Tagged "avatars"
Xbox Avatars Get New Years Party Clothing
Microsoft have updated the clothing collection for the Avatars this morning to get a little more festive for the new year approaching. The new styles are a bit odd, but some may call them trendy. Hit the jump for the list of new clothing.
Rumor: Upcoming Avatar Clothing Uncovered
Some videos, discovered by Xbox Avatar Life, have been found on YouTube showing clothing options that we've not yet seen for the Xbox 360 Avatars. This is said to be upcoming clothing, but releasing in small doses. Why would Microsoft do that? Who knows. Hit tje jump for two more male and female specific videos. [...]
Xbox Avatars Get Formal Wear This Evening
Major Nelson has announced new formal wear for your Xbox LIVE Avatar. Go into your Avatar Editor, and look for the yellow star icon which will basically point out everything that's new in the editor. Want to spiffy yourself up for Christmas or do you want to wait until Microsoft releases some sort of Christmas [...]
25% Blasted Off Bomberman LIVE
This week's Xbox Holiday Deal is a Bomberman discount.
The now avatar-friendly game will be reduced from 800 Microsoft Points to 600 Microsoft Points for this week only so head over to the Xbox LIVE Arcade to grab it. There is no joy for Silver members, as this promotion is exclusively for those Gold members that [...]
Pay 49 Cents for Your Clothing or Earn Them In Games?
If you've checked out PlayStation Home, you may have come across the $0.49 (real money) cost on all clothing and accessories you purchase at the mall. Do you really want to pay to dress up a virtual avatar? Sony believes so, but Microsoft does not.
“I don’t think there’s where you’re going to see a tremendous [...]
Xbox 360 Avatars Get Winter Clothing Update
Microsoft has just updated the Avatar clothing selection adding in some more winter-appropriate apparel. Although not many items were added, they did add the necessary cold clothing. Hit the jump for the list.
Niko Bellic, Michael Jackson, Obama, and More As Xbox Avatars
The guys over at GamesRadar have been experimenting with the still in their prime Xbox 360 Avatars. What they've come up with is five pages of celebrity look-a-like Avatars that actually look pretty accurate. If you head over to the article, you'll find people like Mario, Lara Croft, Niko Bellic, Michael Jackson, Neo, Barack Obama, [...]
Make Your Xbox Avatar Do Silly Things
Avatars are funny creatures, yes they are. The guys at X3F have been able to put together a list of commands that will make your Avatar burp, laugh, hit his head on your screen, etc. Hit the jump to see what actions you can make your Avatar do.
Upcoming Avatar Clothing Theme Packs to Be Free
Microsoft has already announced that they will be releasing theme packs for the next six months for our Avatar's clothing. Many feared that we'd have to use our precious Microsoft Points to make our Avatar unique, but fear not, because the theme packs will be free and released in the next few weeks.
Xtival ‘08 Details and Line-Up Announced
Microsoft have officially announced details for their upcoming Xtival '08 event on Xbox LIVE. Xtival is "a three-day party that’s FREE for EVERYONE on Xbox LIVE. This year brings exclusive new music videos, HD movies and new games to download. You can chat to The Prodigy, our headline act, and even compete with the guys [...]
Xbox 360 Avatar Theme Packs Coming for the Next Six Months
For those who haven't yet downloaded it, the New Xbox Experience is live. Avatars are being created by Xbox 360 users across the globe. We wouldn't want too many similarities with our avatars though, right? Well, thankfully, Xbox LIVE product unit manager Jerry Johnson has confirmed that Avatar clothing will be updating constantly over Xbox [...]
Avatars Added to Xbox.com Gamercard
That is correct. Xbox.com was down for a bit yesterday and it's back up with a new addition, Avatars. That means your Xbox look-alike follows you around everywhere through the virtual waves of the internet. To see yours just head over to your gamertag page and boom, there he or she is. Remember, the New [...]
New Xbox Experience Impressions: Easy Slick
Getting the New Xbox Experience early, I figured I'd throw in some of my thoughts on it for the readers. The installation was really fast. Probably just under three minutes for me, not sure about you guys though, it all depends on your internet connection speed. Once the installation was done, I was welcomed with [...]
