If you've ever wanted to change your Xbox LIVE Gamertag but couldn't afford it, maybe this weeks 30% discount may change your mind.
Lots of Xbox LIVE members change their gamertag every month. Sometimes it's done to reflect a change in occupation or location, and other times it's done to match their new Xbox LIVE avatar. Another reason a lot of people change their Gamertag is to support a website or join a clan.
Whatever the reason, if you've been considering a gamertag change, now is the time to do it. The Deal of the Week, which offers special discounts each week for Gold members, is featuring the gamertag name change for only 560 Microsoft Points, a 30% savings.
How to change your Xbox LIVE gamertag
On your console, sign in using the Xbox LIVE gamertag that you want to change.
Go to My Xbox, and select your gamertag.
Select Change Gamertag.
Note the Price of the change, and then select Enter New Gamertag or Get Suggestions to view possible gamertags.
Once you enter or select a new gamertag, select Yes, use this gamertag.
Some of our existing HQ gamertags are: HQ Ozzy, HQ Scarface, HQ M0NSTERB0Y, HQ S1MME, HQ Wes213, HQ Sjohn, HQ Utopia, HQ DOA666, HQ Hacker Girl and many more - Add yours now!
When you confirm your new gamertag, the change spreads across Xbox LIVE. You don’t need to tell your friends that you changed your gamertag—their friends list automatically updates.
If you are stuck deciding on your new Xbox LIVE gamertag why not add a HQ in the front of your name with a space, then you can join all of our other Xbox LIVE gamers and clan members right here on 360-HQ, and you'll fit right in! Check out some of our custom gamercards just after the break. (image attached)
Check out our clans area here and don't forget to add your Xbox LIVE tag to our website if you haven't done so already - you can do that here.
If you still want the 360-HQ server to track your achievements, gamerscore and other details please be sure to login to your 360-HQ.COM account and update your gamertag with your new tag once it has been changed.
News-Source: xbox.com 360-HQ Xbox LIVE Clans: here 360-HQ Custom Gamercards: here Add your Gamertag: here
Warner Bros Interactive announce Nightmare on Elm Streets' Freddy Krueger as the final playable character to be included in Mortal Kombat via digital download.
The rumors that have been circulating have turned out to be true - Freddy Krueger has now been officially unveiled as the final downloadable character for Mortal Kombat. Freddy will have two unique fatalities and an arcade ladder story ending. Watch Freddy in action below.
Mortal Kombat's Freddy Krueger add-on is priced at 400 Microsoft Points, or FREE if you have the season pass, and will be available for digital download via the Xbox Live Marketplace August 9th.
Ubisoft's god game, From Dust, is available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points. From Dust weighs in at 1.15 GB and a free playable demo/trial is also available.
Content:From Dust Price: 1200 Microsoft Points Availability:Check availability in your region Dash Text: Discover a unique Modern God game where nature is the star: From Dust, the latest original concept by Eric Chahi, visionary creator of Another World. Behold the beauty of a primitive world pulsing with life and face the might of nature. Beware the danger of a world that is constantly changing under your command. Control the destiny of a tribe struggling to survive and help it recover its ancestors’ lost powers. Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous. A universe where Nature reclaims what is Hers; and you are your people’s only chance of survival.
For all of our previous coverage on From Dust, please visit the 360-HQ games database using the links below. Click here to add "From Dust" to your wishlist on 360-HQ.COM!
Price: 1200 MSP File Size: 1.15 GB 360-HQ Games Hub: From Dust
Microsoft's Avatar Kinect, unveiled at CES 2011 earlier this year, is now available for download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Avatar Kinect is a Kinect Fun Labs gadget that enables you to participate in virtual hangouts with up to seven other people in 24 virtual stages. Avatar Kinect tracks your gestures and facial expressions, including laughter, eyebrow movements, smiles and more.
Express yourself with your Xbox avatar - See your facial expressions and gestures on your Xbox avatar as you chat with friends in our 3D stages and produce your own TV shows. Avatar Kinect requires Xbox LIVE Gold membership and is a large download but well worth it!
Microsoft gave some of the funniest comedians in town 90 seconds to show us how funny they can be, all using Kinect Fun Labs' newest Gadget, Avatar Kinect - you can watch a trailer for that below:
Avatar Kinect weighs in at 658.59 MB and is out now. You can find more detailed information about Avatar Kinect on the official site.
Developed by Supergiant Games, Bastion is a new action role-playing game now available for download via Xbox LIVE. Bastion is priced at 1200 Microsoft Points and a free playable demo is also available.
Content: Bastion Price: 1200 Microsoft Points Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!
Old World Blues, the third downloadable add-on for Fallout: New Vegas, is now available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
In Old World Blues, the residents of the Mojave have long assumed the trackless wastes of the 'Big Empty' are a no-man's-land, a desolate stretch where no living thing can survive. In Old World Blues, you discover that is far from the truth....
After being transported to the Big MT research crater, you find you're the only hope of saving the "Think Tank" – a strange group of post-human researchers who inhabit the facility. They enlist your aid to save them from their own experiments - experiments that have gone horribly out of control. As you explore the huge stretch of the Big Empty crater and its many underground labs, you’ll confront strange mutated animals, battle terrifying new atomic robots, and discover a new home base to call your own.
Watch the newly released trailer for Old World Blues, the third add-on pack for Fallout: New Vegas, add Fallout: New Vegas to your wishlist on 360-HQ and browse through a few screenshots.
"Old World Blues" is now available via Xbox LIVE, PSN, and Steam - it is priced at $10 on all platforms. For all of our previous coverage on Fallout: New Vegas including trailers, screenshots, news & rumors and achievements, browse the 360-HQ games database.
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