GameCinema HD is hosting some images of what could be some of the new Xbox 360 features announced at E3. In the screen above, you can see sections for both the Avatar Marketplace as well as a space for Avatar Awards. Other shots show off these areas themselves, though they are understandably empty right now. The screens also include new Xbox Live Marketplace entries for Games on Demand and Indie Games (no shots of the inside of either of these areas, unfortunately).
We find it a bit strange that someone willing to leak images of the new features would fail to edit out their own gamertag, though -- you'll notice it's in the upper left corner, clear as crystal. A quick check reveals that there is no Hobbtao gamertag listed on Xbox Live, which could mean a couple of things. One, these images are from an Xbox 360 dev kit, meaning Mr. Hobbtao is probably in violation of a Microsoft NDA. Two, the images are fakes.
Regardless, we're talking about menus here, which aren't nearly as exciting as what they contain.
[Via VG247]
Reader Comments (52)
Posted: Jul 8th 2009 11:26PM Ch0ppa said
Microsoft should release more avatar clothes based on new game/DLC releases to help hype them up kinda like they did with the biker clothes for Lost and the Damned. The ONLY thing I would pay for would be some bad ass outfits, like maybe a whole Spartan getup, COD Uniforms, Gears outfit, whatever. I would never spend my valuable MS Points on anything as stupid as a single article of clothing, just as I would never spend them on a music video, renting a movie, or buying TV shows when all of that is readily available for free on the Interweb. Even themes almost seem like a ripoff. I believe that every game I shell out $60 for (which could be almost 1/4 of someone's paycheck each week) should come with its on Theme, Gamer Pics, and Avatar Clothing - even if they are Achievement based. Is that TOO much to ask? You would think that with Microsoft gaining huge shares of console and game sales that they wouldnt be tryin to suck any extra cash they can out of us like other companies that are goin down the tube (cough sony cough). Hopefully they wont go crazy with this avatar clothes shit.
Posted: Jul 9th 2009 8:05AM Red Son Rising said
i plan on cleaning out the avatar store day 1 and if i have the right games, unlocking everything i can as quickly as possible . now if only i had something to do with my avatar instead of just watching her pose on my dashboard..
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