Microsoft to release one million expired Gamertags
Players get a chance this week to grab a unique name
Microsoft has announced plans to release about one million Gamertags back for public usage starting tomorrow.
Starting on Wednesday, May 18th @ 11:00AM PST, Microsoft will begin releasing nearly one million Gamertags to Xbox Live Gold customers with active subscriptions and at least 1 year of cumulative Xbox Live Gold tenure. These Gamertags will be released over a 24-hour period.
These Gamertags are from the original Xbox era, the same source of Gamertags used in the 2011 release. These accounts never migrated to Xbox 360 and as a result they have been inactive for quite some time.
Access to these newly-released Gamertags will be available on Xbox.com, which is the most convenient way to make a Gamertag change. Customers can also access these Gamertags within the Xbox App on Windows 10 and on the Xbox One console. Xbox 360 customers will need to use Xbox.com, the Xbox App on Windows 10, or an Xbox One console to participate given that access to these newly-released Gamertags is not available from an Xbox 360 console.
Changing your Gamertag won’t impact your Gamerscore, Achievements, or your Friends list. It costs $10USD to change your Gamertag, but the first time it is free.
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