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XBLA Fans attire available now on the Avatar Marketplace

By
Ryan Fennel
– July 28, 2012Posted in: News

As many of you should know by now, Wreckateer launched this Wednesday to largely positive praise — including our very own  review!  One of the highlights of the game is the incorporation of your avatar’s on-screen presence.  So, since you will be sitting there gazing at your avatar for hours on end, why not deck it out in the latest and coolest apparel?

Our friends at XBLAFans.com are here to the rescue with the recently released XBLA Fans branded apparel!  Prices range from 80 MSP for a rad baseball cap or wrist band to 160 MSP for a hoodie or varsity jacket.

If there were a challenge in the new Avatar Famestar program for swanky dressing, I’m sure this attire would take the prize!  Feel free to share images of your avatar decked out in the new threads within the comments below.  Come on, you know all of the cool kids will be wearing XBLA Fans apparel back at school this fall!

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New Wreckateer Trailer Blows Up Castles — And Our Minds!

By
Ryan Fennel
– July 22, 2012Posted in: Videos

Wreckateer is scheduled to launch this Wednesday for 800 Microsoft Points as the second game in the Xbox LIVE Summer of Arcade promotion. As we reported earlier, Wreckateer will also be the first game to utilize the new Avatar Famestar program, which grants gamers awards for completing designated in-game achievements.

Take a look at the latest trailer for this Angry Birds inspired destruction-fest to further understand why this is shaping up to be one of the best reasons to own a Kinect in 2012!

As a reminder, if you buy any three Summer of Arcade titles you will receive 400 Microsoft Points absolutely free! With the incentives to buy this game piling up, it would be borderline foolish to not give this game a shot!

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‘Avatar Famestars’ Program Starts Rewarding Your Hard Work This Week

By
Ryan Fennel
– July 22, 2012Posted in: News

This Wednesday the highly anticipated Kinect title, Wreckateer, will be released as part of the XBLA Summer of Arcade promotion. If that were not great enough news, it has been revealed that Wreckateer will be the first title to make use of Avatar Famestar. What is Avatar Famestar you ask?

Microsoft describes Avatar Famestar as a new program that will be utilized by a select group of games to deliver “exciting ways to play online with your friends and compete for social recognition.” An ideal way to think of this new program would be to view it as a cross-game achievement system. Gamers will earn points for completing particular achievements across supported games. These points can then be redeemed for a variety of prizes (such as avatar awards)! Many gamers have long been hoping for some sort of reward system for earning achievements, and this may finally be Microsoft’s answer.

The next logical question has to be what other titles will support this program? Avatar Famestar will retroactively support already released XBLA titles Full House Poker and A World of Keflings. Furthermore, upcoming releases Fire Pro Wrestling, Homerun Stars, and Avatar Motocross Madness have been identified to support the program.  Sadly, no details were provided regarding when Avatar Famestar support will be integrated into any of the aforementioned titles.

In its current state, Avatar Famestar will only be supported for Xbox 360 owners.  No information has been provided regarding support for Surface, Windows 8, or Windows Phone.

Source: Joystiq

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