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When Microsoft announced earlier today (via Major Nelson) that the Xbox Live Marketplace would be updated with pets to accompany players’ Avatars, I was excited at the prospect of including my two cats–Queens and Coney–alongside my own virtual presence. Turns out it might be more difficult to do than I initially expected, as Microsoft representatives have confirmed to me that you will not be

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Xbox 360 Avatar pets not customizable, won’t play together (Network World)

Monkey! Bird! Pony! Snake! Goldfish. Microsoft is unleashing pets on the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace today

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News: Pets for Xbox Live Avatars today (Eurogamer)

Xbox Live Avatars are getting a little cuter and cuddlier tomorrow, with the arrival of pets. Larry Hryb (a.k.a.

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Pets Coming to Xbox Live Avatars (1up.com)

Earlier today, G4TV reported that a Microsoft exec recently boasted that this past Tuesday was the biggest day in the history of Xbox Live, with over two million players on the service simultaneously.

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New Xbox Live record: 2 mil players at one time (Network World)

MW2 release boosts figure to 2 million. A new record has been set for the number of Xbox Live users online at one time

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News: Xbox Live breaks concurrent users record (Eurogamer)