Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hyrb, better known to gamers by the handle "Major Nelson," recently confirmed to consumer weblog Kotaku that he and other Microsoft employees were participating in an internal beta test of avatar marketplace features. Among the features currently in testing are licensed virtual goods for avatars based on Microsoft video game IP. The image to the left (click to enlarge) shows a sample of what the licensed virtual fashions based on Microsoft's Halo property will look like.
"Regarding that entry on my Gamercard, that's something we're testing as
part of the next dashboard release (nope…not ready to announce a date
yet!.) If you remember at E3, we announced avatar marketplace, and the
ability for games to award avatar items. We're testing that
infrastructure," said Hyrb in a statement on Sunday.
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