Xbox is shutting down its avatar program in January 2025, but there's still time to customize it.

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Xbox is shuttering its Avatars, but you still have time to customize yours

The Xbox Avatar Editor, first introduced during the Xbox One era, will shut down on January 9, 2025, Microsoft has announced. However, Xbox 360 Avatars will stick around.Microsoft announced the news via a support page, stating players will no longer be able to use or access the Xbox Avatar Editor come the beginning of next year. Those who made any purchases for their avatar in the last year (since November 1, 2023), will automatically be refunde…

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Xbox Avatars Are Going Away Next Year, But Don't Worry--Your 360 Avatar Is Safe

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Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is ditching avatars on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles next year after a decade of support. You might have assumed avatars had already been killed off in the past, but nope. Apparently they were still around, but not for much longer.
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Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is ditching avatars on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles next year after a decade of support. You might have assumed avatars had already been killed off in the past, but nope. Apparently they were still around, but not for much longer. Read more...

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After the success of the Mii avatars for Wii, both Microsoft and Sony tried their hand at their own alternatives, with the former doing reasonably well with their {Xbox Avatars} (created by {Rare}). While Sony discontinued its more realistic creations long ago, {Xbox Avatars} are still around. 
In 2018, an attempt was made to modernise them with the Xbox Avatar Editor, which not only made the avatars more detailed, but also allowed for prostheti…

Xbox is shuttering its Avatars, but you still have time to customize yours

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