Avatar Awards Being Tested, Loads of Cool Avatar Gear

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Dan Webb

At current time behind the scenes at Microsoft, many of the company's employees are testing out the soon to be released Avatar Awards.

The award system is said to tie in with the achievement system and when certain achievements are unlocked in-game, players can also show that off further with a piece of avatar clothing or an accessory.

With us being nosey buggers, we decided to nose through all their gamercards to see what their avatar was wearing and there is some pretty neat stuff ... alot of it Halo related. If I was a betting man I'd hazard a guess the system will become first active when ODST releases in September.

I've put all the cool looking avatar stuff below, but bear in mind that some of the stuff may not be new ... I don't tend to keep up-to-date with my avatar's wardrobe *shock horror*

 [Thanks to Marc for poining this out]

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  • No way....Warthog RC car ftw :)
  • rc car looks cool except it would look cooler with a bottom half
  • Could be interesting, will definitely add something a little less boring to the whole avatar thing. Hopefully some more adventurous ideas too. Dressed as a Locust anyone!
  • I want that RC Warthog :D
  • i didn't know you could have warthogs hahahah
  • I like the rc warthog.
  • Interesting.... but still pointless...
  • What!!! I want this stuff so bad how do I get it now!!!
  • Great idea.. i knew it would happen at some point.. only down side is there all Halo stuff. Gears of War stuff could look way better.
  • Just give me unlockable football shirts with FIFA 10 thanks. Don't want fanboy hard-on Halo rubbish ta :p
  • I love the stuck shirts
  • The halo branded stuff looks cool and that rc warthog v nice I want some fallout 3 stuff but i think that wont happen as itll have been out bout a year by then Thanks for the credit Dan Marc
  • They need Halo and Gears stuff for sure. Also they should try to market out to Marvel or something for Super hero gear. That'd be sweet.
  • erm...a halo t-shirt? No thanks i'd rather have a master chief helmet or assault rifle.
  • i still want a cape!
  • id imagine this will be retroactive and things achievements/previous games wont get these but the new ones will
  • Give me some gun's for my avatar then i'll be happy.
  • I'd like to see something along the lines of a spartan helmet or a lancer rifle instead of just T shirts and hats but the hog was kinda cool i guess
  • I read somewhere (joystiq I think) that the RC Warthogs will cost like 560gs! Rip off..
  • i aint paying for toys for my avatar or any clothing microsoft should learn from playstation 3s home that selling digital clothing dont work if they charge stupid amounts then the avatar system will be abandoned by all
  • I think the RC thing looks a little .. childish? I'd rather have as #15 said capes/masks etc .. not shirts with Stuck on them. Make me mix and match things .. I wants to have Gears stuff with a mix of Spartan and a Dab of Fable. Not there names/pictures/logos etc on another coloured shirt!?!
  • I think the swords shirt is the coolest...
  • all asking about the RC warthog, if you wath the MS keynote at E3 when they revealed the avatar store, the RC warthog was one of the things shown. what i remember about it though was the in the background you could see the price. i believe it will cost 320 ms points!!! real money for a pretend RC car..not for me thanks
  • I would like my avatar to be dressed as a BigDaddy.
  • the remotes to the warthogs are floating XD ha
  • The controller for the Warthog looks weird, how about maybe just the Warthog??? Liking the sticky grenade Halo shirt!!!
  • So will we be able to earn these thing as well as buy them? cause im not about to pay 320 ms points for a make believe rc car...especially if i get a splatter spree and unlock it lol
  • They should definitely do gear for people with specific gamerscores. Such as "Hey you just reached 25,000 gamerscore! Have a complimentary t-shirt that proves you are truly more amazing than those without it."
  • The Monkey T-Shirt i have... and the xbox button thats black i have.. i have ALL the avatar clothes, even the ones not out yet
  • Making these things unlockable to go along with achievements seems like the best idea. I like the idea of working for an achievement and getting something to show my hard work with my avatar. I just hope they get some more normal looking clothes for us chicks. I'm sick of walking around in boots or hi-heels. Some converse would be nice.
