Over the weekend, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb confirmed that the mysterious “Xbox 360 Beta” that a bunch of Microsoft employees were “testing” wasn’t a game. Wasn’t Natal. It was… licensed avatar clothing.
Here, we can see what he’s talking about, as MS employee “Randy No Arms” here is fully decked out in garish Halo threads, from his cap to his kneecaps. It’s an interesting look, and not one I was expecting.
When we first heard about this kind of thing, I figured that it would mean proper Halo clothing. Like, little Master Chief armour packs, or a Sgt. Johnson “Cap & Cigar” combo deal. Same goes for any other game; it just seemed logical that avatar gear licensed from a game/series would take the form of… well, digital cosplay.
Hopefully that’s still coming, and this awful Hot Topic getup is exactly what it’s supposed to be; a test.
[via Joystiq]
Darius
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 9:20 AMyeah costumes from games would be much better – like being able to zombify your avatars or getting in game items like different armour. Its been said before.
Matfei
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:09 AMI wouldn’t pay for full costumes, let alone simple reskins of existing clothes.
Rob_Jedi
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:26 AMI’m still baffled why they haven’t put in t-shirts that let you use the gamerpics on them like a print. Gives people a reason to still buy gamerpics then.
FatShady
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 12:09 PMI was really looking forward to Fallout3 Power Armor… still hoping!