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Rebel Scum It Up With New Star Wars Xbox 360 Avatar Gear

7:40AM May 19, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Show your Rebel pride, your Imperial allegiance or your carefree bounty hunter love with new The Empire Strikes Back-themed Avatar gear, adorable enough to force almost any Star Wars fan to drop Microsoft Points on virtual clothing. More »


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Xbox Avatar Clothing — Serious Business

11:40AM April 1, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Your “New Xbox Experience” avatar has just gotten some grown up clothes, eight new pieces of formal and business casual articles that will be a hit at your next Xbox Live con call.

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360 Avatars Go A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Western

6:30PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

It’s OK, Americans. Those European football shirts weren’t your thing. This, then, is your thing, a new “Western Wear” collection of avatar clothing that’ll have you reaching for an official Microsoft-branded six-shooter.

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The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory

12:30PM March 5, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Most people are more than happy with the improvements the New Xbox Experience brought to the Xbox 360′s user interface. Those unhappy, well, tough: it’s about to become compulsory.

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Microsoft Finally Fixes NXE HDMI SNAFU

9:20AM February 3, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

The Xbox 360′s “New Xbox Experience” wasn’t filled with the joyful noise of Avatar belches for some owners of the console. Some found their HDMI-ready systems without sound, which Microsoft is now, finally, addressing.

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Prep Up Your NXE Avatar With New Threads

8:20AM January 15, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Your New Xbox Experience avatar just got a wardrobe booster, thanks to the fashionistas at Microsoft and Rare. It’s a noticeably preppy update to the Avatar closet, perfect for a weekend beach house getaway.

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Trapped In A Glass Ball With Your Xbox Friends

12:20AM December 13, 2008 | Mike Fahey

It’s a non-stop celebration over on the Xbox 360, as folks around the world awake to discover that Santa left them a mystical torture device disguised as the Xbox 360 Holiday Snow Globe.

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New Xbox Experience Brought a Jump in Online Sales to Live

9:00AM December 11, 2008 | Brian Crecente

Since the launch of the New Xbox Experience, the avatar-friendly, Xbox Live redesign, sales on the Xbox 360′s Live marketplace have as much as tripled, Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 said today.

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New NXE Avatar Clothing Is Useless For The Australian Summer

12:20PM December 4, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Today is December 4. First week of summer down here. So, today, I jump on my Xbox 360, and see there are new avatar clothes! New, entirely inappropriate avatar clothes.

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Sony Movies Now Available On 360′s Netflix

2:30PM November 26, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

There was a problem last week when the New Xbox Experience rolled out – and Netflix support rolled out along with it – yet Sony’s movies were unavailable. Boneheads made conspiratorial mutterings. Netflix were more sensible.

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