  • Does anyone else think this might be the start of being able to choose clothes colours? The two stuck t-shirts are different colour. It would certainly add some variety. I'd like new clothes, but probably won't buy anything, it seems even more pointless than themes etc =P
  • And isn't that guide button t shirt already available in red? And the two UNSC caps are different. Anyone notice the spiderweb on the last girl's t-shirt? Maybe something with marvel there? Or just looking into it too much?
  • I've also hearded that they will add achievements for your avatar. Don't worry, you still get them :)
  • Still a waste of time.
  • The spider shirt has been out for a while now.
  • Those rock and it's a class idea that they'd link the clothes to achievements Rob
  • not gonna look through all the comments, but i hope this is implemented with games already released as well. like, if you have BLANK achievement you will unlock BLANK piece of whatever for your avatar.
  • Avatars are still goofy but this is a great idea.
  • No, no, no, no, no #35, kids who make those ridiculous bios with all the symbols are a waste of time.
  • i think props would be better, like a guitar or a football, or headphones, but for free, or dead cheap like 20m$
  • I just want to see sports jerseys and Trophies. How bad ass would it be to have your avatar with the Stanley Cup after winning it or the World cup after beating FIFA. Although Fallout gear would be sweet too, or Ghostbusters. I would love to have a proton pack for my avatar - I wouldn't spend money for it - but I would work my ass off to earn it. Or a blood splattered outfit after getting Zombie Genocide in L4D!
  • looks like a good start. but i want nore detailed things than just a t-shirt with the halo logo on it. like a marcus fenix bandana with the gears logo on the front. or wolverine claws. maybe if u beat mass effect 2 on insane or get the full gamerscore u can wear N7 armor. that would be totally awesome!
  • personally i think items need to be around 50MS Points for the idea to really take off and to have decent items. I think having items would be a far better idea, with musical instruments, in game weapons and backgrounds.
  • Hmm, cool feature I must say :)
  • Well MS won't be getting my money until they start offering costumes. I think most of the outfits on the Avatar's look like crap 1st off. The RC Warthog is cool, but still not worth my money. MS listen to the people when we say we want game inspired costumes not clothes, i.e. Master Chief Armor, Ninja Gaiden Outfit, GoW Armor so on and so forth.
  • I still hold out hope that we're going to get a vault 101 outfit. The fact that the rc warthog costs 4 bucks isn't the news, the fact that your avatar can hold something is the real news. Stanley cup would be cool, maybe the vince lombardi trophy for the madden playas. I read that you can't cover your avatars face though so no master chief or big daddy unless it's just the body.
  • I'm just gonna wait for a lancer.
  • me to #47
  • i want some gta stuff. and i agree with #46,, a vault 101 outfit shuld be raly cool :D
  • CoG OUTFIT NOW!
  • sounds like the best idea yet from microsoft, i guarantee they spoil it by making shit clothes and charging and extortionate amount of m$ for them though. fingers crossed for superhero/ character amours though :)
  • I want the Stuck shirt...
  • OMG looks so stupid
  • The RC warthog is a good sign that they can do more than just slightly modifying a t-shirt. This opens up lots of oportunities, and I like it! I want an unlockable Max (of Sam & Max) plushie doll with my avatar. Kind of gay, but kind of awesome. Awright!
  • halo stuff...lame hope i see better stuff
  • I want Assassin's Creed Gear!
  • wait, so this means that when u complete achievements, youll get clothing? awesome. exactly what i wanted.
  • I think the best idea is you unlock an achievement and then you can put the tile on your shirt.
  • Looks really cool cant wait
  • @#56: I was just about to say the samething. Hopefully some of the AC2 achievements will unlock the outfit.
  • I will be more into this idea with some non halo stuff
  • I think... If they start charging us ridiculous amounts of MP for VIRTUAL CLOTHING, then we should think about a boycott of the Avatar marketplace. Then they'll see just how stupid the whole idea of BUYING virtual clothes is. I'd rather spend the money and get myself a shirt in real-life thanks. [/rant]
  • sweet !
  • hahahahah gay! who really cares that much about thier precious avatar?
  • Lol, funny how marc gets credit for pointing it out, how about the huge amount of work ive been doing to discover the above clothes a lot more: http://x360a.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2101807&postcount=54 Oh well, you can add these to the list if you wish.
