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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Mass Effect 3 goes trick-or-treating with a Halloween Challenge]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/"><img alt="Mass Effect 3 Halloween challenge" data-src-height="317" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/masseffect3halloweenchallenge.jpg" /></a></div><div> BioWare is celebrating Halloween with a special trick and treat-inspired multiplayer challenge in <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/mass-effect-3"><em>Mass Effect 3</em></a>. Beginning today and running through November 5, there are <a href="http://blog.bioware.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-halloween-challenge/">three new tasks for players</a> to take on to earn a special holiday reward: Players need to run five extractions on the Firebase Ghost map (or its Hazard version), earn 7500 points against zombies (also known as husks or abominations in the <em>Mass Effect </em>parlance) and earn 10,000 points against monsters (which includes brutes, scions, praetorians, and banshees). Completing the tasks on any difficulty will earn players a Halloween Challenge Banner.<br /> <br /> What's too bad is that you won't get the Halloween-themed characters teased above to join your gang. Bioware doesn't say, but we're pretty sure they're crew members for some other <em>Mass Effect 3</em> team, maybe helmed by one Commander SCARE-perd of the USS Norman-DIE! Boooooo! <em>[Ed. Note: You're fired.]</em></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/">Mass Effect 3 goes trick-or-treating with a Halloween Challenge</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20367162/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/31/mass-effect-3-goes-trick-or-treating-with-a-halloween-challenge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>banner</category><category>bioware</category><category>challenge</category><category>commander-shepherd</category><category>earning</category><category>fun</category><category>halloween</category><category>holiday</category><category>mass-effect</category><category>mass-effect-3</category><category>microsoft</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video: Halo: Reach Achievements made easy (and cheat-y)]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/weird-but-true/" rel="tag">Weird But True</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/opinions/" rel="tag">Opinions</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/new-in-pop-culture/" rel="tag">New In Pop Culture</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/#continued"><img border="1" vspace="4" hspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/09/screen-shot-2010-09-09-at-4.19.16-pm-530pxpx.png" /></a></div>
<a href="http://joystiq.com/game/halo-reach"><em>Halo: Reach</em></a> isn't even out in stores, but IGN has already found a way to exploit part of the game for the sake of easy Achievements. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbuvv-wxv8">In this video,</a> its outlines a surefire method for farming up a good amount of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/31/halo-reach-achievements-revealed-forge-showcased/">the game's cheevos</a> by tweaking the customized Firefight system to be <em>really hard</em> and then giving yourself invincibility. Which means "you can basically shoot around in circles, and get massive amounts of points." Seems like fun ... we guess?<br />
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If nothing else, this shows off just how customizable the multiplayer system in <em>Reach</em> actually is. Bungie has made it so that the priority is coming up with fun gametypes with your friends, not just tweaking for as many points towards Achievement as possible. Not that we don't appreciate sweet, sweet cheevos, but that's not the only reason we're Firefighting against the Covenant, right? Right?<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Video: Halo: Reach Achievements made easy (and cheat-y)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/">Video: Halo: Reach Achievements made easy (and cheat-y)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19627918/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/09/video-halo-reach-achievements-made-easy-and-cheat-y/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>bungie</category><category>cheating</category><category>farming</category><category>halo</category><category>Halo-Reach</category><category>ign</category><category>jessica-chobot</category><category>microsoft</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portal receives radio patch, tunes in hints of a sequel]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/portal-releases-radio-patch-tunes-in-hints-of-a-sequel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/portal-releases-radio-patch-tunes-in-hints-of-a-sequel/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/portal-releases-radio-patch-tunes-in-hints-of-a-sequel/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62575"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/03/portalradiotransmission.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/valve">Valve</a> has released a new patch for <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/portal"><em>Portal</em></a> on Steam, and the patch notes say only that it has "changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations." A curious note, especially since <em>Portal</em>, as a computer game, doesn't actually transmit anything over the radio. That got <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1168990">the forum train a'moving</a> on the Steam boards, and they eventually discovered that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQvw4vSfKE#">radios have been added to each level of the game</a> which, when carried to the correct spots in each level, will tune in a series of coded messages. Connecting to all (or any, according to some reports) of the 26 messages in the game will supposedly unlock <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/stats/Portal/achievements/">a new hidden achievement</a> called "Transmission Received." At least, we think so -- as of this writing, no one seems to have unlocked it yet.<br />
