A bunch of gaming outlets were sent USB drives with no return address today. The only information on the drive appears to be a MP3 file with a cryptic audio message and a text document. Little help?

Cryptography



Isotope



Philanthropy



Hydrogen



Ember



Rebirth

When viewing the audio file in Microsoft Word, these lines of code are revealed.00000000 00000210 00000825 000000000037474B 00000000 0016FDA0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000TCONA person on the audio file reads out the letters below:The separate word document also only has these six words posted.The postage stamp says it came from Maryland. Could this be from Bethesda as a tease for Fallout: New Vegas : Ok, wow, monster updates here. Joystiq was able to put together a lot of the clues.The codeis deciphered into the website https://www.gknova6.com/ The recorded message found on the website can be deciphered using the Baconian Cipher into. You can also mess around with the TV dial to see nuclear imagery,So it looks like something is coming next week.: It appears the decrypted information sent to gaming outlets yesterday points to news surrounding Activision's newest Call of Duty title or possibly Singularity First, a Bethesda representative confirmed to IGN this viral campaign "has nothing to do with us or anything we're doing." So we can rule out a Fallout: New Vegas User DaneORoo has also put together an impressive list of clues. The blinking light found on the television set is Morse code for the letters RAIS, which could stand for the four announced functions of the Time Manipulation Device found in Singularity: Revert, Age, Impulse, Stasis.User MrNuclearGuy notes, however, it might not be so clear cut. The television set depicts images of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy. "Singularity is set in the times of both 1950 and 2010. John Kennedy was not president until the early 60's. In fact, at the time of the game (1950), he is only a member of the US House.""The video at gknova6.com shows the elements U-238 and U-235. Singularity focuses on the element Einsteinium (99 on the Table of Elements). Although in further research, Einsteinium is created from Plutonium-239, which itself is a product of U-235. So there might be a connection."It could also be the next Call of Duty developed by Treyarch. While not much information is known about the title, rumor and speculation point to the game set in Vietnam, which would fit the John F. Kennedy time line of the 1960s. Google Analytics search points to the domain being registered by Activision , so we can only guess this viral campaign deals with either of these two games.--------------Both the audio file and word document can be downloaded below. Let us know in the comments if you crack anything or send us an e-mail to let us know.