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Avatar awards for Xbox 360: Microsoft beta testing

Avatar awards for Xbox 360: Microsoft beta testing

By: Alan Ng | June 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

Speculation has been mounting after a somewhat strange ‘Beta 2009′ icon has appeared on some Xbox 360 ‘Played Games’ profiles. It has since been revealed that this icon relates to internal testing from Microsoft for avatar awards.

As reported from Joystiq, the beta icon is actually an executable which will be available sometime in the future for beta users to try out before it launches.

In case you’ve forgotten, avatar awards were just one of the new features coming to NXE 2009, as announced recently at this year’s E3 event.

Avatar awards are triggered by in-game achievements and will allow you to purchase all kinds of new clothing. We’ll keep you updated on this feature when we hear more news.

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  • http://google collin

    ya um hi i got 2 new acheivements in prototype and i didnt get any awards

  • http://shoop.com Demi923

    u need to have more than 2 achievements probably, n u need to have the nex xbox experience 2009 preview.

  • Pat

    They haven’t come out with the awards yet, it’s internal testing, that means MS only…………. damn MS……

  • Joe smart

    I just got the beta update today it is a lot faster and offers a lot of new features like the ability to rate games, downloads, and even download full xbox 360 games. You can also buy new avatar clothes and toys for your avatar to hold and play with like a RC halo warthog. There are a lot of minor update too but like the 2008 NXE, you have to search the entire console for those features.

  • chris Griffith

    i have that acheivment and i can get it for you guys 4 50 headshots cod mw2 email me at griffithchris35
    @gmail.com it comes with free avatar marketplace dlc