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Some of the messages are morse codes that range from the technical ("External data line active") to the silly ("Beep beep beep beep"), and some are <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169218">encoded images of numbers and equations</a> ("B.dA=3"), but the whole thing appears to be hinting that AI antagonist <a href="http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/GLaDOS">GLaDOS</a> may have transmitted information or part of herself out of the Aperture Science facility before the first game ended. Which would probably mean <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/21/gdc08-portal-designer-kim-swift-mentions-portal-2/">that a sequel reveal</a> is imminent. We'll <em>stay tuned</em> for more information -- we didn't really expect to hear from Valve at <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/gdc-2010">GDC</a> next week, but a <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/portal-2"><em>Portal 2</em></a> reveal would make our San Francisco visit that much nicer.<br />
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[Thanks, Rob!]<strong><br />
</strong><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/portal-releases-radio-patch-tunes-in-hints-of-a-sequel/">Portal receives radio patch, tunes in hints of a sequel</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62575>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/portal-releases-radio-patch-tunes-in-hints-of-a-sequel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19378764/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/01/portal-releases-radio-patch-tunes-in-hints-of-a-sequel/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>glados</category><category>hidden-achievement</category><category>morse-code</category><category>patch</category><category>portal</category><category>portal-2</category><category>radios</category><category>reveal</category><category>steam</category><category>valve</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best of WoW.com: June 2-9, 2009]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/the-best-of-wow-com-june-2-9-2009/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/the-best-of-wow-com-june-2-9-2009/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/the-best-of-wow-com-june-2-9-2009/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/mmo/" rel="tag">MMO</a></p><div align="center"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/06/druidforms.jpg" /><br /></div>
WoW Insider is now <a href="http://WoW.com">WoW.com</a>, if you haven't yet heard, but don't worry: we still have everything you need to know about the world's most popular massively multiplayer online game, from tips and tricks to news and views.  Here's our most popular posts from the past week, including news about all the new Druid forms above -- if it's in Azeroth, we've got news about it, just for you.<br />
<h2>News</h2>
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    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/04/beware-of-blood-elves-selling-mounts/">Beware of Blood Elves selling mounts</a><br />One of our writers' friends falls prey to the game's newest scam.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/04/achieved-level-1-to-80-with-no-deaths/">Achieved: Level 1 to 80 with no deaths</a><br />A character appropriately named Cautious reached the highest level in the game without dying once.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/04/night-elf-druid-cat-form-revealed/">Revamped Night Elf Druid cat forms revealed</a><br />New looks for Night Elf Druids.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/05/zarhym-explains-druid-form-colour-combos/">Zarhym explains Druid form color combos</a><br />Want to make sure your Druid has the form you want?  Here's how.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/03/ensidia-gets-world-first-25-man-algalon-kill/">Ensidia gets world-first Algalon 25-man kill</a><br />One of the game's biggest pro guilds downs the last major boss in the current content.</li>
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<h2>Features</h2>
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    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/06/an-interview-with-a-scammer/">An interview with a scammer</a><br />The perp in the article above gets the WoW.com interview spotlight shined on him.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/03/wow-casually-rating-the-classes-for-casuals/">WoW, Casually: Rating the classes for casuals</a><br />Which class is best to play for a casual player?</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/06/arcane-brilliance-reaching-the-hit-cap/">Arcane Brilliance: Reaching the hit cap</a><br />Mages, here's how to make the most out of those spells you're casting.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/07/the-lore-of-ulduar/">The lore of Ulduar</a><br />The latest game dungeon has more than a few hooks and hints into the rest of the <em>World of Warcraft</em>.</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/06/08/the-queue-waterfalls/">The Queue: Waterfalls</a><br />Our Q&amp;A column will actually go chasing waterfalls to find answers to your questions. Not just stick to the rivers and the lakes that they're used to.</li>
</ul><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/the-best-of-wow-com-june-2-9-2009/">The best of WoW.com: June 2-9, 2009</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://wow.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/the-best-of-wow-com-june-2-9-2009/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19062064/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/the-best-of-wow-com-june-2-9-2009/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>algalon</category><category>casual</category><category>druid</category><category>druid-forms</category><category>endgame</category><category>features</category><category>mages</category><category>news</category><category>PC</category><category>scammer</category><category>world-first</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow.com</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor: MS survey mentions non-gaming achievements]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/rumor-ms-survey-mentions-non-gaming-achievements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/rumor-ms-survey-mentions-non-gaming-achievements/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/rumor-ms-survey-mentions-non-gaming-achievements/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://loot-ninja.com/2009/02/17/rumor-microsoft-thinking-about-non-gaming-achievements/"><img hspace="0" vspace="0" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/saveima39xhchchc.