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Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:01 AM
At least he had a sense of humor.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:04 AM
Come on Bethesda and just bring epic Fallout 4!!!Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:06 AM
hoping the only reason they closed the site down is because bethesda are getting ready to announce something themselves and don't want to confuse people. A man can dream anyway :DMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:06 AM
Holy shit, this guy was good. Damn shame that it was a hoax, since I really want Fallout 4, but you gotta give to the guy...it was well-played.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:08 AM
I like how Bethesda only deals with it behind the scenes to protect their copyright, and lets everyone else board the SS Hype Train without saying a word.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:11 AM
Man that guy sounds awesome.....Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:13 AM
Death threats? LOL! How little of a life do you have, to utter death threats to a guy who pulled one over on you. Put the controller down and go for a walk.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:16 AM
you sad twatMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:27 AM
lol I read this post and have amuzamentMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:34 AM
Yo, Bethesda. Make it happen.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:36 AM
It's sad too because the site looked pretty authentic. Can't wait to play Fallout 4.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:37 AM
It would be funny if they bought the web domain and used it when they announce FO4!Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:42 AM
Ill await my flood of apologies.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:48 AM
@15 it wasent obvious to the mass of hopeful fan boys: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-16838-Fallout-4-To-Be-Absent-from-This-Weekend-s-VGX.htmlMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 07:52 AM
@14 You'll be waiting a long time. Who are you again? :3Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:04 AM
What a douche.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:25 AM
@14/@16 I'm not going to apologise, because I didn't actually disagree with you at any point. The point I was making was that there was as much proof and as many counter arguments for it being fake as there were for it being real, and that it would take Bethesda officially announcing (which they did on twitter on the 6th) to confirm it was either real or fake. Having just re-read the page to be sure, I don't think anyone here owes you anything - let alone an apology.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:26 AM
@14 Deserves a thumbs up, he got one from me (even though I agreed with him originally).Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:27 AM
good prank.... still need my next fallout fix, Vegas didn't cut it for me.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:29 AM
Fallout 3 is my 2008 Game of the Year and it is beats Super Smash Bros. Brawl and GTA IV. Both is running up so Fallout 3 won. Bethesda need to bring Fallout returns so soon. It is being ages since main series released. :)Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:37 AM
@19 yet you ripped apart the entire video I posted as you wanted it to be true? Sometimes denying evidence is the same as not having any mate. At least i brought some to the party.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:42 AM
dont care if its a hoax, we want fallout 4.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:56 AM
I wonder how much Bethesda has worked on fallout 4 since skyrim came out. Hopefully it's announced the first half of next yearMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 08:57 AM
that's a pretty good fake site, so I give him some credit for being creative. sucks it wasn't real.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 09:07 AM
I still think there will be something at E3Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 09:32 AM
He definitely comes across as a giant douche regardless of the hoax. "I wanted to force Bethesda to announce something." Another tool that thinks he's special because he has money to waste.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 09:47 AM
BitchCassidy was right... and so adament he was correct... I smell a rat..........Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 09:58 AM
@23 Indeed I did rip it apart - pretty easily. Which proves the point that I was making regarding no conclusive proof either way. I won't deny I wanted it to be real - I love the fallout series - but I wasn't assuming that it *was* real/fake, or trying to *prove* that it was real/fake, or even arguing that it was real/fake. As I've already stated, and as was correct at the time, there were enough pointers in both directions for fairly convincing arguments. It was frankly a pretty good fake. I personally just wanted a response from Bethesda either way to put an end to the speculation - which is why I tweeted Pete Hines at the time (as I'm sure about 10million other people did) - and we eventually got the response. Nothing about that earns you a damned thing.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 10:01 AM
