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NoHopeLeft.com Likely Capcom Viral Marketing Stunt

Ad firm behind mysterious tags may have solved one part of the puzzle.

The website includes a number of photographs with this symbol, date, and tagline.
The website includes a number of photographs with this symbol, date, and tagline.

Look, Resident Evil 6 is coming. Whether the NoHopeLeft.com website is a teaser for that announcement isn’t really known.

The website popped up a few days back, and certainly makes it sound like a walking dead apocalypse is nigh.

TheSixthAxis knew Capcom wouldn’t acknowledge the marketing campaign, so they decided to get clever. The website contacted the advertising agency responsible for the graffiti-like marks appearing in Europe, and was told Capcom is responsible for the ads.

“Panel number is 2375 03 Parry Street,” the ad firm told the site. “The company advertising on it is CAPCOM.”

Evidence of Resident Evil 6 has been mounting for months and months. There have been voice actors with the games on their resume, and allusions made by those involved in the Resident Evil movies. Just announce it already!

We'll know one way or the other pretty soon: the website alludes to a reveal tomorrow.

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resident evil 6. pretty cool man.

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HOPE RIDES ALONE

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Can you believe that I've never played a Resident Evil game? I've tried getting into the series with the recent remakes of the first ones... couldn't, too stiff. I've meant to play 4 and 5, never found the time.

My loss, I guess.

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I don't actually think this belongs to the movie. The trailer and website get released at 10am PST for that, so that doesn't add up to the time that No Hope Left talks about. Also, it sounded like that stuff was originally going to happen yesterday, but Milla Jovovich made it sound like it was a last minute change. Maybe Capcom got them to bump up the date for tomorrow's big reveal? I still really think it's RE6. By the way, the trailer for Retribution leaked last night after Attack of the Show aired it. Looks...big. And has some total Tron Legacy going on up in that soundtrack.

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@DrX25: I guess that'd be one way to go. I wouldn't mind, really.

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"I'm talking, like scared. Please to help. ASAP. They haven't made a good game in a long time. Please, anyone save us. Thank you round eye,"

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The pentagram thing was a little "wat?" I don't remember any satanic stuff in any Resident Evils.

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That is some Geocities-quality website development right there.

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If this site is in fact an ad campaign it's awful. At this stage it seems like a student project to which no one committed. I also wish they would use the term 'wtf' more, that would mostly improve it, mostly.

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Hm. I'm definitely super curious to see what the next RE looks like. It'll have to be a pretty big departure from what they've done before if they want to keep people interested.

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@MysteriousBob said:

YES!

RIVAL SCHOOLS IS MAKING A COMEBACK

What? You don't see it? No hope for peaceful schools, obviously. RIVAL SCHOOLS GET HYPE

Sweet, someone else whos played it!

I still have the PS1 game!

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i got burned out on Resident Evil after 3, don't think i'd even look at another one unless it's an HD remake of 1 & 2

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"Look, Resident Evil 6 is coming. Whether the NoHopeLeft.com website is a teaser for that announcement isn’t really known."

Look, hepatitis is a serious disease. Whether Patrick Klepek has it or not isn't really known.

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RE6 needs to be good. RE5 was just more of RE4's excellent reinvention - the series needs a reinvention again, I think. Also, RE6 is rumored to be developed by a western studio? That could end up really bad...even though games like Dead Rising 2 came out well and DmC is looking phenomenal.

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@XenoNick: I too am sick. I am a sucker for almost anything that says Resident Evil on it
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we are going to need that domain name some day *wink

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@BabyChooChoo said:

I hope this is some stupid joke and within a week they're like "JUST KIDDING, we're actually making a new Darkstalkers game!"

One can dream...

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@teh_destroyer said:

Zambies.

With rabies.

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So we all know the game is going to happen (duh). And now we know Capcom is gearing up to talk about it being a thing. So who cares! The only thing you're getting riled up and anxious about is the beginning of an expensive ad campaign. Anything you're going to see for the next few weeks (or months, or year!) will be a closely controlled teaser at best. I love the series to death but please guys, don't fall into the dumb marketing trap or think for a second anyone other than the ad company and marketing department is anything but ecstatic that people are talking about this a little early. Still, props to TheSixthAxis for doing some actual, ya know, journalism.

