Sombra ARG

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Sombra ARG
Active since 06-12-2016
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The Sombra ARG - an ARG involving an unreleased Overwatch hero.
Type [[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]]
Creator Blizzard
Discovered 06-12-2016

Ana Origin Video

On July 12, 2016, a video for a new Overwatch hero named Ana was released. By pausing the video between 2:11 and 2:12, strings of hex were discovered:

The first hexadecimal code found in the Ana origin video
65 76 2E 2E 2E 7B 76 20 66 62 72 20 63 7E 72 79 72 20 7B 76
20 7E 79 71 78 65 7A 76 74 7E D4 A4 79 2C 20 63 7E 72 79 72
20 72 7B 20 67 78 73 72 65 2E 2E 2E 7B 76 20 66 62 72 20 63
7E 72 79 72 20 7B 76 20 7E 79 71 78 65 7A 76 74 7E 04 A4 79
2C 20 63 7E 72 79 72 20 72 7B 20 67 78 73 72 65 2E 2E 2E 7B
76 20 66 62 72 20 63 7E 72 79 72 20 7B 76 20 7E 79 71 78 65
7A 76 74 7E 04 A4 79 2C 20 63 7E 72 79 72 20 72 7B 20 67 78
73 72 65 2E 2E 2E 7B 76 20 66 62 72 20 63 7E 72 79 72 20 7B
76 20 7E 79 71 78 65 7A 76 74 7E 04 A4 79 2C 20 63 7E 72 79
72  20  72  7B   20   67   78   73   72   65   2E   2E   2E

From Hex to ASCII this decoded to:

ev...
{v fbr c~ryr {v ~yqxezvt~Ô¤y, c~ryr r{ gxsre...
{v fbr c~ryr {v ~yqxezvt~Ô¤y, c~ryr r{ gxsre...
{v fbr c~ryr {v ~yqxezvt~Ô¤y, c~ryr r{ gxsre...
{v fbr c~ryr {v ~yqxezvt~Ô¤y, c~ryr r{ gxsre...

When passed through an XOR Cipher with constant 23, this returned:

ra...
la que tiene la información; tiene el poder...
la que tiene la información; tiene el poder...
la que tiene la información; tiene el poder...
la que tiene la información; tiene el poder...

In Spanish, this means

Whoever has the information; has the power...

A second frame of hex was discovered at 1:16:

Ana Hex2.png

When put through the same process, the same string was discovered, but at the end, the letters SOMB appeared. The two were combined to create SOMBRA, a hero name that has been hinted at by Blizzard in the past. This led us to believe that this ARG had to do with Sombra.

Dev Update Video

The vertical barcodes found at the end of the Ana Dev Update video

At the end of this video, a series of vertical barcodes were discovered. The barcodes were solved to be binary, a dump of which is available here, credit of redditor /u/zapu.

Discord user Crauss turned the ones and zeroes into black and white pixels, which formed a QR code:

Sombra QR code.png

Scanning this QR code yielded the following message:

Estuvo eso facilito? Ahora que tengo su atencion, dejenme se las pongo mas dificil

And translated from Sombra's native language of Spanish into English:

Was that easy? Well, now that I have your attenion, allow me to make things much more difficult