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Gears of War COG and Locust Armor coming to Xbox Live Avatars

by Kevin Kelly on Jul 25th 2009 9:10PM

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During the Gearsiverse panel at Comic-Con, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski and Ron Fergusson revealed that there will be Gears of War-themed armor of both the COG and Locust variety coming to XBL Avatars soon. One rule that Microsoft imposes on Avatar clothing and models is that they "can't look inhuman," according to Bleszinski. So they pieced together a workaround set of Locust armor that you can check out beyond the break.

Look for these new Avatar upgrades to be available when the next Xbox Live dashboard update becomes available soon. Meanwhile, we're going to scurry out to our preview builds to see if they're already available. Be sure and peep the Locust image, just around the corner.

Tags: avatars, cliff-bleszinski, Epic, Gears, Gears-of-War, Gears-of-War-2, Microsoft, Ron-Fergusson, sdcc-2009, Xbox, Xbox-360, Xbox-Live

Reader Comments (120)

yet it still looks quite effeminate on these damn avatars!

It's because these avatars stand like they have a VaJayJay...

I thought I was the only one that notice they look very homosexually

these avatar costumes reminds me of little big planet costumes.. hmm..

^ little big planet gears of war costume pack confir..... *world implodes*

I think they look pretty cool, especially the locust. But if you guys want to say they look gay and effeminate because you can't handle cartoony/cutesy stuff then so be it.

yeah cause cartoony and cutesy goes real well with gears of war.

pedojokerbear your my god

Well sure, it's an unavoidable consequence if your going to put an avatar into Gears gear.

i wonder if these would look better/more true to the game if you made your avatar as fat as possible and then stuck on the costume

wow Markez, you sure are defending those avatar clothing lol.

if its any consideration, Home costumes aren't any less better. Lets just hope MS charges decent amount

They're not effeminate because they're cartoony, they're effeminate because they the hips and body language of a woman.

Gotta go with Regault on this one. My wife sighs every time my guy does that thing where he closes his eyes, points up and jumps (after editing avatar). It's not very manly looking.

my avatar doesn't look feminine. That's because I made him after the way I look in real life. In other words I made him tall and fat lol

Maybe it is because the only way there is any junk in those pants is if they are doing the Silence Of The Lambs tuck.

I'm surprised they didn't put assless chaps on the locust avatar. Microsoft is taking these avatars too far, at least try to make them more manly.

Huh.

No Locust sniper goggles?!

lol i love your avatar =]=]=]=]

If i had a nickel every time i heard that.

I'd have 50 cents :)

love your avatar....Now 55 cents

So I have to choose between this and the ODST helmet?

dammit.

Combining the Carmine body armor with the ODST helmet could be pretty sweet.

until your avatars dies of course

lol Carmine is the Kenny of GOW. i've been wondering how they're going to kill of the other two in the last game, unless they rip Saving Private Ryan or something.

Getting Carmine first day! Fuck Ya!

now thats what im talking about!!! Gears my number 1 game -halo armor next!!!!

there was already a picture of odst armor like a month ago.

No comment...

U had to say it, didn't u?

Cool, but i still wont pay for them. and it sucks about microsofts rule, cause i guess that rules out zombie avatar awards for left 4 dead 2.

Don't forget - zombies are human.

people who consider zombies to be humans always end up getting eaten.

Im telling my pals in my Xbox party about this as I type and they're sold already lol

Locust armour looks sick. - The Headpiece obv.

God that Carmine avatar looks awesome.
Please let this be an awardable instead of something you have to buy.

Knowing MS, it will probably be awarded with an achievement and then paid to unlock.

Double Whammy!

Did they mention a lancer prop to go with it ?

in the xna terms and conditions for avatars i could have sworn no guns were allowed to be held by the avatars. perhaps thats only xna indie games rules, but yeah.

The XNA rules also say you have to use the entire avatar, can't just have floating heads or Rayman-limbed avatars running around. I think MadBalls did just that, making a character out of your Avatar's head. Definitely only applies to indie games.

To add... I'd still guess the No Guns rule applies. Maybe if the gun were strapped to the avatar rather than them holding it in their hands (put it on their back or their thigh). The RC Warthog has a gun on it after all.

They can't look inhuman? That's a lie. As long as there are trolls on the Internet people will find ways to make Avatars, Home characters and Miis look inhuman.

I believe you on the second two, but show me an xbox avatar that looks inhuman.

Imagine the price of this junk if a stupid remote controlled warthog is 320MP.

That is what i fear.

If it's priced reasonably & sold as a set, then i'll buy them - if its all separate; boots = 80MSP, trousers = 80MSP, body armour = 80MSP, gloves = 50MSP, helmet = 120MSP - then i will not be buying this.
(unless its so incredibly awesome i must have it).

Oh sh*t, there goes my point i was trying to make

Just looked at the hi-res version,

& the armour looks, for the lack of better words,..... far too gay.

So the armor is homosexual?

Killer,

Yeah, I agree. The armor communicates more "I'm a twinkle toes at a cosplay party" than "I'm a hard core gaming badass." But I think that's due to the artistic design of the avatars themselves than anything. My guess is MS has limits as to how much "bulk" costumes can add to the thin avatars.

@ Cj

The armour itself isn't, but it makes the avatar look it.

@K1LLER HORNET

Oh no. God forbid that would happen.

@ Cj

Your avatar's hand would flop?

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