E3 2008: Fall Xbox Live system update to get avatars, new community channel

Posted Jul 14, 2008 at 7:22AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Dashboard, e3, gamercard, industry news, Microsoft

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Straight from Microsoft's E3 conference comes official word regarding the fabled avatars. Yes folks, these avatars are real, and they're coming to the Xbox 360 in the fall.

Here's what we know so far:

• The new Xbox Live interface will reportedly feature a new GUI with avatars

• The avatars were created by Rare

• Your gamercard can be updated with avatars.
• Your avatar will be customizable

• The avatars will be in games, websites, on the dashboard, and in messages.

Microsoft also announced a new community channel where you can create a Live Party that'll allow you to stream photos (and, presumably, other forms of content) to up to 8 people in the Live Party.

There are more updates coming in from the E3's conference, so keep checking QJ for updates.

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Related Articles:

• Microsoft introducing 'Avatars' as a response to Miis?
• Rumor: Xbox 360 to get new Dashboard interface in Spring Update
  

Pictures courtesy of IGN

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# .... — cipherblaze 2008-07-14 09:06

whats with the *****e screenshots?? HQ? HD? Nething besides cellphone quality 1.0 megapixel junk. making my damn eyes bleed.

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# hmmm... — xXPedroMaxXx 2008-07-14 10:22

They look like a mix of "Mii" and "Home"

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# Yay lol! — WarNerve 2008-07-14 13:10

Bratz doll Waterheads. Microstiff FTW!!!

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# ... — Binary 2008-07-14 13:14

No new dashboard?

No Web Browser?

Nothing new?

Thats it?



oh well hope community tab will go big.

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# .. — Binary 2008-07-14 13:17

well better then nothing.

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# .. — Binary 2008-07-14 13:20

well you need to go to the eye doctor to fix your bleeding eyes because its fine over here,

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# ??? WHAT!!? — martin447 2008-07-15 01:51

the characters are "MII" in 3D, and the whole--until now--world is HOME, microsoft you *****s, if weren't told, i would have thought those were a child-friendly version HOME!!!

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# You kids — shanedp 2008-07-15 07:21

Are just plain stupid.



Never happy with anything.

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