Microsoft has announced the termination of its Xbox avatar editor which will no longer be available from January 9, 2025so that users will no longer have access to the service to generate new avatars, nor will they be able to use existing avatars or any purchased avatar elements.
The company launched its Xbox avatar editor in 2018, in order to offer users an option to generate characters that represent your style, personality, creativity and mood and use them in Xbox gaming services for PC and for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles.
Now, Xbox has announced that its avatar editor app will no longer be available starting January 9 of next year on consoles and PC, due to “the low participation” of users and to the company’s “change of focus.”
As the video game company has explained on its support page, after the aforementioned date, users They will no longer have access to the application and, therefore, They will not be able to create new avatarsnor use existing ones, as well as any purchased avatar elements.
However, it must be taken into account that This change will not affect the “original avatars” of Xboxprior to the release of the avatar editor app. In this case, the original avatars will continue to work on compatible Xbox 360 gamesand can continue to be edited within the Xbox Original Avatars app on Xbox consoles and PC.
Likewise, the company has also indicated that, although the avatars are eliminated, the Players still have options to customize your gaming experience, for example by adding the dynamic backgrounds and profile colors on Xbox consoles, as well as using the original avatars.
With all this, Microsoft has clarified that all purchases made in the avatar editor service, carried out between November 1, 2023 and January 9, 2025, They will refund users after the cessation of the application.