Microsoft is killing off its Xbox One-era Avatars in January

Nov 26, 2024 09:53 PM - 1 week ago 14963

Microsoft is shutting down the Xbox Avatar Editor app, reports PureXbox. The Xbox Avatar FAQ says that “due to debased engagement and our displacement successful attraction towards delivering different subordinate experiences,” it’s discontinuing the editor arsenic of January 9th, 2025.

After that time, players won’t beryllium capable to entree their Avatars aliases the items they’ve bought for them. The institution will automatically refund users for immoderate of those items they’ve bought since November 1st, 2023.

A GIF showing the Xbox Avatar Editor arsenic it first appeared.

Xbox Avatar Editor, arsenic it appeared successful its June 2018 testing period.

GIF: Xbox Avatar Editor

Xbox Avatars, which Microsoft first rolled retired successful 2018, offered much diverse, elaborate avatar creation than what had been disposable connected the Xbox 360. Players tin still edit and usage those older avatars (aka Xbox Original Avatars) aft the newer ones are deprecated, arsenic Microsoft writes:

You tin proceed to update your gamerpic utilizing the Xbox Avatar Editor app until January 9, 2025. After this date, immoderate further changes to Xbox Avatar-themed gamerpics will request to beryllium made done the Xbox Original Avatars app. To do this, motorboat the Xbox Original Avatars app, property the Menu button and select Take a photo. From there, you tin set your avatar’s Animation and Background. Once you person the gamerpic you like, property the View button and past select Save arsenic gamerpic.

If you’re fond of your Xbox Avatar, now mightiness beryllium a bully clip to get arsenic galore screenshots of it arsenic you can. You’ll still beryllium capable to edit it until the January 9th shutdown.