  • niiice i loooove gamerscore so this will be soo cool
  • i would like a t-shirt with a girl bending over....that would nice!!hahahah!!
  • To #65 wow sorry m8 that is good work i just emailed dan bout major nelson having a new shirt....great work though
  • i want things like the ODST and chief helmet but this is awesome to!
  • I need that warthog lol
  • Still lame. Always lame.
  • The RC Warthog is interesting, yet with them not holding the remote control it looks highly...inappropriate...
  • Lets just hope that when they do it doesn't hose all of us who already have unlocked them (we know Microsoft's stance on achievements not working in their arcade games is to push you off to the developer and then they tell you it is MS's issue and to call them...) But at least it will be in house if something doesn't unlock when it is suppose too! Can't wait to see what kind of cool stuff we can accessorize our Avatar with! VROOOM VROOOM on the RC Hog very sweet!
  • Sweet
  • too many halo fan boys..its not even that good
  • not lame, can't wait to outfit my avatar with Rock Band shirts and accessories.
  • i was saying when the avatar system was announced that haveing cool game/ achievement related clotheing was a good idea im glad some one else had that idea to. hopefully they get creative with the unlockables like full suits of ODST or spartin armor for those that get the hard achievements.
  • GIVE ME A F***ING FOX OUTFIT....FURRIES FTW
  • Too much Halo, not enough good stuff.
  • I want the Overlord's armor!
  • seems cool. I'd like to rock some awesome clothes/accessories for completing the Mile High Club. It also seems like you might be able to change the color of the shirts now too... judging by the "stuck" shirts.
  • konoha headband!
  • I tell you though, i'm not spending 320 microsoft points on a bunch of crap, like per shirt.
  • Space marine armour perhaps?
  • http://www.x2i4eva.com/avatars/hidden.php Also more pics!
  • I am excited about this. This is definitely more rewarding for us achievement hunters. If MS wants their Avatars not to fail then this is a positive step for them.
  • Halo stuff is nice, nothin' to say against them ;)
  • AWESOME!!!
  • lakers jersey please.
  • This is still pretty shit. Unless I get a wrist mounted stealth blade from Assassin's Creed... or ridiculous biceps from GoW/2. Don't really care about my avatar either way.
  • not looking forward to the halo items, but i hope they start this scheme soon! having boxing gloves or a gun would be awesome.
  • I think the best thing to do is charge about 20-60ms for clothing for game like cod4 cod5. But for game w/ sequels like mass effect 2 or marvel ultimate alliance 2 they should allow u 2 unlock clothing for both games.
  • This looks really cool, hopefully it'll work with some already unlocked achievements. Figures they'd have Halo first though.
  • Wow my avatar looks exactly the same as the one in the middle of the bottom row lol. Anyway on topic - avatars are shit.
  • About time they start releasing more info on this since up to date the avatars were almost useless and the lackluster selection of clothing making it even more so.
  • Warthog RC ftw?
  • Oh god why Halo 3 stuff?
  • @97 Maybe Halo is good...? -.-
  • i have a feeling that the halo 3 gear will sell like crazy. i would leave a witty comment about farm animals but that's too much effort. call me back when i can get a backpack with kazooie.
  • Who cares... Achievements?? I'm in. Plus the whole idea behind adds a little more fun to the whole avatar thing I guess. What would be cool is make some shirts off of some achievement pics too...
  • Um... shouldn't they be things like Spartan armor and so forth not crappy t-shirts with logos on them? When people heard about unlocking avatar stuff from games they pictured Spartan Armor, Lancer rifles, etc. Not some ball cap with a tiny logo. What a giant let down.
  • LAME
  • I hope this isn't it. Everyone's calling out for armor and specific outfits and it'd be shooting yourself in the foor if they didn't respond to it. I guess it's good to see evidence of them finally getting around to it. Hope it comes out soon!
  • this would be awesome if it went with achievements in EVERY GAME, and not the simple 5g ones, but achievements that take time and skill
  • seems very.... meh. i mean the shirts look cool but the RC warthog? and from what i heard from about it will cost 320MSP. Thats 2 Rock Band songs!
