Xbox 360 Zero Hour

The festivities, which were first mentioned in the Web-based viral marketing campaigns Origenxbox360.com and Hex168.com, will be called Xbox 360: Zero Hour. It will take place at sunset on November 20, and continue until the calendar turns to November 22, the official North American launch date of the console. However, the biggest news isn’t when, it’s where.

While most electro-geeks wouldn’t dare take their expensive equipment near fine-grained sand, Microsoft is plopping down hundreds of high-definition Xbox 360 gaming stations right on a huge pile of it. Zero Hour will take place in a huge tent (see artist’s conceptualization) in an undisclosed location in the Mojave Desert.

Winners of the Origen 360 competition will be sent into the [Mojave Desert] for what sounds like the LAN party to end all LAN parties. Lasting two days, the Xbox: Zero Hour event will be an opportunity for gamers to get to grips with the Xbox 360 on high definition screens, with digital sound, before anyone else has a chance.

For those unlucky enough not to have won VIP access thanks to either Origen or Hex168, 3,000 tickets will be available from "selected Xbox fansites" from the 10th of November.

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