The recently-added Latin text on OrigenXbox360.com has started speculation that the site is counting down to an announcement related to Halo, possibly news of the third instalment in the series.The text reads "in hoc spatio arbor noster floruit, fecundus pomies Elysii ignoti, qui in loco ludent electi, ab Originis angelis circumdati", which translates to English as "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". Elysium is the birthplace of Master Chief, the main character in Halo and so an interesting rumour has begun.
The rumour is also helped along somewhat by the fact that a mystery site has been used in the past to promote a Halo game - ILoveBees.com served as an entertaining run-up to Halo 2's release last November.
However, Bungie have addressed all the emails they have been getting about Origen Xbox 360 in the latest of their Weekly Updates, and say they are as clueless as the rest of us as to the site's significance:
I got a lot of mail from folks about www.origenxbox360.com which as far as I can tell, is some kind of viral marketing thing, and maybe even an ilovebees style ARG. Thing is, that's all I know about it. I got the same info as you – six plums (that's what they look like to me) a stick man, an MSN Messenger icon and two rabbits. I think they might be hares. The only thing I've noticed is that if you switch between .org and .com, the image pops to the right a couple of pixels. I'm helping! And I swear, I really DON'T know what this is.
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