Microsoft today announced a revamp of gamertags on its Xbox Live network. Gamers can now change their tag to any name, even one that was previously taken, at the cost of a hashcode at the end.

MICROSOFT is finally letting you pick any Xbox gamertag you like – even if the username is already taken. It means Xbox gamers won’t be forced to pick rubbish names simply because someone else got ...

Of course, nothing explicit is allowed. It took several years and at the tail end of the Xbox One lifecycle, but those that are not interested in their gamertags or would like a name that is already ...

MICROSOFT is finally letting you pick any Xbox gamertag you like – even if the username is already taken. It means Xbox gamers won’t be forced to pick rubbish names simply because someone else got ...