Xbox Gamertags are set to become more Discord-like, allowing users to essentially have the same tag but made unique by a hashtag and number following after it.
“We’re revamping the Xbox gamertag to empower players around the world with more choice in how they represent themselves,” Microsoft advised in a new post. “Please note that current Xbox players can keep their existing gamertags without any further action required on their part and no change in experience from the way that it looks today.”
First, the Discord-like change.
“Gamers can now choose a gamertag of their liking, even if that name is already taken by someone else,” Microsoft advised. “If the gamertag you want has already been taken by another user, Xbox will now auto-assign an ID suffix of numbers after a #-symbol to keep everybody unique, so there’s never any question about who’s who. We’ll even change the suffix font size to keep the focus on the name you chose. For example, if you want to be ‘Doctor Hoot,’ and it’s already taken, you could now be assigned ‘Doctor Hoot#1056.'”
Next, Gamertags will soon be able to be created using 10 worldwide alphabets, as follows:
- Basic Latin
- Latin-1 Supplement
- Hangul
- Katakana
- Hiragana
- CJK Symbols for languages in China, Japan, and Korea
- Bengali
- Devanagari
- Cyrillic
- Thai
“With this change, new gamertags will support over 200 commonly spoken languages so more gamers can express themselves in their chosen language – you could be ‘SeñorBúho#5405’ or even ‘닥터 부엉이#1882’,” Microsoft advised.
The changes to Gamertags are available now, though those on the Xbox app for PC and mobile devices will see this rolled out over the next year.
Will you change your Gamertag now that you can?
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