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Lionel Mandrake · Nov 15, 2014

You may recall them doing something similar before the release of Arkham City.

Now, a random YouTube account popped up called "JG Jour" (Named after Calendar Man's real name Julian Gregory Day (Jour is French for day). He posted a video two days ago showing an undiscovered exchange with Calendar Man.

Someone figured out to trigger it, you had to set your system's date to the founding day of Rocksteady-- December 13th 2004.

The message is a cryptic "I'll be there when it all ends" message, in-line with a lot of the other foreshadowing near the end of the game and also a dialogue mirroring the development of Rocksteady itself. More importantly, the account apparently had 3 videos associated with it, with only 1 accessible at this time.

It seems likely they're going to reveal more in the future, to hype AK.

Spring-Loaded · Nov 15, 2014

finally

Did anything come of the morse code flickering light in the old GCPD building? And the image during the Robin/ninja cutscene?

Lionel Mandrake · Nov 15, 2014

Spring-Loaded said:
finally

Did anything come of the morse code flickering light in the old GCPD building? And the image during the Robin/ninja cutscene?

I'm unfamiliar with those. Any video?

shacklesmcgee · Nov 15, 2014

I wonder why "July 17th" as the avatar for the account

gah I love ARG's and stuff like this

Rymuth · Nov 15, 2014

Finally. I remember them mentioning how some secrets have yet to be discovered.

HardRojo · Nov 15, 2014

You can tell Rocksteady had a blast developing this series.
All those Easter Eggs you would have never thought about. I love watching them all every now and then.

FranXico · Nov 15, 2014

Has the release date of Arkham Knight been announced already?

MattyG · Nov 15, 2014

FranXico said:
Has the release date of Arkham Knight been announced already?

June 2nd, I believe. It's so weird to think that we were originally supposed to have it by now.

MattKeil · Nov 15, 2014

shacklesmcgee said:
I wonder why "July 17th" as the avatar for the account

gah I love ARG's and stuff like this

Date of the execution of the last Tsar and his family?

Kiru · Nov 15, 2014

So this game was already teasing what is about to happen in the next game ? I love that kind of stuff.

Seven Force · Nov 15, 2014

Haha, nice. Though it doesn't happen with many other series, I love when game series foreshadow future entries in a series like this.

CreeperBlocks · Nov 15, 2014

Kiru said:
So this game was already teasing what is about to happen in the next game ? I love that kind of stuff.

I remember that there was a Easter Egg in Arkham City that Confirmed that Scarecrow would be back for the next one I guess that meant Arkham Knight.

I can't believe there's still Easter Eggs still haven't been found in Arkham City.. that's really cool.

Spring-Loaded · Nov 15, 2014

Lionel Mandrake said:
I'm unfamiliar with those. Any video?

Can't find any good videos, but there's a light in the morgue part of the GCPD building that flickers. Some people on the official forums had figured it out it was morse code, but since the official site has changed, I can't find that original thread. Here's a link to a GameFAQs post about it though:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/981374-batman-arkham-city/62082489

This lead to the message "I AM AT ENTRANCE GATE BEHIND THE FAKE WALL." Some speculated that it referred to the robots in Wonder City that were collected and piled up during Protocol 10, but then that ended up being part of the Harley Quinn DLC.

There's this though, a cutscene that shows a single frame of gameplay in a particular spot. COuld just be a simple glitch/quirk.

Now the Calendar Man easter egg is revealed though, it leads me to believe that's the secret Rocksteady was referring to. I remember Sefton Hill or someone else saying there were "a few more" secrets no one found, but the number of secrets wasn't explicitly stated.

Toa TAK · Nov 15, 2014

I remember their crazy easter egg in AA.

These guys sure have the time. lol

PRjumpman124 · Nov 15, 2014

Woah, didn't see that one coming. And there's possibly still more??

DJSharpeCheddar · Nov 15, 2014

These guys are good.

This sort of thing is what sets these games apart, even from the rest of the Triple-A crowd.* So much love.

*

and from Origins

Gears · Nov 16, 2014

Just like asylum, arkham knight comes out on my birthday. Always makes my birthday super rad when a cool game comes out that day. Cant wait

Mr. Doop · Nov 16, 2014

December 13th is my birthday.

I love mysterious stuff like this that goes undiscovered for years.

