor2299 is also missing Corporate Service Company's Corporate Domains Inc promotion introducing ZeniMax's known, legitimate domains."

Don't know about the source, but kinda proves it's all fake.

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Holly fucking shit, Fallout 4? I love the fallout series I practically lived in it.

11 years ago
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More updates! Brodual just made a video with lots of new info, check it out!

11 years ago
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Browsing Reddit when I found this thread that proves the site is FAKE

Then in the comments, another user saves the day by proving the site is REAL

11 years ago
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Awesome! :D

11 years ago
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Update: New text "VGNR [CAP] - ***? - LET- GRZ XJG XRS FWZZR GOS UIEG SII GZVZI || GRZ SAW XRS SAZZ XJG DZVB GRZ XUJIZ" which translates to one two two seven two zero one three || one one two five two zero one three. Those can be interpretated as the dates 12/27/2013 and 11/25/2013
reddit: part 6

11 years ago
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Can't wait to see what might happen then. Thanks for the update! :)

11 years ago
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No Obsidian, no party.

11 years ago
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It won't stop you from buying it though ^^

11 years ago
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It will stop me, well until its like 10 bucks maybe....

11 years ago
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On a big deal, yes, otherwise i'll pass. If it was made by Obsidian i could've preordered the collector edition right away.

11 years ago
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Why isn't Obsidian doing it this time? I love FNV. It's my fave by far of the series.

11 years ago
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Since people don't know what's best for them, New Vegas didn't sold shit, with much disappoint by Bethesda and Zenimax.

I'm replaying Fallout 3 right these days and while i really like it i also think that NV is much more polished and way more coherent between player's action and the game world.

11 years ago
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FALLOUT 4

CONFIRMED!

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4(fallout 4)-1(1 fallout game by bethesda without numbering (fallout: new vegas))=3. HL3 confirmed.

11 years ago
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pls be on an actual new engine this time. just say NO to gamebryo.

also, i want it to return to the feeling of fo2. such a great game.

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Gamebryo will most likely be used.

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So just a quick summary of the newest update:
The front page plays a new morse code, which translates to NCRA UNIT BST 314 7 EMRG MSG NEW YORK STAGE 7 WASHINGTON STAGE 7 LOS ANGELES STAGE 7 AUSTIN STAGE 7 CHICAGO STAGE 7 NEW ORLEAN STAGE 7 LAS VEGAS UNKNOWN MIAMI STAGE 7 DALLAS STAGE 7 DENVER STAGE 7 SAN DIEGO STAGE 7 SAN FRANCISCO STAGE 7 BOSTO-
read more@reddit: part 9

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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, Now i have to finish New Vegas!!

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Closed 11 years ago by Skylight.