New Xbox Experience: What's Bumpin' with Themes?

Ryan Fulton — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:03:16 -0500

We all know that the New Xbox Experience is a fancy way of re-skinning the Xbox's current "blade" interface and adding Mii Avatar support. While a new look is nice, many of us paid hard earned Imperial Credits for our current themes and they suit us quite well, thank you very much. Not to fear! The fine folks at Gamerscore Blog have descended from their perch upon high to allay your doubts and worries.

Not only will your old themes still be viable in the new format, they'll look even better, theoretically. In addition to old themes being supported, some of the new themes will be slightly animated. Avatars will also take an active role on the background representing what your friends are doing and even grouping together when partied. All in all, it seems pretty exciting. Well, as exciting as a glorified menu system can be, which is sort of exciting.

E3 Leak: Microsoft to Announce Their Alternative to Miis?

Zach Lott — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:26:07 -0500

First up in the series of posts regarding the Intellisponse leak is news that Microsoft may be planning to finally announce a long-awaited alternative to Nintendo's Miis: "Xbox Avatars."

Joystiq is reporting that "Avatars" were mentioned in a Microsoft survey and may take the place of gamer pictures, giving Live users "an animated, customizable online persona." Intellisponse's website stated that they will be available at holiday time for those connected to Xbox Live and during the spring for everyone else. This, coupled with information from Joystiq's "trusted source" that the 360's fall update would consist of a service that sounds much like "Xbox Avatars," gives a certain credence to this rumor.

As always, we'll keep you updated.

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New Xbox Experience: What's Bumpin' with Themes?

E3 Leak: Microsoft to Announce Their Alternative to Miis?