Yep, those long rumored avatars are coming to an Xbox 360 near you soon…  This is quite literally breaking news from E3, so more details later, but there is a real Wii feeling going on and frankly I don’t like it.  Plus there is a total overhaul of the dashboard coming this fall with some lovely floaty 3D slides (pictured above).

John Schappert, head of Live services at Microsoft, had this to say:

“The new look and feel is more fun, more social, and simpler to use. You’ll have a Gamercard, but there’s also something new… it’ll be more personal with avatars. Express your personality and style, share it with your community and friends. … pants, shirts, hats… everything you need, it’s all here.”

We also learn that the first games to support the avatars will be movie quiz game Scene It: Box Office Smash and a game called You’re In The Movies. Scene It supports the big button pads, while YITM supports the vision camera, which it will ship with.

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