A Kingdom for Keflings To Feature Playable Xbox Avatars
NinjaBee, developers of games such as Band of Bugs and Cloning Clyde, have announced A Kingdom for Keflings today, a city-building game where you play as a giant working to turn a villge of Keflings into a metropolis.
The game will launch on the Xbox LIVE Arcade on November 19th along with the new Xbox [...]
Five XBLA Games Get Avatars Retroactively
Avatars are for more than showing yourself off to the Xbox LIVE Community. Four existing Xbox LIVE Arcade games will get patched to include Avatar functionality. Those games are UNO!, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades, and Small Arms. On top of all that, a new Xbox LIVE Arcade title will be the first to [...]
Microsoft To Launch Avatar Store For All Your Avatar Needs
The New Xbox Experience completely revamps your Xbox 360 console. Avatars are a big part of the new feature set and of course, Microsoft are going to think of a way to get more money out of the new feature.
Robin Burrowes, a product manager for Xbox LIVE tells us that an Avatar store will launch.
"The [...]
Xbox Avatars to Have URLs for Online Use
According to an anonymous (most likely correct) tipster, the upcoming New Xbox Experience's Avatars will have their own unique URL which leads to a PNG file of a gamer's avatar (URL doesn't work in Firefox or Safari).
The avatars you see above belong to Microsoft's Trixie and Chris Paladino. All these avatars are stored at avatar.xboxlive.com, [...]
The New Xbox Experience: A Look at Avatar Creation
Major Nelson of Xbox LIVE has released a brand new video showing off how the Avatars will work in The New Xbox Experience.
The new developer diary gives us a look at the Avatar creation, but is by no means a complete walkthrough. This is just to give us an idea of what is coming in [...]
New Xbox Experience Gamercard Channel
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The New Xbox Experience is shaping up well. Today, the Gamercard on the new dashboard was revealed. When you click on the Gamercard option, you see your messages, edit profile, update avatar, manage account, switch profiles, and change theme. You'll also be able to review every game you've played so far on your Xbox 360.
In [...]
Rare: No Viva Pinata Paradise DLC, Banjo Sequel Hopefully
Those purchasing Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise and are hoping for some extra content later on, you may be a bit sad. In a new interview, Rare's Justin Cook says that there are currently no plans for downloadable content.
Cook stated, "We don't have plans for DLC. We really focussed on the cards because we thought [...]
Xbox 360 Avatar Creator First Leaked Images?
An insider of Xbox 360 Fanboy was able to forward them some images of the Xbox 360 Fall Update's Avatar creator. These images were pulled straight from the current avatar creator. As of now, however, it is just a rumor till Microsoft decides to confirm something. [X3F]
Shappert: Avatars Drew “a lot of inspiration” from Mii’s
In a recent interview with Xbox LIVE Boss John Schappert, he has stated that Avatars drew "a lot of inspiration" from what Nintendo has been doing with their Mii's.
“I have to make a shout out to the Miis and say that Nintendo did a phenomenal job integrating them into the Wii games. There was a [...]
Microsoft “May” Charge for Avatar Accessories
Microsoft's games corporate VP John Schappert is saying today that micro-transactions "may be in the future" for the E3-announced Xbox 360 Avatars.
The avatars, releasing alongside The New Xbox Experience dashboard this Fall, replace your gamerpics giving the community a more social experience. Although, you don't have to use them.
"That may be in the future" Shappert [...]
Avatar Clothing Could Be Unlocked Using Achievements
Straight from Microsoft's Community Briefing yesterday, we now know that you can unlock an Avatar's clothing wardrobe by using your in-game achievements. That means if say you beat Ninja Gaiden II on the hardest difficulty, who knows, you could get a Ninja Mask and show it off to everyone. Sounds cool.
[E308: Avatar clothing could be [...]
360 Gets New Dashboard, Mii-Like Avatars
Over at the Microsoft press conference, they have announced a new dashboard coming to the Xbox 360 complete with 3D slides and new Nintendo Mii-like Avatars. John Shappert, head of LIVE services and softward told the audience:
"The new look and feel is more fun, more social, and simpler to use. You'll have a Gamercard, but [...]
