Xbox Live will be receiving a dramatic overhaul this autumn. The much talked about "avatars" (very similiar Nintendo's Mii system) will be included in the update allowing you to customise a character that "shows off your personality" and allows you to "express yourself".
As a whole the new system looks a lot simpleir and user friendly but as a "hardcore gamer" i get the feeling that the whole thing might be a little too simple and, dare i say it, too "Nintendo-ey".
Apparently the "new Xbox experience" is tailored to the living room. Instead of the traditional friends list you'll now have a community channel that that show which friends are online in a lobby and are represented by their avatars. This will allow you to connect with multiple friends at once and do things such as share photos etc.
Microsoft have also signed up with production company Endemol (Big Brother and Who Wants to be a Millionaire) to produce "Prime Time" - a massively multiplayer online game show in which you can compete against the whole of Xbox Live in a live game show.
A new "games channel" will also be added. This enables you to take any friends that are within the aforementioned community channel and launch a game (i.e. the newly announced Uno Rush") which will transfer all of your selected friends with you.
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