Abstergo.com, formerly AbstergoIndustries.com, was a website used to promote the 2016 Assassin's Creed film.[1]
History[]
The domain name for "AbstergoIndustries.com" was registered in January 2007. Presented as the in-universe website of Abstergo Industries, the site was originally established around January 2011 as "AbstergoIndustries.com" as a tie-in to the game series. Through the site, players could log into the email account of employee James Morse.[2]
In 2015, the site was relaunched as "Abstergo.com" to promote the 20th Century Fox motion picture Assassin's Creed, with the home page listing Abstergo premises worldwide, specifically, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, Madrid, London, Paris, Osaka-Kobe, Shanghai and Moscow. In December, the film's official Twitter feed @AssassinsMovie posted an image of Abstergo CEO Alan Rikkin's business card which included the Abstergo URL and his contact information,[3] with phone numbers for Spain and the United States.[4] Emailing his address resulted in one[5][6] of two automated replies,[7] while calling the number directed the line to his voicemail, as revealed in a video by the fan site Access the Animus.[8] On March 25, 2016, calling Rikkin's voicemail resulted in a new message as the Assassins hacked into the voicemail's programming and Callum Lynch relayed The Creed to the caller after Rikkin's automated message concluded.[9]
As of December 2016, the month of the film's US release, the site had not seen any updates and eventually the URL became a redirect to 20th Century Fox's website.[10]
Messages[]
Thank you for your email.
Please note that I will be traveling for business until March 25, 2016 with limited access to email. I apologize for any delay in communication and will respond promptly upon my return to the office.
For situations that require immediate assistance, please contact my assistant via phone (+34 911 98 0285 / 646-845-9162).
Regards,
Alan Rikkin
CEO, Abstergo Industries
Hello. I have unexpectedly been called away for business and will have limited availability to email during this time.
In my absence, please contact my office and leave a message with my assistant so that I may connect with you promptly upon my return.
Regards,
A.R.
CEO, Abstergo Industries
P: +34 911 98 02 85 | 646-845-9162
You've reached the voicemail of Alan Rikkin. I'll be out of the office for business until March 25 with extremely limited availability. Please excuse any delay in communication during this period as our team and I continue upon Abstergo Industries' mission to provide high-quality products that enrich, entertain and shape the lives of our customers. Your call is valued and I look forward to speaking with you upon my return.
Hello, you've reached the out-of-the-office voicemail of Alan Rikkin. Please excuse any delay in communication during this period as our team and I continue upon Abstergo Industries' mission to provide high-quality products that enrich, entertain and shape the lives of our customers. Your call is valued and I look forward to speaking with you upon my return.
[interference]
These are the sacred tenets of our Brotherhood: To stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent, to hide in plain sight, and above all else never to compromise the Brotherhood.
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References[]
- ↑ Abstergo Industries | 12.21.16. Abstergo Industries. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved on 12 May 2020.
- ↑ Abstergo Industries – Coming Soon. Abstergo Industries. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved on 31 August 2019.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed (@AssassinsMovie) on Twitter "12.21.16 pic.twitter.com/ikNNeheWuk" (screenshot)
- ↑ AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Twitter "@DVCYuutaTogashi Spain and USA :)" (screenshot)
- ↑ Access the Animus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Facebook "Thank you for your email.
Please note that I will be traveling for business until March 25, 2016 with limited access to email. I apologize for any delay in communication and will respond promptly upon my return to the office.
For situations that require immediate assistance, please contact my assistant via phone (+34 911 98 0285 / 646-845-9162).
Regards,
Alan Rikkin
CEO, Abstergo Industries" (backup link) (screenshot) - ↑ Danny (@TheDannyDesigns) on Twitter "@AssassinsMovie @UbiCentral I sent an email to it and got this back. pic.twitter.com/MDzPfLHUqB" (screenshot)
- ↑ AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Twitter "If you send an email to Alan Rikkin’s address, you get this reply. #AssassinsCreedMovie pic.twitter.com/4gyTDPEqx9" (screenshot)
- ↑ Alan Rikkin Voice mail on the Access The Animus YouTube channel
- ↑ Alan Rikkin Voice Mail - March 25th 2016 on the Access The Animus YouTube channel
- ↑ 20th Century Studios. Movies In Theaters and Coming Soon | Shop for Movies on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD, or Digital. 20th Century Studios. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved on 11 December 2016.
External links[]
- AbstergoIndustries.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original)
- Abstergo.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original)