The Cloverfield 2 alternate reality game (Arg) has seemingly started with the relaunch of the franchise’s Slusho website. Announced in 2018 by J.J. Abrams and officially confirmed in January 2021, the fourth Cloverfield film will be a direct sequel to the original found-footage giant monster movie. There are very few details known about the movie, but it’s been confirmed Cloverfield 2 will not be filmed in a found-footage style, one of the biggest complaints people had with the 2008 movie. Babak Anvari has been tapped to direct the sequel, with Joe Barton penning the script.

In typical Cloverfield fashion, very little is known about the sequel besides the very basic information above, but the sequel’s Arg seems to have begun now that the Slusho website is working again. Until recently, slusho.com would give fans an Http 301 response and redirect them to an inactive web page. But now, the website is back up,...