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Will the real Origen please stand up
Having a nearly unlimited marketing budget offers Microsoft the pleasure of uploading upon the gaming world a beautiful green tree, linguistic riddles and enigmatic bunnies that speak in captions and get high on golden fruits… all in th...
The Origen Xbox 360 countdown's over (at last)!
The Origen Xbox 360 site has counted down, and it appears to be promoting a contest for European gamers to win a trip to an Xbox 360 launch party in the U.S. As for the updated site, it went live at approximately 7:00 AM ET. The tree is n...
Can Origen competitions for other regions be far behind?
When the Origen Xbox 360 site was finally revealed today, it appeared that Europeans would be the only ones getting all the contest fun. Not so, says a Joystiq tipster calling him or herself "The Oracle." He (or she) claims that the three other pa...
New discoveries at OrigenXbox360.com
Joystiq tipster, cybertaur1, has been poking around in the html/javascript code of the OrigenXbox360.com site and has made several discoveries. Here's what cybertaur1 told us: 1. There's a picture that I had no way of viewing besides direc...
More to the Origen Xbox 360 site than meets the eye?
TeamXbox dug into the Origen Xbox 360 code the other day and discovered some interesting secrets not yet revealed on Microsoft's curious site, including some of the additional ways to win spots at the Origen 360 launch party, as well as a $10,000 ...
OrigenXbox360.com -- mysterious Latin phrase revealed
Rumors of a mysterious Latin phrase inscribed on part of the OrigenXbox360.com tree trunk (viewable via Zoom mode) have been confirmed. The Latin reads: "in hoc spatio arbor noster floruit, fecundus pomies Elysii ignoti, qui in loco luden...
OrigenXbox360.com -- 2 rabbits, more fruit, no answers
A new week means new happenings over at OrigenXbox360.com. A second rabbit has showed up (the one from the hidden image), sporting a different shade of green than its larger counterpart. And another pair of apples (is that the fruit we've agreed up...
OrigenXbox360 -- 1 rabbit, less fruit, still no answers
What's the deal here? Did the programmers make a mistake? Why has OrigenXbox360.com reverted to last week's display (a single bunny hovering around the base of the tree, which is now only baring two pairs of fruit)? Strange, indeed. [Thanks, ...
Microsoft's hype machine is still rolling
Let's take a look back over the marketing schemes that have led us to launch. First of all, a mysterious tree appeared, tantalising ARG aficionados and Xbox followers worldwide. As a timer counted down, weeks passed, with the tree regularly changing,...
Weekly WrapUp: September 26 - October 2, 2005
In case you didn't notice, the flow of news on Joystiq grew to unprecedented levels this week. First, if you think games are getting too expensive, why don't you buy the right to publish your favorite game? 200+ titles from Acclaim's pu...
Today in Joystiq: September 27, 2005
George Lucas gets some gaming love, the Flood prepares to invade your cell phone, and at long last, the Origen countdown is finished - so what have we learned? That rabbits like to eat psychedelic fruit, and even they are not certain what the...
Today in Joystiq: September 7th
Master Chief continues to fight the good fight, while the OrigenXbox360 website reverts back to its old self. Virtua Fighter and Goldeneye get very pretty, while Pac-Man makes consumers sleepy. Here is a quick recap of everything that happene...
Xbox 360 site counting down to September 27th?
What do a tree, a green cutout of a bunny, and a countdown ending on September 27th have in common? Your guess is as good as ours. But it looks like another Microsoft viral marketing plan, this time for the Xbox 360. As for "Origen", it's eit...
Bizarre launches its own Xbox 360 countdown…
The creators of Project Gotham 3 have initiated a mysterious countdown set to end at 6:00 PM (EDT) on Thursday, September 15th. With no obvious relationship with OrigenXbox360.com, we are left guessing. Could it be an important PG3 update? Wi...
An Xbox 360 countdown for North America?
Microsoft has produced a new viral-marketing campaign, and its main web site, Hex168.com, is now equipped with a countdown timer (Origen-style) that will reveal its intentions tomorrow, Tuesday the 18th, at noon (PDT/UTC-7). Starting lat...
