Brrr-y little snow gear arrives for NXE Avatars

by Randy Nelson on Dec 3rd 2008 9:30PM

Earlier today, our comrades at X3F caught sight of an NXE Spotlight promo for new Avatar winter gear ... only it wasn't available yet. The wee digital billboard (above) is now absent from the NXE as of this posting, but we've confirmed that the snowboarding/skiing related items are, in fact, now available – for both male and female Avatars – free of charge.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot to get excited about. Each sex has a new jacket, beanie, pair of gloves, and pair of boots available. You can tell there are new items available by the star icon in the upper left-hand corner of the "Change My Clothes" option in the Avatar editor. The new items also have stars on the thumbnails themselves. So, get ready for even more Avatars wearing the same outfit. We hope that Microsoft still plans to introduce more clothing and accessories soon, and in larger quantities.

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Tags: avatar-accessories, avatars, new-xbox-experience, nxe, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (58)

its up now actually. i just dress my avatar in a jacket and beanie

Why can't I have just a plain black zipper hoodie?

And why the hell does my dude look like a chick no matter what!?

because the xbox knows your deepest, darkest desires.

Honestly, can't there be a single freakin hoodie? Thats all I wear!

"Honestly, can't there be a single freakin hoodie? Thats all I wear!"

Only unibombers and other outcasts wear hoodies citizen. NXE refuses to permit you clothing freedom. Obey.

Aw don't complain... Yay for free stuff!

But more importantly, check out that sexy man-beast that is Kyle Gass in the background! I'd have his butt-baby.

And also, why can't I just set the color of clothes!? Really, they may someday release the perfect pink hoodie only for me to not be able to select the color I really want.

Lame, 4 items per gender. The male beanie is the best male beanie yet though. Gloves and boots are meh, and the jacket is cool, but everybody is gonna be wearing it.

That's the point..

the point is to get everybody to wear the same jacket?

I was wondering that too. I thought these things were a way to express ourselves, so that would seem counter intuitive...

Already this is more than Nintendo has done with the Mii's.

Oh is this how we express ourselves on XBL? I can't wait for summer then. Mankini here I come!

@ Christian

In some respects yes, but facial / body size and features are still more customizable for Miis. In my opinion, likelihood is you can still get a more acurate rendition of someone with Miis than you can with avatars.

Please don't turn a lame issue into flames folks, please.

"Already this is more than Nintendo has done with the Mii's."

lol

How old are you?

For all the useless shit you can dress them up with, Avatars still look more soulless and worlds less diverse than Mii's. Try to figure out why that is. Then think about why your statement is retarded.

Dude, seriously. You can't ask somebody 'how old are you?', talk about Miis being superior, and then call someone retarded.

Good god, what'd I just say in my previous post?

Don't they have competitions on creating miis?

I thought the point was to take off your pants and jacket.

Hopefully the Avatar Store will be phenomenal lolz

lol nice, downvoted into oblivion.

"Dude, seriously. You can't ask somebody 'how old are you?', talk about Miis being superior, and then call someone retarded.

Good god, what'd I just say in my previous post?"

Well maybe I was in a particularly vindictive mood. I didn't call him retarded though, just his statement, if you noticed. ;) Lastly, if you look at the timestamps, you and me almost posted at the same time.

That said, I'm just telling the truth. Mii's allow for much more personality than the Avatars (which seem to be stuck with one and the same facial type), yet the latter try to make up for this with superficial fashion nonsense. Pretty metaphoric, isn't it?

With that in mind, I just can't help but question the mental age of anyone considering the Avatars superior.

That good enough for you, sir? ;)

@ bm

Dude, you're going right into my forum signature. Arguing about how "mature" or "retarded" someone's opinion is about Wii vs. Xbox 360 avatars is just epic.

"Dude", your holier than thou attitude is right on the same level.

Hey, it's me holding the guitar...HELLS YEAH!

Fuck you!! Jabes and Fuck You!!gables.

*guitar riff*

how awesome would it be if achievements also included outfits or parts of outfits relating to the game. I would totally dig a Gordon freeman lookin avatar

Something more related to update - looks good, just needs more things

That would be a great idea, hopefully something like that is in the works.

I think that was one of the features that was discussed when the NXE was first announced.

Strangely enough, I've noticed more and more people talking about unlockable gamer pics in recent games.

wow I totally said the same thing in one of the previous announcements about the NXE avatars like over a month ago. I think it's a great idea and I hope the game developers start to implement it.

OMG GOLDEN BOY!!!!!! A gold star for you, Blah.

hell ya, where's my cookie too?

A lot of arcade games have had unlockable gamerpics lately, yes. The original Banjo and Nuts and Bolts both have two that can be unlocked.

I think it's pretty likely that this sort of thing will be replaced with avatar clothing in the future.

I want a Banjo backpack. :(

I already had the boots from before the NXE was launched, but it's nice to have them selectable again. After it updated to the public version I had them saved to my avatar but they weren't listed anymore, I guess they were saving them for this minor update.

Awesome. I can make my avy look even creepier now.

Winter gear...
Ah, why? Do they think we all live in America?

FYI imperialists, its summer for a couple of Xbox 360 users right now.

It's not even cold for a lot of 360 users IN the US, you dumbass. Do you think all of the US is in need of snow gear in the depths of Winter? It's quite nice here in San Diego, as it is in much of the US. It's goddamn AVATAR CLOTHES, settle down. It's just a novelty, not a statment of US imperialism.

FYI, moron, you're a moron. Imperialists? Go eat a mitten.

Imperialists? You, my foreign friend, need a lesson in history.

Yeah, kinda sucks. All the neat looking clothes are winter clothes, and I'm sweating like a mofo here, so I don't wanna see my little dude wearing that stuff.

wiinters are people too you know.

wiinter. oh, i see what you did! that's really cute but next time you respond, either make it more relevant or more funny.

Durr.. idk, maybe... just maybe, it was made in America! By an American software company! *gasps*

@ Arnon : For a worldwide audience though... just sayin' (I still disagree with his d'bsggery)

But antsmarching if all jokes are A material then people won't enjoy the most epic ones.

Dear Ozzy,

Microsoft conducts the majority of its business in America.

PS: Fuck you

Why are you Americans so up yourselves, all you do is stuff the world economy and invade countries for your own selfish benefits. And you can't even take a little tounge in cheek comment. Get a Life.

I'm British, and I also found your comment extremely silly. Are you're the type of person who was offended by Animal Crossing having holidays similar to Haloween and Christmas?

Massive amounts of win can be spotted on the right side of the picture.

Agreed. I'm actually more interested in the "slide" to the right than the Winter-themed Avatar clothes.

Joystiq must be anti-Tenacious D.

I think that at one point Bethesda hinted at the idea of an unlockable hazmat suit as a perk for beating Fallout 3 or something to that extent.

Would be awesome if they could link those achievements to perks like more outfits or unique items you can only aquire by beating certain games.

I'm sure it would sell more games than some people realize just having that tiny little boost. Hell, I was excited when they announced an unlockable Altair for Prince of Persia... sure it works differently but it's a nice touch to urge me to get the game all the more.

yay its KG in the background!

I'll get you Tenacious DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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