JayEH · Nov 16, 2014

Kind of ruins the point of an Easter egg if you just go ahead and reveal them (even if they are obsure).

Azure Dream · Nov 16, 2014

I think we're getting to the point where if you hide secrets this small into a game this big, it becomes really unlikely people will find them. Setting your system date to a very specific day, then knowing to go talk to Calendar Man, and picking up that the dialogue is even different from what you'd usually get in the game?

It is still fun when they reveal it's been slumbering in the game all this time, though. Like a Naboo Starfighter.

Elixist · Nov 16, 2014

just another reason why AC is the goat. bitches!

hamchan · Nov 16, 2014

This is why they're an awesome studio. I love stuff like this.

sn00zer · Nov 16, 2014

JayEH said:
Kind of ruins the point of an Easter egg if you just go ahead and reveal them (even if they are obsure).

Nah, they have deep secrets that you really couldnt find without looking into the files...like blowing up an inconsequential wall in Arkham Asylum by use 3x the amount of normal explosives to find a hidden room

InfiniteNine · Nov 16, 2014

Oh I thought this was a normal part of the game. lol

Slixshot · Nov 16, 2014

Yo... BATMAN HYPE IS BACK!!!

Diablohead · Nov 16, 2014

If there is an unused area I have no idea where it could be, as someone who speedruns these games along with others we've been out of bounds and zipped through walls often.

What calender says there makes me think that he is in knight as a villain instead of an extra.

On Demand · Nov 16, 2014

I want to go play AC now. I wonder how many more EE are there that nobody has found yet. Game is so good.

Lord of Castamere · Nov 16, 2014

They've almost 2 extra years for Knight, so it's going to need it's own strategy guide for easter eggs alone.

RoboPlato · Nov 16, 2014

I love it when Easter Eggs are revealed long after the fact. It's always cool and proves how much care was put into certain games.

rich7sena · Nov 16, 2014

Wasn't one of reasons some people liked AA>AC was because of the undiscovered and obscure easter eggs. Well...

NipplesAndToes23 · Nov 16, 2014

RoboPlato said:
I love it when Easter Eggs are revealed long after the fact. It's always cool and proves how much care was put into certain games.

I remember when another sidequest was discovered in Final Fantasy IX last year. I love stuff like this.

Solaire of Astora · Nov 16, 2014

Azure Dream said:
I think we're getting to the point where if you hide secrets this small into a game this big, it becomes really unlikely people will find them. Setting your system date to a very specific day, then knowing to go talk to Calendar Man, and picking up that the dialogue is even different from what you'd usually get in the game?

It is still fun when they reveal it's been slumbering in the game all this time, though. Like a Naboo Starfighter.

I was actually thinking about this yesterday. The devs have said on a few occasions that there were still undiscovered secrets in the game. I'm surprised they're still undiscovered.

InfiniteNine · Nov 16, 2014

Is it seriously supposed to be tied to that date? The first time I played it I had gotten that dialog and thought it was a normal part of the game.

SmackAttack · Nov 16, 2014

I remember when they said if people didn't find the last few by a certain time, they'd reveal them themselves just like they had to do with Arkham Asylum. I love things like this that can be found after so long. Good job by the devs.

Lord of Castamere said:
They've almost 2 extra years for Knight, so it's going to need it's own strategy guide for easter eggs alone.

Seriously. It's going to be crazy.

Fisty · Nov 16, 2014

InfiniteNine said:
Is it seriously supposed to be tied to that date? The first time I played it I had gotten that dialog and thought it was a normal part of the game.

Are you a wizard

matrix-cat · Nov 16, 2014

God that's so fucking cool. I always adored that AC Easter Egg in AA, and secretly hoped there might be in hidden in AC, too. I doubt there'd be anything specifically related to Arkham Knight, because I don't know if they would even have conceived the idea way back in 2011, but this is awesome all the same.

Rocksteady's Batmans are probably my two favourite games of the last generation.

MetalGuardian · Nov 16, 2014

Hell yeah. This is so incredibly badass to have easter eggs in one of (read: the) best new IP from last gen that are still so undiscovered that the devs have to reveal them. That rarely ever happens anymore.

Arkham Knight hype thrusters engaged - I just need to find time to replay the first two games for the sixth and fifth times respectively before AK hits.

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