Cpl. Facehugger Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Heh. xcom.com.au is registered to "Xcom computer technology", new south wales, australia. Just a red herring, I assume. I don't think so. The titlebar is too coincidental for that. XCOM Genesis coming in 2007? If it just said XCOM coming in 2007 I'd agree with you, but Genesis was the last X-Com game announced, and it is way too much of a coincidence for this computer corporation to be talking about something called 'XCOM Genesis.' My guess is that this is an attempt at viral marketing. Like that whole ilovebees thing from Halo, or the Portal flash with the cake is a lie. Edit: A quick glance at the .au page's source reveals that it is in fact calling upon a frame for a site called www.Xcom.com. However, this site simply appears the same as the other .au one except sans X-Com Genesis title. There appear to be no links to further data, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 xcom.com has been registered at least since 2000, however. And is registered to an all-to-anonymous holding company. Hmm. xcom.com.au is new. Registered earlier this month. But anyone knowing enough to register xcom.com.au would also know enough to know about Genesis. Anyone know how to search in australian company registries? Ah well. We'll find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl. Facehugger Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 It might just be some mean spirited fellow jerking our chains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Domain Name: xcom.com.au Last Modified: 03-Feb-2007 22:21:27 UTC Registrar ID: R00015-AR Registrar Name: NetRegistry Status: OK Registrant: Chan Arnold Registrant ID: Eligibility Type: Registered Business Eligibility Name: XCOM COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Eligibility ID: NSW BN BN97964960 Registrant ROID: C4770752-AR Registrant Contact Name: Arnold Chan Registrant Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs Tech ID: C1150948-AR Tech Name: Chan Arnold Tech Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs Name Server: b.dnsvr.com Name Server: d.dnsvr.comI managed to pull up a bit more info on the domain owner: Our "Arnold Chan" has an email address of "admin@midnightslayer.com", while "Chan Arnold" is "xcomdomain@yahoo.com". While the yahoo address is so much rubbish as far as I'm concerned, the midnightslayer address seems to be even more useless. Sure, there's a web server on the domain, but it's pretty uninspiring. Running a WhoIs on that new domain, I see it was created 13th May '04, and is due to run out on the same date this year. So perhaps this new xcom.com.au site is going to replace it? I also got these contact details: XCOM Technology CentreChan Arnold (xcomdomain@yahoo.com)842 Botany RdMascotNSW 2020AU Tel. +61283389667 "XCOM Technology Centre" brings up lots of Google hits, the first of which is our original match, "xcom.com.au" (which includes no mention of "XCOM Technology Centre"). But it's all enough to verify that it's a real company with nothing to do with our game. Check out this page for a review of one of the products they sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Single-person company run by a gamer, I imagine. Nothing to see here, move along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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