Custom gamerpics and more coming to Xbox One

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Today, Scott Henson, Xbox Partner Group Program Manager, took to the Xbox Wire to announce that starting this month, Microsoft is rolling out several feature updates said to be inspired by feedback from select Xbox Insider members.

According to Henson the features will begin to appear over the “next few weeks.” The feedback garnered from members, as always, will shape said features as they are prepared for the broader Xbox community.

The following summary of what will start to ship over the next month is provided:

Arena on Xbox Live

  • World of Tanks fans will be able to participate in new tournaments on their Xbox One, created by ESL and powered by Arena on Xbox Live.
  • Discover tournaments from your Xbox One or Xbox app on Windows 10, get notifications when your match is ready, jump directly into your match on the Xbox One, enjoy automatic results reporting, and show off the results on your activity feed.

Profile and Activity Feed

  • Custom gamerpics are finally here! From your console, Windows 10 PC, or mobile phone, update your gamerpic with a custom image. We’re excited to bring this top fan-requested feature to Xbox Live and expect it to be in preview longer than other features to ensure it’s great for everyone when released.
  • New ‘Join broadcast’ button in your profile, one of the many ways to access the game stream of someone broadcasting their gameplay.
  • Your profile will display your Arena tournament history and upcoming tournaments.
  • In your Activity Feed, we’re adding the ability to hide individual posts, pin posts to the top of your feed, and filter posts by friends, games or Clubs.

Clubs and Looking for Group (LFG)

  • When you create an LFG post, as the owner you will be able to see new vetting cards that include hero stats from gamers interested in joining your party. Hero stats are contextual to the game you’re playing, showing you relevant stats like kill/death ratio, rank, or score.
  • Achievement hunters, this one is for you! You will be able to search LFG posts from the Achievements tab, related to the Achievement you’re trying to finish.
  • We’re adding the number of open LFG posts to the Game Hub and Club Hub headers.
  • Have you made a successful LFG post that you want to create again? Now you can see previous LFG posts that you have created, participated or shown interest in, and can copy them to create new posts.
  • When creating an LFG post, see all the recent tags you’ve used and easily select them.
  • Club owners can upload custom images for their Club logo and Club background. Just like custom gamerpics, we expect this to be in preview longer than other features to ensure it’s great for everyone when released.
  • Club owners and admins will be identified and labeled in their text posts to better help them stand out and manage their community.
  • Club owners and admins can pin a post at the top of their Club feed.

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Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/2017/03/20/xbox-insider-getting-several-feature-updates-starting-month-including-arena/

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Mr_RobotPosted:

Allnutt Bout time they stepped up their game, GG Xbox


I too like the idea of custom gamerpics. The more control the better

SakuPosted:

We'll this is just great hopefully there good

WavesPosted:

I hope I can switch back to my 360 gamerpic and use a Gears of War 2 premium background on xbox one but if not this still pretty good news. I'm in the Alpha Ring for the preview update so hopefully it will be pretty good like the the march preview update was.

AllnuttPosted:

Bout time they stepped up their game, GG Xbox

LGWPosted:

Loving the sound of this. Adds the personal touch!

DecyPosted:

Great news about the gamerpic's and stuff its about time they added this in.

DanielPosted:

I saw this yesterday I was looking up on it online but I never actually thought it was going to be a thing, I can't wait for this.

IQPosted:

Custom gamerpics??? Umm... Hell yeah!!! Thanks Xbox!

SkatesPosted:

Holy shit, it's about damn time they're letting us use custom gamerpics but I wonder how custom they will get.

ReevyPosted:

about time lol wanted this for ages