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><a href="http://loot-ninja.com/2009/02/17/rumor-microsoft-thinking-about-non-gaming-achievements/">Loot Ninja</a> dug up an alleged Microsoft sponsored Xbox 360 survey that brings up some interesting <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/achievements">achievement</a> topics. Specifically, questions that inquire about non-gaming achievements (like watching a certain amount of DVDs), having them unlock in-game content and even pitches the concept of having a virtual "in-game way to view your Achievements list." Similar to the proposed PlayStation 3 <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/08/hall-of-fame-demonstration-video-for-ps3-home/">Trophy Room in Home</a>.<br /><br />Seeing how much we adore the 360's achievements, we're willing to support most any plan (gaming related or not) to expand the number of ways we can increase our Gamerscore. Most of the survey questions are good ideas, except for the one that asks about swapping pop-up messages for environment based notifications. Bad idea. Removing the iconic <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/28/rvb-launches-achievement-website-achievables-unlocked/">bleep-bloop</a> would be an unforgivable sin.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=15836">Kombo</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/rumor-ms-survey-mentions-non-gaming-achievements/">Rumor: MS survey mentions non-gaming achievements</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://loot-ninja.com/2009/02/17/rumor-microsoft-thinking-about-non-gaming-achievements/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/rumor-ms-survey-mentions-non-gaming-achievements/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1463655/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/rumor-ms-survey-mentions-non-gaming-achievements/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievments</category><category>microsoft</category><category>rumor</category><category>survey</category><category>xbox-360</category><category>xbox-live</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Xbox achievement site looks to standardize accomplishments]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/new-xbox-achievement-site-looks-to-standardize-accomplishments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/new-xbox-achievement-site-looks-to-standardize-accomplishments/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/new-xbox-achievement-site-looks-to-standardize-accomplishments/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><a href="http://www.trueachievements.com/"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="1" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/truachievo3x.jpg" /></a></center>The team behind a new achievement tracking website called <a href="http://www.trueachievements.com">TrueAchievements</a> is very, <a href="http://www.trueachievements.com/aboutus.aspx"><em>very</em> angry</a>. The reason: Achievements and their respective Gamerscores aren't really standardized, meaning that Gamerscore often fails to be a true depiction of a person's gaming talent.<br /><br />Based on the idea that the harder an achievement is to unlock (no matter its Gamerscore value) the more points it should be worth, TrueAchievements uses a formula that takes into account how many players unlocked a specific achievement. Compared to the game's total population, a difficulty multiplier is calculated. The multiplier is figured into the game's Gamerscore and -- presto! -- a new, more accurate way to calculate a person's skill ensues.<br /><br />Those who earned all the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/18/avatar-2-minutes-b-button-1000-gamerscore/">Avatar achievements</a> will be humbled to know that it's the game with the lowest TrueAchievement value.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/new-xbox-achievement-site-looks-to-standardize-accomplishments/">New Xbox achievement site looks to standardize accomplishments</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.trueachievements.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/new-xbox-achievement-site-looks-to-standardize-accomplishments/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1455938/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/10/new-xbox-achievement-site-looks-to-standardize-accomplishments/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>Avatar</category><category>trueachievements</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Gears of War 2 Achievements appear on Xbox.com]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/new-achievements-appear-for-gears-of-war-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/new-achievements-appear-for-gears-of-war-2/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/new-achievements-appear-for-gears-of-war-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Achievements/ViewAchievementDetails.aspx?tid=%09]:%15%18*iN%0A"><img hspace="0" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/01/490newgear2achi.jpg" /></a><br />
<div align="left">In spite of the immense popularity enjoyed by its predecessor, <em>Gears of War 2</em> hasn't been able to climb atop the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/24/gears-2-stagnant-on-xbox-live-activity-chart-despite-dlc/">Xbox Live activity </a>charts. Perhaps a few more Achievement points will change things up. <a href="http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Achievements/ViewAchievementDetails.aspx?tid=%09]:%15%18*iN%0A">Xbox.com</a> has an updated list of Achievements for the game, bumping up the available Gamerscore to 1175. All of the new Achievements require a title update and both the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/07/gears-2-flashback-maps-now-on-xblm/">Flashback</a> and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/15/consumer-report-gears-of-war-2-combustible-map-pack/">Combustible Map Packs</a>.<br />
<ul>
    <li><strong>Skeletons in your Closet</strong> <em>(20G) </em>- Complete waves 1 through 10 on all Flashback Map Pack maps in Horde (any difficulty)<br /></li>
