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Avatar bullsh*t coming for Modern Warfare 2 photo

Infinity Ward heard that you like spending fake moon money on fake moon clothes for your fake moon person. That's right folks, Modern Warfare 2-branded Avatar nonsense is coming to Xbox Live. Aren't you excited? I just coughed up a kitten I was so overjoyed.

Quite what the Avatar items will be yet, we don't know, but IW's Robert Bowling has stated that he hopes a number of them will be free. Avatar Rewards look unlikely, however. I can't believe I am writing this as if it's a serious and worthwhile news article. 

Journalism, folks. Pure journalism.

Check out more upsetting Modern Warfare 2 news or watch the latest trailer. Is this why Washington is burning?

 








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mOnion's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:26
mOnion
must.update.every.20.minutes

GAHHHHHHH
Bennyishere's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:28
Bennyishere
I like Avatar bullshit...
hickwarrior's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:42
hickwarrior
Slow news day today?
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:45
KaL YoshiKa
If they managed to get a gun on there they'd make ridiculous amounts of moon money.
zer0faults's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:55
zer0faults
I would buy a gun and NV goggles with those left over MS points.
AceFlibble's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:05
AceFlibble
Why do they bother even making this stuff? Avatars still serve no purpose.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:11
fetusmilk
i was thinking they were gonna make it so you could play as your avatar in MW2
XGC TheDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:20
XGC TheDude
There are a few things that I would purchase for avatars. And now that I have became a COD hoar I can actually see myself excited for this
lagnaut's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:22
lagnaut
And video games are about fake worlds and meaningless accomplishments. Lighten up and pull that stick out of your ass, Jim.
Shadowiii's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:23
Shadowiii
I like how the Avatar "update" brought $300 worth of avatar crap to buy, and no avatar awards (except the RB: Beatles shirt).
Thanks guys. Freaking retarded.
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:57
matrixdude171
Hey look, more useless stuff that will vanish when your 360 RRODs!
CtMythic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 10:19
CtMythic
I bought a pretend t-shirt the other day, but only because it means that once I buy Crash Course and Gay Tony, I will have zero magic beans and therefore win Xbox Live.
Sanaj's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:05
Sanaj
Was making the avatar on the left an attempt to make an alien-human hybrid?

I don't really like Moon money, though I will take some Spacebucks if you have any...
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:06
Tarvu
Haha. I hate not being able to have no moon money.

And I hate my fucking avatar. Gamerpictures are better.

Also, buying things for your avatar prevents you from using your avatar on another xbox 360 using a memory device, because Microsoft are thick shits.
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:08
Tarvu
@matrixdude171
"Hey look, more useless stuff that will vanish when your 360 RRODs!"

I must insist, it is PS3 users who lose all their data when they get a system error. It is ridiculous to expect gamers to back up their saves like that.
IV Backstab MC's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:34
IV Backstab MC
@matrixdude171. Yah whenever we buy something xbox live knows we bought it so we can redownload it if we ever delete it or something and we have an external hard drive dumbass so rrod does not effect it lolz ps3 fanboy scrub
IV Backstab MC's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:35
IV Backstab MC
Also I hope the mw2 content has a gun your avatar can carry mine has N7 armor a garrus scanner and a lightsaber lol
RenegadePanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 12:32
RenegadePanda
@@matrixdude171

The only way you lose your content is if you're too stupid to remove the hard drive. On PS3, most people don't have the tools or patience to get the HDD out. Oh, and I can trade or sell my HDD a hell of a lot easier too if I decide to get a new one. Not to mention transfer my data easier with that cable at my local game store.

@Other people
And yeah, you can redownload anything you have previously downloaded, which includes avatar clothes, which you can redownload on another console using your account, thereby negating the 'avatar incompatibility' argument. Plus avatars are slowly being supported in games, and my entire friends list can see my avatar (unlike Home), so while it may not be the most useful thing in the world, it isn't useless.

@Jim
Shut up and stop bitching. I used to enjoy your posts but lately it's been nothing but a) Bitching about PSPGo or b) Bayonetta.
Chilly's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 12:46
Chilly
I'd pay to play as my avatar in the damn game. Maybe
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 12:55
Darren Nakamura
Dang, Avatar rewards might be the only part of Avatars that I actually kind of like. It's another avenue to show off what you've done in-game.
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 15:46
CRAZYAPE69
i will be content if they have a Cpt. Price moustache-hat combo. I would hapily pay over 2000 msp for that.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 15:53
Johnny Justice
I guess they would be costumes that may actually make your Avatar look kind of cool, if they weren't so tight-fitting.
Ubersuntzu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 19:24
Ubersuntzu
I liked the idea of Avatars when I thought they would be Miis without the anorexia. I liked them a lot less when I found out they're practically a subscription service unto themselves.
mike1146l's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/13/2009 13:41
mike1146l
OMG. So many AVATARS. How many more can they make??????????
TheDustinThomas's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 18:42
TheDustinThomas
Great, now my Avatar can look even less like me
HYRULESKNIGHT's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 11:34
HYRULESKNIGHT
lol jim sterling you are my hero
Havok92's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 15:13
Havok92
The only thing I would put on my avatar is an M1A1 with a red dot sight... but really I'm not spending any money on my "precious" avatar.
cindy02's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2010 20:04
cindy02
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