Fallout 4 Countdown? [update5- we got punk’d]

[Update 5: so turns out the website was a hoax: The creator of the website even did an AMA on reddit, he explains that Peter Hines on of the VP of Bethesda Softworks had confirmed that TS2299 was fake and so he gave up. Although it did come to a sad end, I think this really set a great tone for Fallout 4, if it does come out, moreover it showed how passionate the Fallout community can be which will hopefully only fuel the developers to create a even better game. We had good fun over this count down and I’m sure we’ll be hearing something from Bethesda on Fallout in 2014, I just know it. So keep an eye out wastelanders cause 2014 is going to be a great year for gaming.

So some of you guys might’ve heard already but Bethesda registered http://thesurvivor2299.com/ and there’s much speculation that it ought to be a Fallout 4 announcement countdown.

The morse code translates to 11-12-13 which is also the date that the countdown ends. Skyrim was release on 11-11-11 so it does seems like Bethesda to do such a thing and speaking of Skyrim it was announced 3 years ago at the VGAs which is also held in December. So much information supports the idea of an announcement makes it hard not to get our hopes high.

[update: According to the Fallout enthusiasts  at ED-E facebook page
The Morse code on thesurvivor2299.com no longer translates to a date. It now reads “CQ/CQ/CQ/DE/OZ/PSE/AS” Which is shorthand that translates to “Calling any station. Calling any station. Calling any station. This is OZ. Please stand by.”
The Fallout Wikia has an entry identifying OZ as the call sign for Signal Oscar Zulu, a radio tower in the Capital Wasteland. The article reads – “However, despite the message stating that Bob Anderstein has a young boy with him, there is no third child skeleton to be found.”
The article on Bob Anderstein also reads ” You can see the parents’ skeletons on the floor… but not the boy.”.
Could that boy be the Survivor?]

[Update 2!: The text (ZL QRNE FVFGRE. V’Z URNQVAT GB GUR VAFGVGHGR. TBQ XABJF JUNG UNCCRARQ GB GUVF CYNPR ABJ. GUVF BYQ ONFGNEQ JVYY URYC HF. UR ZHFG URYC HF. –0321–)  is encoded with ROT13 and can be cyphered to MY DEAR SISTER. I’M HEADING TO THE INSTITUTE. GOD KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE NOW. THIS OLD BASTARD WILL HELP US. HE MUST HELP US. –0321–

With this ever changing dynamic countdown melting our brains I think it’s time to head to seriously stick to the Fallout sub-reddit for constant updates!]

[update 3!: Nuclear Winter is coming in 5~ days (ends on  2nd Dec around 7am AEST that is! So more like 1st for most of you folks)]

[update 4!: So the countdown’s come to an end and it looks something like this, and of course the internet quickly manages to translate it:”THE INSTITUTE IS SEALED. THEY WON’T HELP US I’M HEADING TO BLACK ROW. -TBNLS 512-” and man, it’s underwhelming, but stay tuned and keep your hopes high friends, I’ll be updating for any changes!]

Like I said there’s a lot of chatter on the possibilities so take a look at the Fallout sub-reddit for some more fun. The best comment I’ve heard so far belongs to /u/Rock3tPunch with “Yes! Elder Scrolls 2299 confirmed!”

One can only dream.