Perhaps you've heard of Five Nights at Freddy's. It's that hugely popular indie horror game about the animatronic animals that entertain at children's birthday parties by day and murder security guards by night. It has also generated more sequels, spinoffs, and - most surprisingly of all - merchandise than The Monkees.
Introductions aside, you likely haven't been frequenting the creator's website to see that it has recently been updated to display a singular image on the homepage - one that stops just short of being cryptic by giving away a few notable hints as to what we can expect from the series in the future. Anyone familiar with Five Nights at Freddy's will immediately recognize the silhouette of some familiar-looking characters, seemingly standing atop a performance stage in what looks like a neon-lit mall. In front of them, a large crowd of mall-goers appear to be enjoying a performance of some sort - but it's difficult to say for sure.
Examining the image further, you'll notice signs for an arcade, a laser tag arena, and a Fazbear Pizza - which apparently means something in the Five Nights at Freddy's series. If one was to base their assumption solely off of the fact that this apparent mall still has an arcade and neon-lit interior, I would guess that this - whatever this is - takes place in the 80's.
As if there isn't already enough gasoline to fuel fan theories well into 2020 - which happens to be the year attached to this image - saving said image defaults its file name to "9", which to me seems a little too innocuously deliberate to not mean something. Of course, I could absolutely be wrong about its significance, in which case I once again find myself in a familiar situation of exposing my tin-foil hat a little too prematurely
In any case, something is probably happening with the Five Nights at Freddy's series - and this image could very well be our first clue as to what it entails. Perhaps some enterprising data-miners will be able to find some concrete evidence before the rest of us Pepe Silvia ourselves into a tizzy from over-intellectualizing the meaning of non-existent clues.