  • also, hopefully you dont have to re-unlock all the achievements to the the stuff, but if the achievement is on your gamertag already, you still get the piece of clothing
  • I heard that they won't be having your any weapons for your avatars seeming how they would be too violent. This was in GI I believe.
  • The avatars were meant to be unique with no two avatars looking exactly the same Now what if we all got spartan armour for completing halo ODST.....think how many people would wear it.......see where im going with this Im not saying its a bad thing AT ALL. Im only saying that it MAY reduce the uniqueness of each avatar. :)
  • Webb, can I point out a typo? In the 3rd paragraph you typed "alot" which should be "a lot" because "alot" isn't even a word. :D On topic, this has potential to be pretty cool!
  • How come they don't give us something for Seriously? I mean don't get me wrong the picture rocks, but it would be cool to have like a marcus fenix bandana or something..
  • Yeah Boy!
  • i want the "stucked" tshirt it looks cool!
  • Just another pointless thing that Microsoft WILL make you buy it, otherwise you will just be getting the certain ones that you can "unlock" like achievements.
  • M$ has stated they will not allow weapons to be allowed for avatar "decorations." So there goes that idea. Way too much Halo junk for me. And I will never buy anything for an avatar with my hard earned cash.
  • The actual master chief armor would have been the better option.
  • Whoever posted this, you say you guess this will launch near the time of ODST but, what if when it launches, you get clothing for achievements you already had? The T-Shirt says "stuck" on it and has a pic of a spartan getting stuck, what if you get that if you have the Lee R Wilson Memorial achievement from Halo 3? Etc... Maybe previous games will be updated to support avatar awardables? Just wondering.....
  • Avatar marketplace=Fail
  • can you play with the warthog on the dashboard, if not then i see no point in it. but i like the t-shirts, think i have the one in the middle at the bottom in my draw.
  • hopefully we can unlock COG suits or Maaster cheif armour or proton packs
  • Sweeeet. I've been waiting for this!
  • I want some neat-o Gears of War 2 and Assassin's Creed II and BioShock 2 stuff too!
  • Yeah it looks grate!! But I dont just want jeans and normil close I want to were batmans cape!! That woud be bettar than just normil close. Dressd as superman anyone??!! xD
  • They need to make a Fight Club for avatars. The more you fight, the leaner and more fit your avatar becomes. They also get scarred up and start missing teeth. Maybe even, if you break a bone, you have to wear a cast for six weeks. (All of which you can opt to turn off if you want.) Only then, will Avatars be cool. (Some of you may notice this idea from a previous thread, I will keep posting in all avatar related threads this idea until it becomes reality.) (Its better then those mo's that keep saying 'first', amirite?)
  • one word.....MEH
  • thats bull****.
  • Not reading all 125 comments so somebody's probably already said it... Stallion is going to be so bogged down with avy unlocks lmao.
  • Lmao! at comment 30
  • They could at least put the RC Warthog controller in your hands...not just magically floating in front of you lol
  • WARTHOG FTW!!
  • what a waste of xbox resources, it already takes the piss to load the game marketplace stuff.
  • I wonder if these will be retroactive. I would love to show off Mile High Club or beating Gouken on Hardest.
  • Won't be free I bet... Knowing Microsoft
  • its bad enough they probably wear this shit in real life to,but cmon,xbox live?? can we be dorkier??
  • would be nice if there was some Ghostbuster related articles
  • @134 I was just about to mention "Proton Pack and Jumpsuit anyone?"
  • Just to let people know that it wont be just halo content.. there is already a GOW, Fable, Splinter Cell and Halloween storefront. This means there will definately be more storefronts as other games come out or become popular. Most tee's are about 80MSP and the RC warthog looks to be about 320MSP so far although these could change... The Warthog controllers float in front of the avatars so Im not sure how that will be resolved - it seems to me that you may have to take a snapshot of your avatar just as you would a gamerpic but MS haven't implemented it yet... however I know from looking at gamerpics of all those people that you will be able to take a snapshot of whatever your avatar has prop wise too: http://www.x2i4eva.com/avatars/hidden.php?tile=1
  • This seems cool but I want this stuff for games I really like and the REALLY cool stuff for hard achievements or for 100% a game. Unfortunately all the Halo 3 achievement are pretty easy or easily boosted so these awards aren't that special. Hopefully theres avatar pieces for achvments and then really awesome pieces for 100% a game. I hope. Thats all. I am excited for this though =D
  • ....was it so hard to put in a color palette? I think not.
