14 DAY TRIAL // What is Origen? A lot of gamers tried to find out, each providing us his own version of the story...You can only imagine the quantity of rumors! At first, Origen posted a timer that, in the end, proved not to match the official launch of the Xbox 360 console. Then, we hear it's actually a countdown for Halo 3. After that, it was rumored that it's the timer for Fable...And so on...
Microsoft probably enjoyed this commotion around the website, so they have deepened the mystery by not saying anything, as they usually do in this situations.
After all, what is Origen? It's just a publicity stunt. Yes, it's a bright idea, but it's just publicity for the European gamers and the future owners of Xbox 360. Here, they will have the chance to test games before they are launched. How? That's still a mystery. The only thing you can find on the website is a strange movie with some guys and girls having fun.
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