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Revision as of 23:16, 25 October 2011
Find Makarov is a non-canon fan made film made and produced by Canadian company We Can Pretend. The video follows closely with Shepherd's speech in Endgame.
Marketing and release
The site was discovered after the website That Videogame Blog received bloody dog tags in the mail, with one supposedly being those of General Shepherd and the containing the URL address findmakarov.com and the message "End the war" above.[1]
Screenshot of the website prior to the video's release
Upon discovery of the website, a timer was ticking down until the March 2nd, 2011, a date which would coincide with the Game Developers Conference.[2] Due to the viral nature of the website, the date's significance, the site's IP being registered in Los Angeles, and a simular marketing approach for Call of Duty: Black Ops, GKNOVA6, many belived the timer to show the date for a possible Modern Warfare 3 reveal trailer, causing the site to gain large amounts of traffic.
However on February 26th, Activision, publishers of the Call of Duty series, denied that they were linked to it in any way and declared it to be a hoax.[3] This was proven to be true; on March 2nd, 2011, a video entitled "Find Makarov" was uploaded onto YouTube, with the findmakarov.com website having the video embedded on the page.[4] The official video currently has over 8,500,000 views.
Reception
The video was well recieved by not just fans, but Activision also. Activision contacted We Can Pretend about the video and helped produce a second short film, Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish, which premiered at the Call of Duty XP event.
Video
References
- ↑ Call of Duty Wiki - User blog:N7/Find Makarov. End The War. (MW3 news)
- ↑ 1UP - Find Makarov: The Live Action Adaptation of Modern Warfare
- ↑ Died Again - Activision Confirms "Find Makarov" Countdown is a Hoax
- ↑ findmakarov.com - Main page