    <li><strong>More Mystery, Less History </strong><em>(15G)</em> - Win a multiplayer match on each of the 5 Flashback Map Pack maps (any mode except Wingman)</li>
    <li><strong>Bound by a Shared Past </strong><em>(15G) - </em>Win a Wingman match on each of the 5 Flashback Map Pack maps</li>
    <li><strong>Trial by, and on, Fire</strong> <em>(20G) </em>- Survive first 10 Horde waves on Combustible Map Pack maps as a team</li>
    <li><strong>The Roof! The Roof! The Roof...</strong><em> (15G)</em> - Win a multiplayer match on each of the 3 Combustible Map Pack maps (any mode except Wingman)</li>
    <li><strong>Forged in the Fire</strong> <em>(15G)</em> - Win a Wingman match on each of the 3 Combustible Map Pack maps</li>
    <li><strong>Annex: Now With Execution Rules</strong><em> (75G)</em> - Win an Annex match on each Flashback and Combustible Map Pack map (public matches only)</li>
</ul>
[Via <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2009/01/19/new-gears-2-achievements-appear-on-xbox-com/">X3F</a>]<br /></div>
</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/new-achievements-appear-for-gears-of-war-2/">New Gears of War 2 Achievements appear on Xbox.com</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Achievements/ViewAchievementDetails.aspx?tid=%09]:%15%18*iN%0A>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/new-achievements-appear-for-gears-of-war-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1434797/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/new-achievements-appear-for-gears-of-war-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>gears-of-war</category><category>gears-of-war-2</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Yoon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlock Fable 2 Achievements by seeing, not doing]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/23/unlock-fable-2-achievements-by-seeing-not-doing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/23/unlock-fable-2-achievements-by-seeing-not-doing/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/23/unlock-fable-2-achievements-by-seeing-not-doing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/adventure/" rel="tag">Adventure</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.360sync.com/2008/09/19/fable-2-achievements "><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/fable-2-achiev.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
The official <em>Fable 2</em> Achievements have been <a href="http://www.360sync.com/2008/09/19/fable-2-achievements">unveiled</a>, and it appears the previous <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/11/rumor-we-really-hope-these-are-the-fable-2-achievements/">rumor from August</a> was pretty accurate. Even The Swinger (i.e. "Take part in a debauched bedroom party with several participants.") is still in there. However, there's an added note in about 30 of the Achievements, specifying the ability to earn them simply by watching <em>someone else</em> (i.e. another hero in a world you visit via online co-op) fulfill the requirement. Despite the lack of surprise, we are genuinely excited to being rather vice-full in our quest to obtain all 1000 Gamerscore points.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/09/20/official-fable-2-achievements-now-with-added-see-and-unlock/">X3F</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/23/unlock-fable-2-achievements-by-seeing-not-doing/">Unlock Fable 2 Achievements by seeing, not doing</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.360sync.com/2008/09/19/fable-2-achievements>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/23/unlock-fable-2-achievements-by-seeing-not-doing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1321587/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/23/unlock-fable-2-achievements-by-seeing-not-doing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>Action</category><category>fable</category><category>fable-2</category><category>lionhead</category><category>Lionhead-Studios</category><category>MGS</category><category>Microsoft-Game-Studios</category><category>RPG</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor: Gamerscores transferring to next Xbox console]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a></p><div align="center"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="82" border="0" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/xboxtransfer.jpg" /><br /></div>
A rumor in <em>Game Informer</em> (full text from <em>GI</em> after the break) states that Gamerscores and achievements will be transferable to Microsoft's next console. As far a rumors go, this is one many Xbox 360 owners might pray Microsoft wouldn't prevent from becoming a reality.<br /><br />Achievements and Gamerscores are two features of the Xbox 360 that have developed a strong following, particularly among "ch33vo-holics." We can already imagine the internet <strike>hissy-fit temper-tantrum</strike> freak out we'll see if the Xbox faithful can't transfer their data. Although the next console is still years away, it would be unfortunate to envision Microsoft not allowing gamers to transfer their data effortlessly to the next system.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/05/13/rumor-achievements-to-rollover-to-xbox-720/">X3F</a>]<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Rumor: Gamerscores transferring to next Xbox console</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/">Rumor: Gamerscores transferring to next Xbox console</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1194524/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/14/rumor-gamerscore-transferring-to-next-ms-console/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>gamerscore</category><category>Xbox-360</category><category>xbox-720</category><category>xbox720</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recap: X3F Live and Maybe Next Time Buddy]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fan-stuff/" rel="tag">Fan stuff</a></p><center><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/maybenexttimex3fmaybessss.jpg" align="top" vspace="4" border="0" /></center>We did it guys! It was a huge success! Last night's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/05/x3f-live-maybe-next-time-buddy/">Maybe Next Time Buddy X3F Live event</a> (where we went on a mission to earn a certain achievement) was an overwhelming success as achievements were unlocked and I personally obtained 1000 Gamerscore in <em>Halo 3</em>. Woohooza! Click your way towards <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-lives-maybe-next-time-buddy">the break</a> to read a detailed account of the event as well as view some <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/x3f-live-maybe-next-time-buddy/685611/">screenshots</a> featuring commentary (thanks to our new gallery system) and a crazy cool <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/x3f-live-maybe-next-time-buddy/685961/">panorama shot</a>. What are you waiting for guys? Get your click on ...