Xbox is discontinuing its long-running custom Avatar software, Xbox Avatar Editor, next year. Originally released three years into the Xbox 360's life cycle, Avatars gave players a chance to create ...

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For a while, it seemed like customizable avatars might be the next big thing in console gaming. From Nintendo’s Miis to the Xbox Live Avatars that debuted on Xbox 360 in 2008, the idea of creating a ...

Microsoft blames low engagement for why we’re losing this feature. Avatars are nothing new, and we’ve seen them featured across a wide range of services. Microsoft revamped its avatar offering with ...

Xbox is killing off one of its longest features: Avatars. Xbox is one of the pioneers in online console gaming. While it’s far from the first to have an online gaming service, Xbox really cracked the ...

Microsoft is shutting down the Xbox Avatar Editor app, reports PureXbox. The Xbox Avatar FAQ says that “due to low engagement and our shift in focus towards delivering other player experiences,” it’s ...

Microsoft’s Xbox has always allowed players to express themselves in the form of their online avatars. It looks like Xbox chief Phil Spencer, along with Mike Ybarra, have heard the pleas of their ...

Microsoft's executive team is having some fun in honor of next week's launch of the Kinect motion-based control system for Xbox 360, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com ...

John Schappert, Microsoft's corporate VP of Live, Software and Services, has caused some confusion over the business model for the forthcoming Xbox Live avatars by saying that microtransactions might ...

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Xbox Avatars are in line for an update, according to a number of Microsoft job adverts. Spotted by Dualshockers, Microsoft has posted two job ads for software engineers to work on upgrading Avatars ...

A number of new features for Xbox 360 avatars have been announced by Microsoft, including in-game items as rewards, animated props and a new microtransaction-based Avatar Marketplace. Due to start ...