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origenxbox360.com - anyone FOUND anything yet?

Haha you are great.

Anyway, whatever the fuck it is, it's real. I sorta thought it was fake at first too.

What would totally rule is if it was registered to Drinkycrow, and counted down to some DayofTheWeekTon.
 
dont think its fake, wasnt the URL found on MS PR material at the german thing couple of weeks ago?
 
Stinkles said:
http://www.origenxbox360.com/

Six plums/apples
Two rabbits/hares
Possible stick man
Definite MSN Messenger
Countdown to Sept. 27th

I've checked other forums and Blogs - either nobody cares or nobody's found anything.
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Perhaps we should collect six plums and apples; two rabbits/hares; make stick men, and be logged on MSN Messenger on September 27th.
 
VictimOfGrief said:
It's obvious that these make up the fundamental gameplay dynamics of the NEW Perfect Dark game. :lol
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You can actually shoot each and every single apple in the game. Next-gen.
 
I've discovered the hidden meaning of the picture!
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in hoc spatio arbor noster floruit, fecundus pomies Elysii ignoti, qui in loco ludent electi, ab Originis angelis circumdati.
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TRANSLATION
In this space our tree has flourished abundant with the unknown fruits of Elysium, who will play in the chosen place, surrounded by the angels of Origen
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And some speculation from TeamXbox, which is also where the above is from. They are doing a good job of keeping track of this.

1,This is a countdown to the launch of the xbox 360- Highly unlikely considering the final SDKs just came out a couple days ago

2. This is a countdown to the announcement of a game- The current games in question include: Halo 3, Killer Instinct (dont know why), Fable has been mentioned, or some new RPG named Origen

3. This is going to announce that the xbox 360 will come with an HD-DVD drive. Also highly unlikely considering HD-DVD is being delayed even for standalone devices til sometime in 2006. Although it has been asserted that an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray drive might be a possible add-on at some point. Microsoft is sticking with the DVD since they dont want to worry about another VHS/BetaMax battle and choose the losing format.

4. This is a countdown to the announcement of the new Xbox 360 store in NYC and Tokyo. This has been brought up since there is a building in Tokyo with the 360 logo on its faces and no one knows what it is for yet. Also there is a large space in NYC that is being looked at "by a company of the same calibur as Microsoft"

5. This is a countdown to announce the xbox 360 will be region free. Region is Origen scrambled up so there is some validity to this theory although there is no real connection beyond that.

6. This is a countdown to announce the xbox 360 will have extra functions including MSN integration, Google Talk, and a form of video chat. We already know there is going to be audio, video, and text chat with the xbox360, but it would be very nice if users on xbox could also interact with users on PCs. There is already talks about being able to play games cross-platform so the communication means seems also like a good chance to be cross-platformed. Also the first fruit looked as if there was a shadow of the MSN messenger symbol on it which sparked this theory

7. The fruit on the tree represents the different regions US, UK, and JP. Thats about all for that theory

8. THX8612 from unforums mentioned that there is 3 sets of fruit, 3 pairs equal 6, and the 0 around the base of the tree which gives you 360. Interesting thought

9. Magritte is the Font and also the name of a famous painter who did the man in the derby hat with the apple in front of his face. This was actually a painting done when Magritte was requested to paint a self-portrait. This could just be a homage to the artist or it could be telling us that the fruit is also hiding something. I dont believe this has been mentioned before but it seems to make more sense once you know the background of Magritte's painting.

10. At one point origen.org redirected you to ORIental GENeration search on google.

11. Origen could be one of those new flash words that Microsoft came up with to describe the 360. Just as Viewtiful combined 2 words to create a new one, Origen could be in the likeness of nextgen except Origen would mean that the 360 is the Originator of a generation or of the new generation of gaming.

12. I hope I touched on everything of importance so far. Any other theories including hidden sandwiches in the tree, the theologian Origen, etc. is not worth mentioning.
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The "stick man" looks like another pair of apple stems. I wouldn't be surprised to find two more apples there at some point.

It does seem that the word Origen is referring to the theologian after reading that line "surrounded by the angels of Origen".
 
Hmm out of all those "theories" I believe the region free X360 may actually be the most logical one. It also fits in nicely with the Latin quote I guess, although it seems to also refer to Japan specifically ("the place where our tree flourished" -> could it be a Japanese tree?).

The Margritte thing seems like a coincidence (sure, the apple motif is spooky :)), I don't think one of my most respected fellow countrymen (Belgian, for those keeping track) has anything to do with this though.
 
Ghost said:
dont think its fake, wasnt the URL found on MS PR material at the german thing couple of weeks ago?
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They're putting in the Xbox italian newsletters the two rabbits and the link to the site, too. Definitely not fake.
 
