Evil Avatar
11-26-2008, 09:58 AM
Having a Bad Fur Day? Rare wants to help you get a new look. GamesIndustry.biz has posted some quotes (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/rare-we-ll-own-avatars-on-360) from Viva Pinata Developer Mark Betteridge, where he hints that Rare has something special in mind for future Xbox Live Avatars.
Mark Betteridge, studio manager for the Viva Piņata developer, believes there are multiple opportunities to utilise avatars in future game development, and last week's launch was only the beginning for the stylised characters on the system.
"There's a lot of interest in avatars by third parties, as you can imagine," said Betteridge.
"As standalone avatar products, we want to own that space, because we think it's a huge, huge space going forward - it appeals across genres, across age ranges, demographics, and there's an enormous opportunity there.
"I'm not going to name products, because I'm sure you can imagine our time frames, but we see this as the start of avatars, not that it's now done and dusted and therefore we're finished with it. It's more the foot in the door."Anything would be better than the generic 'Mii' characters that are available right now.
Mark Betteridge, studio manager for the Viva Piņata developer, believes there are multiple opportunities to utilise avatars in future game development, and last week's launch was only the beginning for the stylised characters on the system.
"There's a lot of interest in avatars by third parties, as you can imagine," said Betteridge.
"As standalone avatar products, we want to own that space, because we think it's a huge, huge space going forward - it appeals across genres, across age ranges, demographics, and there's an enormous opportunity there.
"I'm not going to name products, because I'm sure you can imagine our time frames, but we see this as the start of avatars, not that it's now done and dusted and therefore we're finished with it. It's more the foot in the door."Anything would be better than the generic 'Mii' characters that are available right now.