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Ad campaign offering glimpse of next-gen Xbox? *updated*
>> From gamespot.com/computerandvideogames.com:
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www.Ilovebees.com - any of you remember it? (note x-s: viral marketing campaign to help hype Halo 2).
Now it seems that the Xbox marketers are at it again, but this time for the Next Gen Xbox successor - the Xbox 360.
But whereas Ilovebees.com was a narrative-driven mystery, ourcolony.net appears to be a competition. After successfully guessing the password to enter the site a message from someone called the "Gamem8ker" asks visitors to form a "colony" or team. "It's colony against colony and to the winner, well, the winner gets all," reads a message from the Gamem8ker.
How does one win? Do the still-unnamed viral-marketing firm's legwork and spread the word about ourcolony.net. After starting a colony, players of the not-an-alternate reality who recruit five to the colony game will get their first "challenge," and will receive more challenges as they recruit more members to join the ad campaign/game. "You're not going to make it to the end if you try to solo this, there's strength in numbers," reads Gamem8ker's message.
According to posts in the ourcolony.net forums, challenge-winners receive partial pictures of what looks like a white version of a redesigned Xbox controller. Currently, only two images are currently available--both in a folder marked "thesecret" on the site's directory. The first looks like a thumbstick above a D-pad. The second shows the D-pad in more detail, just above a curved edge in what appears to be the middle of a controller. When combined and compared to a current-generation S-controller, the images exhibit a distinctly Xbox-ian layout and feel, although the start and back buttons appear to be missing. As the ourcolony.net competition progresses, it is almost certain that a more pictures of the controller--and perhaps its console--will surface.
Also, those with a keen eye will also notice a countdown timer on the top of the page.
The countdown will ends at 8pm PDT on Thursday, May 12, nearly four days to the hour before Microsoft's pre-E3 presentation on the evening of May 16. What will happen on May 12 remains unclear.
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Read the whole article on computerandvideogames.com (free reg. req.) and gamespot.com.
Visit www.ourcolony.net to check it out. (can't find entry password? click here).
To join the X-Scene colony use this pass: '13897122'
Xbox-Scene Forum Discussion Thread: forums.xbox-scene.com
*UPDATE*
You can now join the xbox-scene colony called 'X-Scene'.
The password is '13897122': http://www.ourcolony.net/teampass/.
The ourcolony.net server is very slow atm and giving errors all the time. Seems like the Windows(r) servers can't handle the load ;) Keep trying :)
Go on the forums for more info/discussion.
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