Xbox 360 Avatars only in 'E' titles

by Justin McElroy { Aug 5th 2008 at 11:00AM }

Those among us who were less than thrilled at Microsoft's Mii Too avatars being integrated into the 360 dashboard had one modicum of comfort: That some day we would be able to find the overly-cutesy house they lived in in Grand Theft Auto V and murder them with a baseball bat ... until they died from it.

Sadly, it appears we won't be getting that chance. Speaking at Microsoft's Gamefest event, Xbox Live GM Eric Kilgore [/irony] said, "the final guide we have this year is to think of them in an 'E10' context. That doesn't mean it won't change – but this fall they won't be able to blow each other's heads off." Their heads don't explode, and our hearts break. We hope you're happy now, Microsoft.

Tags: avatars, dashboard, new-xbox-experience, nxe

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans @ Aug 5th 2008 11:07AM

Aw... I wanted to chainsaw some Avi's in Gears 2.

:(

Marty @ Aug 5th 2008 11:30AM

The picture above is classic!

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 5th 2008 11:10AM

Sounds gay :S What next, avatar sports?

Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans @ Aug 5th 2008 11:11AM

You sound like a moron.

Stop using the term 'gay' that way. You make yourself look like an immature idiot.

Al Sharpton @ Aug 5th 2008 11:15AM

Moorio - stop being gay and get over it.

deaftly @ Aug 5th 2008 11:16AM

You gays are guy

riggs @ Aug 5th 2008 11:19AM

Wheres jesse jackson?

Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans @ Aug 5th 2008 11:21AM

@Al Sharpton

Go fuck yourself.

(Thought I'd try communicating in a way you're accustomed to.)

samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 11:24AM

"Wheres jesse jackson?"

I saw him in the garage, hanging Barack Obama's nuts from his rearview mirror.

Moorio - XBL: peacebyanymeans @ Aug 5th 2008 11:27AM

@ riggs

Probably off somewhere, making someone kiss his ass.

DangerMouse @ Aug 5th 2008 11:43AM

This is the internet, it's pronounced "gh3y".

Jonah Falcon @ Aug 5th 2008 12:51PM

"Sounds gay" = "awesome".

Time to start changing the 10 year old idiocy of equating "gay" with "lame".

Gay's always meant "ahead of the curve", "trendsetting", "fashionable" and "something boring middle-of-the-road morons don't know about and boy, are those squares losers".

samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 12:59PM

Well in that case, I am SO INCREDIBLY GAY!

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 5th 2008 2:39PM

Gay to me means cheezy, not crap, which is why 'they skipped joyfully and gay' sounds remotly humourous, not in any homosexual context, have you got a problem with that? If you have nothing better to inform me of Moorio, find someone else that cares.

I can change whatever word I feel like, its not as if the dictionary isn't deranged enough, just the other day I was snapped at for spelling 'color' as 'colour'. So really, what difference does Gay beaing homo, being cheezy or being happy make to me? >.< In fact Moorio, what difference does it mean to you? Its not as if your wife and children will be forever condemned for me choosing to using the term 'gay' in the way I feel like?

samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 4:07PM

Imagine if instead of the word 'gay' to describe something cheesy or lame, you used the word 'Mexican'.

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 5th 2008 4:25PM

I could have used that, heck, I could have used the words 'spicy', or 'french' ¬_¬

But I chose 'gay', if Moorio wants to cricify me or have me hung for it, let him try.

Skunk Ape @ Aug 5th 2008 11:12AM

It would be so amazing if that was teh DLC they were talking about for 360. I might actually think about buying a non-exclusive title for the 360 then.

Sucklechimp @ Aug 5th 2008 11:22AM

Hi that picture made me laugh really hard. I am typing with no irony.

Stop the insanity! -- Susan Powter

rv @ Aug 5th 2008 11:39AM

hahahhahahha
That is seriously the best pic ever posted on this site, followed closely by the brute fabulous pic and the ps3 eats money.

Heh {XBL: P4nic 4tt4ck} @ Aug 5th 2008 6:34PM

Fabulous Brutes still stand as joystiq's best photoshop IMHO.

This is a close second, though.

samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 11:22AM

As long as I get my Mii beat 'em up on the Wii someday, I'll be happy.

THAT *THAT*, GRANDMA! Yeah, bitch! What do ya think of ol' Hitler NOW?!

...I should be a video game developer.

Raikage (GOLDEN Gun Of The Patriots) @ Aug 5th 2008 12:32PM

Mortal Kombat: Mii.....

Epic.....

samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 1:24PM

No no no. That's Midway. They just want to rip off Epic's game design for the next Mortal Kombat, they said.
...y'know...so they can make MK even crappier, if possible.

Bennyishere @ Aug 5th 2008 11:29AM

Hopefully they change their minds soon. I need to shoot someone with my pimped out Avatar.

John @ Aug 5th 2008 11:31AM

Damn, there goes my dream of an fps game where u play as avatars and can have blood enabled

Cahya @ Aug 5th 2008 12:57PM

exciting

Misfit Toy @ Aug 5th 2008 12:54PM

exciting

xGeneral DEATHx @ Aug 5th 2008 1:19PM

Exciting?

Cahya @ Aug 5th 2008 11:44AM

Exciting.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Aug 5th 2008 12:30PM

Exciting?

Misfit Toy @ Aug 5th 2008 12:54PM

Exciting!

Phillip @ Aug 5th 2008 1:04PM

"Exciting"

xGeneral DEATHx @ Aug 5th 2008 1:20PM

Exiting...

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 5th 2008 4:26PM

X-citing

Misfit Toy @ Aug 5th 2008 9:10PM

Eckseyetang

Luke @ Aug 5th 2008 9:16PM

X-Play

Snowblind @ Aug 5th 2008 12:05PM

Imagine Call of Duty with these avatars.
Then we'd really be fighting and dying beside our friends..

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Aug 5th 2008 12:17PM

"You sound like a moron...Stop using the term 'gay' that way."

And you come across like a pretentious twat. Fight the good fight against discrimination, but using a common pejorative doesn't make him a moron.

Anyway, Microsoft isn't really distinguishing themselves from Nintendo with this limitation. Blowing the everlovin' crap outta effigies of friends and enemies had appeal.