<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Recap: X3F Live and Maybe Next Time Buddy</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/">Recap: X3F Live and Maybe Next Time Buddy</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1132912/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/recap-x3f-live-and-maybe-next-time-buddy/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>bungie</category><category>bungie-studios</category><category>halo-3</category><category>maybe-next-time-buddy</category><category>x3f</category><category>x3f-live</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Club nods at Gears of War's 'Seriously' achievement]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/10/the-club-nods-at-gears-of-wars-seriously-achievement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/10/the-club-nods-at-gears-of-wars-seriously-achievement/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/10/the-club-nods-at-gears-of-wars-seriously-achievement/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a></p><a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/07/the-club-one-ups-gows-seriously-achievement/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/02/gam_nosrsly_490.jpg" /></a><br />
For the thorough achievement hunter, there are an elite series of Gamerscore garnering goals that the softcore gamer is not likely to possess, such as <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wzH1cndSwqc">Dead Rising's Zombie Genocider achievement</a>, or, well, <a href="http://www.achieve360points.com/game/chromehounds/">most of the achievements from Chromehounds</a>. One stands out above the rest, though, requiring a great deal of time and skill to earn -- the "Seriously" achievement from Gears of War. Getting 10,000 kills in ranked multiplayer earns you 50 Gamerpoints, and hopefully, a concerned intervention from a few of your closest loved ones. <br />
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Bizarre Creations' latest project The Club gives a hearty nod towards the life-consuming achievement with one of their own -- <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/07/the-club-one-ups-gows-seriously-achievement/">the cleverly titled "No, Seriously"</a> requires you to kill 10,001 opponents in ranked online matches. Oh, we see what you did there. We'll have to wait until Feb. 19 to see if the game is good enough to merit that kind of time investment, and if Bizarre ripped anything else off of Gears -- such as a steroid-infused protagonist that speaks with the eloquence of Tourette's suffering sailor.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/10/the-club-nods-at-gears-of-wars-seriously-achievement/">The Club nods at Gears of War's 'Seriously' achievement</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/02/07/the-club-one-ups-gows-seriously-achievement/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/10/the-club-nods-at-gears-of-wars-seriously-achievement/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1111165/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/10/the-club-nods-at-gears-of-wars-seriously-achievement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>gamerscore</category><category>gearsofwar</category><category>multiplayer</category><category>noseriously</category><category>PS3</category><category>seriously</category><category>the-club</category><category>theclub</category><category>Xbox-360</category><category>xboxlive</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Griffin McElroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Team kill achievement in Turok is no more]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/team-kill-achievement-in-turok-is-no-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/team-kill-achievement-in-turok-is-no-more/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/team-kill-achievement-in-turok-is-no-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/01/turok-patch-wil.html"><img width="414" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="233" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/11/turok-team-kill.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />Well, it looks like gamers can finally rest easy. Readers may recall that <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/turok"><em>Turok</em></a> was to include an achievement called "<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/20/turoks-team-killing-achievement/">Grab Bag</a>" that rewarded players for killing their own team members. Specifically, players had to kill "<span class="text_article_body">at least 1 creature, 1 enemy, 1 teammate, and yourself in the same round of a public match." With griefing players already ruining multiplayer games everywhere, gamers were naturally upset when <em>Turok</em>'s developers decided to actually <em>reward</em> them for it. Thankfully though, the devs at Propaganda have seen the light and will be <a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/01/turok-patch-wil.html">altering</a> the achievement with a launch day patch for the game. The achievement will remain in the game after the patch, but will now only require players to kill a creature, an enemy, and themselves. So it's <em>mostly</em> fixed, but don't be surprised if your teammates are constantly throwing grenades at their feet.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/28/turok-developers-remove-team-kill-achievement-with-launch-day-pa/">Joystiq</a>]<br /></span><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/team-kill-achievement-in-turok-is-no-more/">Team kill achievement in Turok is no more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/01/turok-patch-wil.