Automated Xbox Live Marketplace blog now available

by Justin McElroy { Nov 12th 2009 at 3:00PM }

We try to do our best to keep you updated as to all the interesting new content on Xbox Live Marketplace. But if you have a creepy level of interest in draping your Avatar in the very latest Marc Ecko gear before all your friends, you'll want to bookmark this new Microsoft blog that automagically posts whenever new content is added to the store.

Just think, if you had been following it already, you could have beaten us to this Cool Papa G coat. But instead, you have to live with being "that guy who stole Joystiq's taste in coats." It's kind of sad, now that we think about it. Here, you take the Cool Papa G coat. No, we insist.

Tags: avatar, marc-ecko, xblm, xbox-live, xbox-live-marketplace

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Courtney @ Nov 12th 2009 3:21PM

Oh thank god, the headline made me think briefly that this would be some automated consumer blog where people could automatically post an update whenever their avatar changed their shirt or something.

coleduke @ Nov 12th 2009 3:26PM

You can also just go here:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/rss.htm

and click on any of the links under Xbox LIVE Marketplace. This has been available for as long as I can remember.

coleduke @ Nov 12th 2009 3:29PM

This is also nicer because this new blog shows every piece of content for every region in the world. The one I linked to is just North America, and I'm guessing they have similar RSS feeds for other regions.

RedSonRising @ Nov 12th 2009 4:00PM

id be much happier if there was a dedicated avatar marketplace rss feed/blog. i dont want to scroll thru everything released on xblm everday to find the 1 or 2 new avatar releases each week. much easier to just load up xblm on the website..

Tony @ Nov 12th 2009 4:04PM

I'm pretty sure this has been around for a while, hasn't it? It's useful.

Ryan @ Nov 12th 2009 4:50PM

I give up on society

mossman93 @ Nov 13th 2009 1:40AM

Yeah...This has been around for a year give or take a month or two. Ever since Major Nelson did the last revamp of his site.

whylekat @ Nov 15th 2009 7:17PM

I'm not sure the Major deserves credit for revamping then site.. From my understanding he's mainly PR. I would assume they have a Web Design team for stuff like that =P

whylekat @ Nov 15th 2009 7:17PM

I'm not sure the Major deserves credit for revamping the site.. From my understanding he's mainly PR. I would assume they have a Web Design team for stuff like that =P

litheon @ Nov 17th 2009 12:37PM

Glad you guys like it! I wrote a post on how to create custom RSS feeds using the tag cloud at the top of the page here if you want to check it out: http://litheon.com/archive/2009/06/08/how-to-effectively-use-the-marketplace-blog.aspx

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