Got 6 Hours to Spare to get some Free Avatar Awards?
Well, if you’re a gamer, you most likely do. You just don’t want to admit it. Microsoft has come out with a free, new downloadable app via ‘My Community’ tab called Xbox Live Labs. Once downloaded, it will ask you to leave your Xbox 360 idle for 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 6 hours without doing anything or interrupting the process. If you do this, you get an scientist themed avatar award and a 0 point achievement for each of the three time-frames. More info after the jump…
Now, you may be asking. Why in the hell am I doing this? Well, it seem while you are sitting there twiddling your thumbs during the test, Xbox Live Labs is performing a number of network tests on your console. Stated on Major Nelson’s blog, “These results are recorded solely for the purpose of testing and improving the service.”
Xbox Live Labs will be available from March 10-27 and is in the US only. If you are out of the US and don’t want to miss this new and exciting app, don’t worry, Microsoft has already stated that it will roll out into other Xbox Live regions after it’s first run.