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/team-kill-achievement-in-turok-is-no-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1100396/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/team-kill-achievement-in-turok-is-no-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>disney-interactive</category><category>propaganda</category><category>propaganda-games</category><category>team-killing</category><category>touchstone</category><category>turok</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[GameStrata statistic site launches, get PWN3D via graphs]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/hacks/" rel="tag">Hacks</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/wii/" rel="tag">Nintendo Wii</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/competitive-gaming/" rel="tag">Competitive Gaming</a></p><a href="gamestrata.com"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/01/data_trek_225pic.jpg" alt="" /></a><a href="http://gamestrata.com">GameStrata</a>, a new game statistic tracking and social site, has just launched into a (semi-)public status. Players can use the free service to keep track of a range of quantifiable game performance details. We're not quite sure what to make of the service, since an Xbox Live Gamertag does nearly the same thing on a platform basis, albeit Xbox only. (We see <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/13/steam-community-officially-launched/">overlap with Steam</a> too, for another heavy competitor.)<br /><br />We'll give the site some hope, however, since it's signed a wide roster of EA, Activision, Capcom, and Sega for launch titles. Those games are <em>Battlefield 2</em> (PC), <em>Guitar Hero III </em>(Wii, 360, PS3), <em>Lost Planet</em> (360), and <em>Universe at War </em>(PC, 360). The site combines stats from all of those games into a single user profile. It'll also strip Gamertag data into its service.<br /><br />GameStrata aims to bathe geeks in delicious data to keep them away from in-game -- and community-based -- competitors. Co-founder Barry Dorf takes exception to our classification, saying via email, "We do not see the space as having competitors, only partners.There are publishers that track stats and some that do not. We do not believe the publishers that are tracking stats are at the granular level we want them to be, or they want to be. Where do I rank in the first chorus during Sabotage in <span style="font-style: italic;">GH3</span> on Medium, or how many headshots did I make last week in <span style="font-style: italic;">Battlefield 2</span>, and where did it rank amongst those stats?"<br /><br />Those details run deep, letting gamers graph performance over time -- say, kills with a certain weapon -- and compare it to friends. Players can also broadcast a syndicated news feed to update competitors with their latest achievements.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>GameStrata statistic site launches, get PWN3D via graphs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/">GameStrata statistic site launches, get PWN3D via graphs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:38:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gamestrata.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1100155/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/29/gamestrata-statistic-site-launches-get-pwn3d-via-graphs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>activision</category><category>capcom</category><category>clan</category><category>community</category><category>EA</category><category>Electronic-Arts</category><category>gamestrata</category><category>leaderboard</category><category>network</category><category>PC</category><category>PS3</category><category>sega</category><category>social-network</category><category>stat</category><category>statistic</category><category>Wii</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Stern]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turok developer may consider removing team kill achievement]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/turok-developer-may-consider-removing-team-kill-achievement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/turok-developer-may-consider-removing-team-kill-achievement/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/turok-developer-may-consider-removing-team-kill-achievement/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=177414"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="330" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/12/arrowdude.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
After reviewing concerns about its Xbox achievement choices, Propaganda games says it'll consider removing the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/20/turok-rewards-you-for-team-killing-with-achievement/">"team kill" award</a> after the <em>Turok</em> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/16/rumorong-turok-isnt-delayed-its-been-february/">launch early next year</a>. Although CVG <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=177414">reports</a> in its headline "Turok dev to scrap team kill achievement," the quote from Propaganda VP Josh Holmes is actually, "<span class="text_article_body">We are currently looking at readying a patch or solution for it if it does become an issue when the game releases" </span><span class="text_article_body">(um, looks like somebody forgot to read the story before writing the headline). </span><span class="text_article_body">That's not a definitive statement that Propaganda will nix the controversial achievement, but merely acknowledgment that the developer will consider doing so after the game releases.<br /><br />Actually, a few statements made by Holmes in the interview are a little frightening. For example, he says that the team kill achievement -- which gives ten points for killing one creature, enemy, teammate and yourself in a single round -- was originally created as a joke because they found that players in their first <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Turok/">Turok</a></em> match met all the criteria. That's not exactly a confidence builder.</span><span class="text_article_body"><br /></span><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/turok-developer-may-consider-removing-team-kill-achievement/">Turok developer may consider removing team kill achievement</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:25:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=177414>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/turok-developer-may-consider-removing-team-kill-achievement/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1061095/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/12/turok-developer-may-consider-removing-team-kill-achievement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>disney</category><category>propaganda</category><category>PS3</category><category>touchstone</category><category>turok</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a 681-day achievement streak comes to an end]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/how-a-681-day-achievement-streak-comes-to-an-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/how-a-681-day-achievement-streak-comes-to-an-end/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/how-a-681-day-achievement-streak-comes-to-an-end/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/10/15/x3f-achievements-101-the-way-the-world-ends/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/10/knuckles.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
