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Jul 17 / Ozymandias

Unreleased Penny Arcade Xbox 2 Rumors Strip

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Thought you guys might get a kick out of this strip the Penny Arcade guys did for us as a favor a few years back. At the time, we had a small team working on “Xenon”, or what would eventually become the Xbox 360. It was a great time – there were tons of random rumors swirling around the web, and I can’t tell you how much fun it was to read everyone’s theories on what we were up to.


Anyway, after Xenon was greenlit an Xbox-wide meeting was planned where Robbie would detail our plans and get all the internal teams focused on the project. This was to be the internal “big bang” meeting, and we thought it would be pretty cool to see if Penny Arcade might be willing to do a strip that we could distribute with the meeting announcement. I’m pleased to say that they agreed to do us this favor, and the strip you see here was the result. The only “guidance” we gave was that we were looking for a strip about Xbox 2 rumors – that’s it. As such, everything you see and read is classic Penny Arcade. Even though it’s not an official part of their canon, I have to say I love how it turned out. The writing is dead-on (as usual), and Gabe’s color work is some of the best he’s ever done.


I’m posting the high-quality JPG, so it’s around 1 MB in size. Feel free to distribute to your friends, and if you happen to swing by Penny Arcade thank them for the favor they did us. They were willing to help us out even though they fully expected their work would never be released to the public. I’m pleased to do so (with their knowledge), and hope you enjoy it!



[Edit: digg this article if you found it interesting!]

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  • http://www.gamerbabble.com Esko

    That is great!  The PA guys always do a great job with the comics….

  • http://www.evilavatar.com Evil Avatar

    Very cool.  Thanks for posting.

  • Brent

    Really enjoying your blog and insights like this into the whole organization.

  • Nocebo

    Ha nice comic. Pretty cool.

    I never thought about it from the Xbox creators view, it would have been quite an experience to watch the rumors and speculation going around the net, and know the truth at the time.

  • sdf

    well that was ***. how can u think that is good. lets all be serious for a minute it was wank.

  • TheFloorIsLava!

    I apologize on sdf’s behalf. Please excuse his overwhelming moronitude.

  • Greg

    Awesome, thanks.  I think it went over someone’s head.

  • WiNG

    Hell, rumour 4 was brilliant :D

  • Dobie

    The "Founding Fatherz" Halo 2 clan was pretty good.  I’ve always thought there were government officials on Live secretly monitoring our gameplaying youth.  Who knew those agents were Ben Franklin et.al.?  Did they cryogenically freeze both Ben Franklin AND Master Chief, only to have them clash in the distant future as an intergalactic struggle wreaked havoc on Earth?  I’m sensing where the plot to Halo 3 is going… "Finish the Fight" indeed.

  • http://vjde fru pikk

    This suks

  • coalhalo

    Another example of how well MS is connecting with the public. Penny Arcade has become a banner bearer of the gaming community, and by giving us a great piece of their work, you demonstrate how much you guys are getting "it". Thanks for the strip, and more importantly, and thanks for your blog. It’s becoming another stop on my daily reading.

  • Weyerhauser

    Brilliant comic, got a really good laugh out of rumor number 3.

  • reyla

    When was this made? Just curious.

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