Unlock the Achievement starts today

Announced last week, 360Sync's Unlock the Achievement contest starts today. Dozens of 360 community websites around the web are participating and there are many, many prizes up for grabs. You can head over to the official site to get registered and see which sites are participating. Now, to explain exactly what you'll be looking for once you're registered. Find an explanation of the game after the break.

All this week, we will be hiding "achievements" in various parts of the our site. You'll know you've found an achievement once you see this icon:

Clicking on these icons will unlock an achievement on the official UTA website (note: the image above is only a sample, and clicking it won't get you anything). So, keep a sharp eye on our website to find all five achievements we'll be hiding. Keep in mind that we won't necessarily be hiding them all inside of news posts. They might be hidden in other parts of the website, so you might want to look for sections you don't normally visit.

That's pretty much it. We'll be hiding achievements all week, starting today. Some will be obvious. Others will be hard to find. Now, make sure you register or your clicks won't count, and be sure to visit the other participating sites to find their achievements as well. Good luck to everyone.

Reader Comments (38)

People are already complaining about how most sites are making them to obvious to see, instead of hidden with clues.

Clues are nice...*Nudge nudge* :)

BTW, I found one already and I'm having trouble with the rest.

Here's your clue then: there's only one up so far :)

Oh thats good to know...

*Dances*

Thanks!

Found one.

I actually found a few on different sites. None of the links work for me. Including the one on X3F. I get this error msg:

"Your referral doesnt seem correct please find the achievement on the participating sites. If you believe this is incorrect, please contact us"

Meh, not looking anymore.

In before people spoiling this...

I found it, but the image doesn't work, and the Unlock the Achievement site is down now.

It's amazing what they'll do to get banner revenue. This is pretty clever though.

This should be fun.

oh I thought this was a real achievment thing, umm since were kinda on topic, anyone know who to complain to when a game doesn't give out the achievement it promised, I fulfilled the requirements but it wont register.

Oh teh cheevos... Which one is messed up for you?

We actually aren't making any revenue off this project. The advertising was in exchange for prizes for both the contestants and the charity.

As for the site being slow and hanging up, we are working on fixing a few coding bugs that seem to be causing the entire site to hang up and freeze.

If you are having any problems, please feel free to email me, or to get in touch with me. We have put a lot of time into this, and want everyone to enjoy the event!

Umm I was talking about on MY X 360, you know the microsoft acheivement points, not these ones, anyway I'm owed 200 acheivment points in ninety nine nights, yes 200 that's alot.

i gave up cuz i couldn't find any

i have absolutely no clue.

So far I have about 20 of these. I thought since I have nothing to do tonight I might as well go hunting for a lot, then get the harder ones later =)

Its good to see so many sites that cover the 360. Also, nice to know I won't be going back to some of their sites due to them being crap.

Some of them are running really slow. Wonder if the achievement hunt has anything to do with it. hmmmm