My brother is so bummed out that this turned out to be a hoax.. I give this guy credit though, he's pretty damn smart if you ask me to be able to think of someting like that and follow through with it. If that doesn't show love for a game I don't know what does.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 10:19 AM
What a legend!!!Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 10:22 AM
Damned shame this turned out to be fake after all.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 10:44 AM
THats pretty funny I must sayMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 10:49 AM
I laughed all the way through the article till it mentioned death threats... never nice to be reminded how pathetic some people are out there.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 11:14 AM
This helps a lot! Bethesda now knows how many of us want Fallout 4 so much!... Its a matter of time to know something about the game.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 12:02 PM
I love Bethesda with my gaming heart but...... WHY THE HELL ARE THEY SO AGAINST JUST TELLING US FALLOUT 4 IS HAPPENINGMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 12:23 PM
The same thing happened with that Prey 2 site that popped up 6 or so months ago. Hell, the guy even said the same thing about trying to force Bethesda's hand in releasing info about the game.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 12:24 PM
@36 That was bit extreme clearly you're some kind of nutcase. It was a joke about a game. Now get a life that doesn't revolve around what Bethesda are doing and wait like everyone else.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 12:24 PM
It's not like it'll never happen. They know there's a demand for it. Just wait.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 12:39 PM
Mother ******!! lolMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 01:05 PM
@28 How does that make him a douche? Are you telling me that if you had money and time you wouldn't try the same thing? It was actually pretty smart, because they could have actually revealed information. Also, the site doesn't prove Fallout 4 doesn't exist since there's still the tweets from 3Dog and other evidence that proves that they are working on it. And even if he didn't force their hand into admitting anything outright, he could have subsequently got them to maybe reveal something sooner since the site did show just how much people want Fallout 4 to be a thing. I don't think it was a douche thing to do. There was no negative effect of him creating the site, besides all the fans who got their hopes up... but even then, the original teaser site for Fallout 3 clearly showed Bethesda made it, so it's not his fault people were so gullible.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 01:40 PM
You're not a douche mate! You tried your hardest and put a lot of effort, time and moeny into it! Yeah, it's a shame it was a hoax, but it'll come eventually anyway - we live in the era of sequal dependency anyway - If anything this shows how much people love the game series! It's not like any other franchise has pulled this level of effort out of its fans. Then again, any other mainstream franchise would probably be impossible to stage a fake annoucement site given at any one time there are about 17 COD and Assassins Creed games in development...Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 02:20 PM
I think it's legitMonday, December 09, 2013 @ 02:58 PM
I feel like i was just told santa a is not real... Your hoax was well played, but your a buttpipe. Just sayin. Oh well, back to the xbox.Monday, December 09, 2013 @ 06:47 PM
Booo this man.... BOOOOO!!!! At least Bethesda made him stop, I only wish they would have stepped in sooner.... they let it go on for far too long. Fuck this idiot, not for his intentions, but for the route he took; plus, what a laughably rude attitude. But I sure as shit would not wish any harm to him, jesus christ, calm down. It was a well thought out joke, but a shitty joke.
Monday, December 09, 2013
The Fallout 4 'Survivor 2299' website has revealed as fake, and had been built in an effort to "force Bethesda to reveal something during VGX".
"Some men just want to watch the world burn," the hoax site's creator explained on Reddit. "I wanted to force Bethesda to reveal something during VGX, and bring [the Reddit] Fallout community together (for at least 3 weeks). Unfortunately, this plan failed."
Bethesda got in touch with the faker and demanded the site be taken down. Had it not been deactivated, a CGI trailer had been planned to troll Fallout fans visiting the site.
"I'm one of these 'selfish bastards with a lot of money' so I wanted to release a CGI trailer. But Pete [Hines, Bethesda's PR boss] killed my plans. Maybe I'll release it later along with the script, so somebody else can use it... I don't wan't to piss off Bethesda at this time even more."
Apparently, the person behind the hoax has subsequently received several death threats. The hoax cost around $900 for website hosting and for creating a phone number site visitors could call. "That's nothing for me," the hoaxer concluded. "I know I'm a douche."
Meanwhile, TheSurvivor2299.com now features sad piano music and the message: 'That's All Folks!'
[Via EG]