David Dreger, better known to the Xbox community by his gamertag "Knuckles Dawson," finally saw the end to his 681-day Xbox achievement streak on Oct. 4. Dreger tells why it happened in his latest <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/10/15/x3f-achievements-101-the-way-the-world-ends/">Achievement 101 feature</a> on sister-site X3F. After receiving <a href="http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/">MVP</a> status from Microsoft on Oct. 1., he finally made the decision to stop -- but it took another few days for it to actually happen. Dreger received at least one achievement on his Xbox 360 gamertag every day from Nov. 22, 2005 until Oct. 4, 2007. <br /><br />Dreger, who is also a co-host on sister-site X3F's <a href="http://podcasts.xbox360fanboy.com/">podcast</a>, says he's accomplished all that he wanted to with the achievement streak. What finally made him stop his streak was a good game of <em>Halo 3</em> with a friend while they were on the level "The Way the World Ends." Dreger says he's still interested in getting achievements as he is a self-proclaimed "achievement whore," but now is focusing on simpler tasks like getting his score to 54,321, to mirror when he had 12,345. Y'know, just for the heck of it.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/how-a-681-day-achievement-streak-comes-to-an-end/">How a 681-day achievement streak comes to an end</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:27:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/10/15/x3f-achievements-101-the-way-the-world-ends/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/how-a-681-day-achievement-streak-comes-to-an-end/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1014384/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/how-a-681-day-achievement-streak-comes-to-an-end/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievementstreak</category><category>daviddreger</category><category>dreger</category><category>knucklesdawson</category><category>xbox</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X3F Achievements 101: Pre-E3 lull]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="96" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/07/a1010701.jpg"  alt="" /><br /></div>
Welcome to another edition of the weekly Gamerscore whoring extravaganza, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/achievements101">X3F Achievements 101</a>. As usual, I'll discuss the last week in unlocking Achievements, or discuss any news that's especially pertinent to the Achievement obsessed. Unfortunately, this week was pretty light, with <a href="http://xbox360fanboy.com/tag/e307">E3</a> just around the corner, there wasn't much spare time to grind through any games. I didn't rent anything this week, but I did get my feet wet with <a href="http://xbox360fanboy.com/tag/rainbowsixvegas"><em>Rainbow Six: Vegas</em></a>, as well as made a couple discoveries whilst playing some Arcade titles locally with friends.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>X3F Achievements 101: Pre-E3 lull</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/">X3F Achievements 101: Pre-E3 lull</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/935640/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/08/x3f-achievements-101-pre-e3-lull/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Unlocked</category><category>Achievement Whore</category><category>Achievements 101</category><category>Achievements101</category><category>AchievementUnlocked</category><category>AchievementWhore</category><category>Gamer Score</category><category>GamerScore</category><category>Gamerscore Whore</category><category>GamerscoreWhore</category><category>X3F Achievements 101</category><category>X3fAchievements101</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X3F Achievements 101: Dark Pirates]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><div align="center"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="96" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/07/a1010624.jpg" /><br /></div>
Welcome back to another edition of X3F Achievements 101, complete with Gamerscore whoring goodness. This week we take a look at finishing up<em> Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End</em>, a very quick look at the ever distracting and delicious <a href="http://xbox360fanboy.com/tag/thedarkness"><em>Darkness</em></a>, as well as some personal Achievements, while not exactly adding any value to my Gamerscore, are still pretty cool little accomplishments that occurred over the past week. All in all, it was a solid week, with a few minor hiccups that'll you'll have to check it out for yourself.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>X3F Achievements 101: Dark Pirates</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/">X3F Achievements 101: Dark Pirates</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/930997/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/x3f-achievements-101-dark-pirates/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievements 101</category><category>Achievements101</category><category>Pirates of the Caribbean At World End</category><category>PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldEnd</category><category>The Darkness</category><category>TheDarkness</category><category>X3F Achievements 101</category><category>X3fAchievements101</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X3F Achievements 101: Dragonriding Swashbucklers]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="96" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/a1010617.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div>
