Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb has posted a live countdown on his blog which points towards E3 2013–let the speculation commence!

Hyrb posted the teasing countdown along with the message “and it’s on…” Usually the E3 hype begins fairly early in the year, but it’s unusual for it to kick off this early. Microsoft is widely expected to announce its next-generation console at this year’s event, and this may explain the early hype building.

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