Million of Xbox Live Gamertags being released by Microsoft soon
Through its official blog , programming director of Microsoft, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, announced this week the company released almost a million Xbox LIVE gamertags. This means that possibly have the opportunity to get the name you always wanted to be online.
Microsoft will release the tags starting at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT on Wednesday, May 18. These will be released over a 24-hour period, the company said, to give players worldwide a chance.
Major Nelson said that those tags belong to dormant accounts of the first Xbox generation that never migrated to Xbox 360. The executive also stated that no new nicknames reveal available; however, he mentioned that the list includes the following categories:
- Proper names
- Pop culture references (entertainment, sports, gaming)
- Types of food
- Geography and travel
- Science and technology
- Math and numbers
- Animals
- Some of the greatest inventions of all time