Well the site is for sure linked to something concerning Xbox 360, and is definitely endorsed by MS. Don't know much more than that though.
 
Blimblim said:
Personally I'm expecting something stupid and/or underwhelming.
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Yep, same here. I don't think it will be something like ourcolony or ilovebees... maybe it refers to some marketing operation, or to the shipment of the demostations to the stores, or something like this.
 
There are correlations between the Latin text on a tree branch and Microsoft’s own GOW (God of War), Master Chief.

It mentions Elysium, the city where Master Chief originated. In mythology, Elysium was a heaven (paradise), and the foil was the underworld of Tartarus. Which has nothing to do with Halo 2's last boss....oh wait...;) ;) ;)
 
Are you sure - I'll have to check it out personally.

Because if this:

in hoc spatio arbor noster floruit, fecundus pomies Elysii ignoti, qui in loco ludent electi, ab Originis angelis circumdati.
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is there, then it's definitely HALO related. It doesn't have to be HALO3, either. Maybe it's the rumoured HALO2 720P rev for X360.
 
Izzy said:
There are correlations between the Latin text on a tree branch and Microsoft’s own GOW (God of War), Master Chief.

It mentions Elysium, the city where Master Chief originated. In mythology, Elysium was a heaven (paradise), and the foil was the underworld of Tartarus. Which has nothing to do with Halo 2's last boss....oh wait...;) ;) ;)
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Jesus that's a good tease.
 
Izzy said:
Are you sure - I'll have to check it out personally.
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Just right click and zoom in on the trunk of the tree (on the flash), its clearly the same place, but no text.
 
Ghost said:
Unless theres something special you have to do to see it...
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It's not there anymore. It was there but they took it out. You could see it just by zooming in on the right spot.
 
Uncle said:
It's not there anymore. It was there but they took it out. You could see it just by zooming in on the right spot.
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Good - then my prediction stands:


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Izzy said:
There are correlations between the Latin text on a tree branch and Microsoft’s own GOW (God of War), Master Chief.

It mentions Elysium, the city where Master Chief originated. In mythology, Elysium was a heaven (paradise), and the foil was the underworld of Tartarus. Which has nothing to do with Halo 2's last boss....oh wait...;) ;) ;)
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I've received a press release right now by MS about it. It seems something targeted at eurpean gamers, but not yet very clear. A quick'n'dirty translation by google:

The next release of the console of new generation Xbox 360 is the attended launch more of the year.

Origen. Xbox promises a paradise of the fan of videogames. What is a paradise for gets passionate you of videogames? We think to know it. You what of thoughts?

On Internet already some voices are existed. Origen is the announcement of Halo 3? It is a store Xbox 360 in Times Square, is the announcement of one sequel of Fable based on Unreal Engine 3?

Origen is... The debut of the next generation of gaming.
A real place dedicated to the pleasures of the game.
A place where to play with Xbox 360 in preview.
A place in order to play with all the titles them of launch Xbox 360.
A place where to defy other players.

How it is arrived to Origen? Beyond 600.000 it gets passionate already have tried to discover it to you. What they find is a page to the address www.origenxbox360.com, but the paradise is not still lì.
The doors of Origen will be opened soon.
The race to the income of Origen leaves the 27 september 2005.

Where: www.origenxbox360.com
When: 27 september 2005
Wanted: Players of all Europe
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???
 
Spider_Jerusalem said:
I've received a press release tight now by MS about it. It seems something targeted at eurpean gamers, but not yet very clear. A quick'n'dirty translation by google:



???
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Sounds like a teaser site for X05.
 
English PR:

The forthcoming launch of the next-generation-defining console, the Xbox 360, is the most hotly anticipated launch this year.

Origen. Xbox promises a gamers paradise. What is paradise for gamers? We think we know. What do you think?

The internet is already buzzing with rumours. Is Origen the announcement of Halo 3? Is it an Xbox 360 shop on Times Square, is it the announcement on an Unreal Engine 3-powered Fable sequel.......?

Origen is? The debut of next generation gaming. A real place dedicated to gaming pleasures. A place to play Xbox 360 before anyone else. A place to play all the Xbox 360 launch titles. A place to take on other gamers.

How do you get to Origen? Over 600,000 gamers have already tried to find out. They find a page at www.origenxbox360.com, but paradise is not there yet. The gates of Origen open soon. The European race for entry into Origen starts on 27 September 2005.
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by the way, bizarre mentioned at their forum today that sometime between now and x05 would be another "press event" in which pgr3 would be shown.

origen related?
 
Isn't Xbox.com scheduled to have a makeover soon relating to the 360? If this origen stuff is relating to that, then I will laugh. Does Microsoft make cryptic web puzzles for everything these days, or is it just me? :P
 
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