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I hope Wesker's Samurai Edge low gun shot still OTG's.

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i want this to be RE6, but i could hold out a few more years (next console cycle). RE6 and Devils Third are two games i'd like to see on next generation consoles.

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@The_son_of_X51 said:

This appeared about an hour ago on the Resident Evil Movie facebook page:

"Get ready. Tomorrow, Evil Goes Global."

So... I'm pretty sure Resident Evil 6 will be that evil which goes global.

So its residence is the whole Earth?

OPEN WORLD SET ON EARTH RESIDENT EVIL CONFIRMED

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@MysteriousBob said:

YES!

RIVAL SCHOOLS IS MAKING A COMEBACK

What? You don't see it? No hope for peaceful schools, obviously. RIVAL SCHOOLS GET HYPE

YEAHHHHH, I'M SO HYPE RIGHT NOW

I do love stuff like this though, for as cheesy as it can be. C'mon Capcom, give us another awesome Resident Evil game, give us survival horror instead of action horror, give us a reason to believe that the Japan gaming industry isn't going to complete shit. LETS GO CAPCOM

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@The_son_of_X51 said:

This appeared about an hour ago on the Resident Evil Movie facebook page:

"Get ready. Tomorrow, Evil Goes Global."

So... I'm pretty sure Resident Evil 6 will be that evil which goes global.

I just hope to Hell this all isn't just some promo for the new Anderson movie... As someone else pointed out earlier, the website and teaser is meant to be posted tomorrow, too.

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This appeared about an hour ago on the Resident Evil Movie facebook page:

"Get ready. Tomorrow, Evil Goes Global."

So... I'm pretty sure Resident Evil 6 will be that evil which goes global.

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Loves me some Resident Evil.

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YES!

RIVAL SCHOOLS IS MAKING A COMEBACK

What? You don't see it? No hope for peaceful schools, obviously. RIVAL SCHOOLS GET HYPE

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@Quarters said:

Since no one has mentioned it, Resident Evil: Retribution also opens its official site and launches its first teaser tomorrow. Could it be that we're in for a massive day of RE tomorrow?

Not to mention a RE: Revelations demo is coming to the eShop tomorrow, too... there's too many coincidences! Resident Evil is getting ready to envelope the world!

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Guerilla Marketing. the new evil.

I sure hope Capcom payed for that ad-space and the cleaning crew.

otherwise I hope they get sued out of existance.

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Since no one has mentioned it, Resident Evil: Retribution also opens its official site and launches its first teaser tomorrow. Could it be that we're in for a massive day of RE tomorrow?

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I hope this is some stupid joke and within a week they're like "JUST KIDDING, we're actually making a new Darkstalkers game!"

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is it bad that when I read the description to this, I thought "nohopeleft.com" was my last hope for Megaman Legends 3ds?

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I can't help myself, I love shit like this.

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Meh. Maybe if it's an actual survival game, like the first ones on the PSX. Shotgun zambie-rush games are a dime a dozen these days.

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No hope left for Las Plagas to be cool. Or Resident Evil for that matter.

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Capcom is a Japanese Company.

Japanese people hate the Chinese.

Ergo, the Japanese make a game about killing Chinese people/zombies.

The US doesn't give a fuck because they will probably make it like RE5 since they think many people "loved" that game.

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Resident Evil 5 is one of my favorite games of this generation. Looking forward to what direction they'll be taking 6.

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Build up the hype and then bam: just another shitty Capcom game - and Resident Evil, no less!

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Just let them have there fun.

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I want this to be an ARG. I don't care for what. I'm just hankerin' for a good ARG.

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That ad firm has no professional standards.

Fucking dicks

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Japanese companies should not use the internet.

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I thought the URL name was just a Mega Man reference.

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They're also celebrating Resident Evil's 15th anniversary this Friday in Japan and livestreaming it to the world. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd show something there.

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When I saw "No Hope Left" in the article's title, I thought this was going to be a follow-up on the THQ story.

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Resident Evil is one of my favorite series and I was disappointed when they went with the Las Plagas monsters instead of zombies in 4 and 5 so I'm totally on board if they want to do a new Resident Evil with zombies.