  • Microsoft points for avatar stuff? No thank you.
  • @98 Or maybe because its overrated like hell?
  • not a bad idea. but i dont want them to just have Halo stuff. mix it up a bit. im not a fan of halo. give me some gears or bioshock!
  • Stuck shirts are awesome, I would love to have that one.
  • looks pretty cool would love to see some sports jerseys in there.
  • Looks cool but looks like petty bullshit at the same
  • What are the gamertags of those who have the new avatar clothes? I want to see it badly.
  • I'm with Matty Boosh but I want American football jerseys.
  • I just want some heavy weapons for my avatar.
  • i could really care less about avatars, but why do they have such gay ass logos and such? why don't they have blank t-shirts and jackets, and why cant you change the color? Microsoft is lazzyy!
  • damn, when i watched the e3 thing i really thought that we would get actual game inspired costumes, not just a plain old fashion t-shirt with a game logo on it. can't believe i'm saying this, but i think it's time for ms to steal some idea's from playstation home's wardrobe.
  • Yea this just sucks as long as its free its cool and a good idea. I swear if they charge me a penny for virtual clothes I will kill my avatar
  • make tapout clothes for my avatar please
  • I think you should be able to unlock various bonus avatar constumes from completing games. Like the N7 gamerpic you get for beating Mass Effect on Insanity mode (easy). You could have a Nico Bellic or Marcus Phenix costume etc, but still with normal facial features etc.
  • Pip-Boy and then yes. :3
  • They already said they werent going to add weapons to avatars, dont get your hopes up. Tapout and UFC would be great. Or NFL Jerseys.
  • awesome. lets just hope they make avatar stuff for all the games. :l
  • I knew they were going to do this, just wasn't sure when. I think you may be right on the date of release.
  • Just make my avatar able to not look like a little freaking kid and I'll be fine. I can't wait until the day when my avatar is just a fully armored Spartan.
  • (My other post bugged up) There better be more then all this gay ass Halo 3 shit in the future.
  • I personally am a fan of the Smackdown vs Raw Franchise...so can we get a Rey Mysterio Mask? or a Title belt? or sum nw face paint, like hardy, boogeyman, etc,
  • lol most halo 3 stuff, gimme a Ghille suit n i'd be right!
  • Only thing I care about is the red "Stuck" shit on #10 and the cool embroidered pants on #3. If they released Viva Pinata costumes I would probably pay $20 for one of em'. Probably the fox one (the one that eats the Bunnycomb to become resident.)
  • @150. You unlock them for unlocking achievements so I doubt you'll have to pay. AT MOST, they might charge you $5-10 to get the avatar clothes for all the achievement's you got BEFORE the update.
  • (Lol triple post, is there anyway to combine these?) Not that I have them, but I would want clothes for HARD achievements (i.e. Mile High Club, The Master Ninja achievement for Ninja Gaiden 2) But anyway, fuck this update, I WANT ACHIEVEMENTS ON XBOX ORIGINALS!!! At least on Morrowind, San Andreas, Psychonauts, and Ninja Gaiden)
  • I remember when Fallout 3 was first out they had an interview with Todd Howard and he said something about ongoing discussions to allow for a Brother Hood of Steel unlockable avatar costume. Obviously nothing has materialised from that yet, but maybe something in future DLC.
  • This could auctally be good is they put stuff or old games like fallout 3, gears, left 4 dead, mass effect, bioshock, assassins creed just to name a few but im sure they wont but its still a good idea and hopefully they start doing sports games
  • The achievement unlocks clothing update will be a cool perk to getting achievements, however I do not look forward to their rediculous idea of charging people for Avatar Extras like the RC Warthog, I can honestly say I wont take a nibble on those sale items UNLESS they have something exceptionally good.
  • In response to those commenting about the option to change the colours of items of clothing - look at the Power Tee's - so far we have seen the standard green and red but also blue, orange, brown, black, white and grey. It is likely from this that most if not all of the items will soon allow you to change the colour of them.
  • hope its working for assasins creed 2
  • lol
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