The Truth Lies

The Truth Lies, later known as The Truth Dies, was a viral ARG website and the pre-launch marketing campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
==May 22nd==
On May 22nd, 2024, the website https://thetruthlies.com/ was discoveredhttps://x.com/charlieINTEL/status/1793301871429382299 and featured the same logo from a Black Ops 6 keyart prior to its revealhttps://x.com/Xbox/status/1785308276063633588. The website featured a TV screen with 7 buttons: two buttons for volume, two buttons to change channels, one button to power the TV on or down, one button to record the screen, and one button to pause the channel displayed.
The TV had 6 Channels, with only Channel 1 displaying a video, called "The Truth Cometh", of various people vandalizing with banners covering the President's eyes functioning like blindfolds. Every other channel displayed static video, with Channel 3, 4, and 5 each displaying a autostereogram at the end: the word DECEIT; the shape of an eye; the word LIES respectively.https://www.reddit.com/r/blackops6/comments/1cy97n2/hidden_messages_in_the_static/
TVScreen TheTruthLies BO6.png|The powered-off TV screen.
TVScreen Static TheTruthLies_BO6.gif|Channel displaying static.
TVScreen Channel1Video TheTruthLies BO6.gif|"The Truth Cometh" video on Channel 1.
Few hours later, Channel 2 was updated with a new video, called "Tear Down The Lies", of another group of people putting posters of the vandalized Mount Rushmore on walls around a city.
TVScreen Channel2Video TheTruthLies BO6.gif|"Tear Down The Lies" video on Channel 2.
The same day, many developers from Treyarch and Raven Software began posting a poster of The Truth Lies on social medias.https://x.com/_Paulo88_/status/1793408200894759375https://x.com/Chromastone10/status/1793414330362593284https://x.com/DarkTrickUk/status/1793470431019896955https://x.com/KingSkylark/status/1793413287167803804https://x.com/Wrecks_/status/1793418206784393232 The poster was also available in different languages.https://x.com/_Paulo88_/status/1794111445812031645
TheTruthLies Poster BO6.jpg|"The Truth Lies" poster
==May 23rd==
On May 23rd, many posters of "The Truth Lies" could be found in the real worldhttps://x.com/xocheergurlox/status/1793473738366914973, and advertisement for the website could be found in newspapers in the United Stateshttps://x.com/mr__matthieu/status/1793501229236306080https://x.com/Wordsarewordz/status/1793611422553059333 and in the United Kingdom the next dayhttps://x.com/MrDalekJD/status/1793973804756357300. Vans with the words "The Truth Lies" painted on them could also been seen in the United States.https://citizen.com/-Ny_nuZJryy_8qlhWG4H
On the website, Channel 6 was updated with a news report from "News 6" showing various monuments being vandalized around the world: London, United Kingdom; Berlin; Germany, Paris, France; and Washington DC. Few hours later, Channel 1 was updated to display a TV Guide and a Weather Report. Channel 2 was now displaying the "Tear Down The Lies" video while Channel 3 displayed "The Truth Cometh".
TVScreen Channel6Video TheTruthLies BO6.gif|The news report video on Channel 6.
TVScreen Channel1Guide TheTruthLies BO6.gif|TV Guide on Channel 1.
Shortly afterwards, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was officially announced.https://x.com/callofduty/status/1793635518648836544 Its key arts were also officially revealed, with two different messages "Gulf" and "91" were discovered on ithttps://x.com/charlieINTEL/status/1793636106778575077https://x.com/charlieINTEL/status/1793644827701317693/, hinted at the game's timeline took place during the .https://x.com/charlieINTEL/status/1793636471553036712
The same day, several influencers and content creators received a package from Activision, including PrimitiveAK, Majin, Chaos, SteffyEvans, RaidAway, and Ch0pper.
The package contained a pager, and several documents on how to decipher messages. Two messages were sent a few hours later: 153397415017401 which translated to "KEEP THIS ON YOU"https://x.com/xocheergurlox/status/1793689604517969980 and 74371211747135 which was deciphered as "THE TRUTH LIES".https://x.com/PrimitiveAK/status/1793699833829638302
==May 26th==
On May 26th, several influencers and content creators received a package from Activision, including NoahJ456, CharlieINTEL, and LovelyLo.
