If you’ve been on twitter at all during the Super Bowl, then surely you’ve seen the hashtag “#XboxHorizon” being used. It seems to be a tweet from Polygon’s Justin McElroy who started it all.
Holy shit, Xbox Horizon, huh? Guess if they wanted to beat Sony to the punch, this is the time/place to do it.
— Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy) February 4, 2013
After this, hell broke loose.
Xbox Horizon #YesPlease
— Justin Young (@TheJustin) February 4, 2013
if what I’m reading from Americas Superbowl adverts is true Xbox Horizon is a shit name Microsoft! Well played Justin, well played.
— Howard (@HowardDoesArt) February 4, 2013
Need sleep but the announcement of a new Xbox is persuading me to stay up and hunt for details #ScrewUni #XboxHorizon
— Michael Hardman (@MichaelHardman2) February 4, 2013
Everyone and their brother thought it was real.
Hell, I even got sucked in.
What is #XboxHorizon?
— (austin) (@austing909) February 4, 2013
Although if the rumors were real, it’d be quite an amazing device.
New Xbox has 1TB drive. Pre purchase comes with a year’s supply of Mountain Dew and Doritos. #xboxhorizon
— Tara (@Stickywiggit) February 4, 2013
Free food, HD-DVD’s back from the dead.
@austing909 Did you not see it!? HD-DVD is back! #XboxHorizon
— Chris Lock (@snickelsox) February 4, 2013
Three analog sticks!?
THREE analog sticks? What’s your deal, #XboxHorizon?
— Joseph Ben Unkle III (@jbu3) February 4, 2013
and even L.A. Noire quality eye tracking?
Although the new eye-tracking feature in the revamped Kinext sensor is pretty amazing. #XboxHorizon
— Cal Skuthorpe (@buzz_clik) February 4, 2013
It looks like McElroy even got his hands on the during-game announcement plans;
Lights come up, an #XboxHorizon sits at midfield. J Allard descends from roof with “11/12/13” tattooed on his arm. The game has ended.
— Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy) February 4, 2013
Here’s absolutely everything we know about the “Xbox Horizon”
Release Date:
- The Xbox Horizon releases 11-12-13, that’s November 11th, 2013.
- It will retail for $299.99
Features
- The Xbox Horizon features many groundbreaking new features, including:
- – A 1TB Wireless Harddrive
- – The return of both HD-DVD’s and Cartridges
- – The removal of backwards compatability
- – “SuperKinect” with advanced eye tracking similar to L.A. Noire’s mocapping.
Glad they went back to cartridges to be honest, the future is retro. #XboxHorizon
— Steve yo (@RiotBananas) February 4, 2013
The Xbox Horizon also already has a launch lineup of games including…
- Diablo 3
The #XboxHorizon ad was way over the top, but I’m pretty sure I saw a Diablo 3 screengrab in the closing montage. — The Daily Blink (@dailyblink) February 4, 201
A remake of the popular game Bubsy
Pretty weird that they announced a Bubsy remake as an #XboxHorizon launch title… — Matt Kump? (@kump) February 4, 2013
A survival horror game about a jacked up muscle-man dubbed “Fleshlight” – is this a slenderman rip off?
The new Xbox comes bundled with the new survival horror game “Fleshlight.” Looks good! #xboxhorizon
— Tara (@Stickywiggit) February 4, 2013
But alas, it turns out to be one giant hoax, sprung from the mind of Justin McElroy.
Can’t wait for the new Mario #Xbox2013
Looking forward to it!