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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Greg Howson

Live change

Good news for any online gamers who play on Xbox Live. With the 360 you'll be able to change your gamertag whilst retaining all your previous stats and details. The tag is what you are known as on Live and is vital to the whole thing. Invites, friends - your tag is your identity when it comes to Xbox gaming. Anyone who has regretted their hasty choice of name - and my experience suggests there must be about 34,892 who do - then you'll be able to rectify the situation when 360 launches. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft's aim to pull in the casual gamers via Live Arcade and the like has any impact on the quality of tags, which currently reflect the relatively youthful age of most Live players.

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