The package contained a CRT with a VHS which contained a video mixing footage from real events as well as footage and gameplay from Black Ops 6, including a brief gameplay of the Zombies modehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Jyh6CQ3b4. People with the pager also received a new message: 90576812064817173741113 which translated to "POSTCARD CHANNEL FIVE".https://x.com/TheMarkOfAHero/status/1794876560602026301
Shortly afterwards, Channel 5 was updated with the same video called "Wide Open Eyes". At the end of the video, an option to rewind the tape became available allowing users to start the video again which would then showcase additional footage, including the Zombies gameplay. Simultaneouly, when checking the website with the volume turned off, a morse code signal could be heard translating to "MAY 28TH WE SHINE A LIGHT ON THEIR LIES". This hinted at the Live Action Reveal Trailer released the same day.
TVScreen Channel5Video TheTruthLies BO6.gif|"Wide Open Eyes" on Channel 5.
TVScreen Channel5Video Rewind TheTruthLies BO6.gif|The video being rewound.
==August 1st: The Truth Dies==
On August 1st, the website was updated following a new video released by Activision showcasing cinematic footage of Liberty Falls, a glimpse of Mister Peeks, the logo of Project Janus and the "TheTruthDies.com" URL.https://x.com/CallofDuty/status/1819055541034905793https://www.instagram.com/callofduty/reel/C-IocpmJ2_U/
The website showed a new background while the TV remained with 6 different channels. Like before, Channel 1 displayed a channel guide, however the video became distorted firt showing Mister Peeks and then cinematic footage for Terminus with several screens displaying security footage of prison cells with the date "02-19-1991". Channel 2 displayed a weather forecast before it too became distorted with the appearance of Mister Peeks and footage of Terminus' island inside a storm, a voice could also be heard saying "7-6-11-5".
TVScreen Channel1 TheTruthDies BO6.gif|Channel 1
TVScreen Channel2 TheTruthDies BO6.gif|Channel 2
The remaining channels displayed an "Off-Air" message, with Channel 6 briefly showing a zombie.
TVScreen Channel6 Zombies TheTruthDies BO6.gif
If the TV screen was turned off, the website would turn to a black screen followed by a jumpscare of Mister Peeks, before returning to the normal screen.
MisterPeek Jumpscare TheTruthDies BO6.gif
==August 2nd==
On August 2nd, Channel 3 and Channel 4 displayed new videos. Channel 3 displayed 5 documents from Project Janus, including an evaluation of Ernst Duffer and the four subsequent interrogation reports of Grigori Weaver, Elizabeth Grey, Mackenzie Carver, and Oskar Strauss by Duffer. Channel 4 displayed a video of the new GobbleGum machine featured in Black Ops 6.
Documents
TVScreen Channel3 TheTruthDies BO6.gif|Channel 3
TVScreen Channel4 TheTruthDies BO6.gif|Channel 4
==August 5th==
On August 5th, Channel 5 and Channel 6 displayed new videos. Channel 5 displayed distorted footage of a new enemy type with a voice stating "Watch as this arachnid-like vermin explode from the frontal lob of the undead."; while Channel 6 displayed a teaser for a new Perk-a-Cola: Melee Macchiato.
TVScreen Channel5 TheTruthDies BO6.gif|Channel 5
TVScreen Channel6 Perk TheTruthDies BO6.gif|Channel 6
Turning the volume down to 0 would also played an instrumental version of the GobbleGum Machine jingle.
A secret video displaying Mister Peeks with the sound of the Mystery Box with the quote "Bye Bye" could be find when interacting with the buttons in the following order: Volume Up, Volume Down, Channel Up, Channel Down, Pause, Play.
TVScreen Secret TheTruthDies BO6.gif
==Trivia==
*The song heard in the TV Guide is called "Easy" from the album "Jazz Vol. 7 - 80s" by Valentino.http://w.bmg.com/f9d9hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXjzDWUCyZM
*The numbers "7-6-11-5" come from the poem by in a recording by from 1915.https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-187752/. That particular recording was used during the training program.https://www.businessinsider.com/freaky-recording-of-boots-poem-is-used-in-sere-2015-1
==References==
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops 6