So the previous week has come to a close and I'm back with another glorious edition of <a href="http://xbox360fanboy.com/tag/achievements101">X3F Achievements 101</a>. The past seven days had some serious grinding behind it as I finished off the amazingly tedious <em>Eragon.</em> Hopefully <em>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End</em> be a third time's charm for film-to-game adaptations. I'll also give my interpretation of the release of the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/halo3"><em>Halo 3</em></a> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/19/halo-3-achievements-nuff-said/">Achievements</a>, which took the interwebs by surprise this week. Either way, there's a lot to cover from the past week, so let's get started.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>X3F Achievements 101: Dragonriding Swashbucklers</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/">X3F Achievements 101: Dragonriding Swashbucklers</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/925495/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/24/x3f-achievements-101-dragonriding-swashbucklers/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Whore</category><category>Achievements</category><category>Achievements 101</category><category>Achievements101</category><category>AchievementWhore</category><category>Eragon</category><category>Gamer score</category><category>GamerScore</category><category>Gamerscore Whore</category><category>GamerscoreWhore</category><category>Halo</category><category>Halo 3</category><category>Halo3</category><category>P o t C</category><category>Pirates of the Caribbean</category><category>Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End</category><category>Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End</category><category>PiratesOfTheCaribbean</category><category>PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorld'sEnd</category><category>PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd</category><category>POTC</category><category>X3F Achievements 101</category><category>X3fAchievements101</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X3F Achievements 101: Superagon Returns]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="96" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/a1010610.jpg" /><br /></div>
Welcome back to another edition of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/achievements101">X3F Achievements 101</a>, where we take a look at the last 7 days in Achievement whoring of yours truly and any observations or interesting tidbits that got discovered along the way. This week saw a good jump in Gamerscore, as I plowed through a couple of mediocre games with some straightforward Achievements, along with others that require special attention to obtain. So, we'll take a look at <em>Superman Returns, Eragon</em>, and touch on a teensy bit of <em>Shadowrun</em>.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>X3F Achievements 101: Superagon Returns</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/">X3F Achievements 101: Superagon Returns</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/920028/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/17/x3f-achievements-101-superagon-returns/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievements 101</category><category>Achievements101</category><category>Eragon</category><category>Shadow Run</category><category>ShadowRun</category><category>Superman Returns</category><category>SupermanReturns</category><category>X3F Achievements 101</category><category>X3fAchievements101</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overlord Achievements awakened]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/overlord-achievements-awakened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/overlord-achievements-awakened/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/overlord-achievements-awakened/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox-live/" rel="tag">Xbox Live</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=258"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="233" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/overlord-firedude.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
After being having <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/overlord-demo-rules-marketplace/">one</a> of the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/07/shadowrun-demo-is-available-you-just-need-to-look/">two</a> <em>good</em> demos release on Marketplace last week, Xbox 360 Achievements got their hands on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/overlord"><em>Overlord</em></a>'s <a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=258">Achievements</a>. The first thing that caught our eye was that there are two Achievements for how much or little Corruption your character has, one for maxing it out, and the other for having none, so being a <em>good-bad guy</em> is going to be required for the completionists out there. Also worth noting are the ranked multiplayer Achievements, and "Mistress Master", where you essentially let her wear the pants of the relationship and do her bidding. Are you looking forward to <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-hands-on-overlord/">torching</a> some halflings later this month?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/overlord-achievements-awakened/">Overlord Achievements awakened</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=258>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/overlord-achievements-awakened/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/914853/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/overlord-achievements-awakened/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Unlocked</category><category>Achievements</category><category>AchievementUnlocked</category><category>Over Lord</category><category>OverLord</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X3F Achievements 101: Bots, Bosses and Babalities]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><div align="center"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="96" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/a1010603.jpg" /></div>
<a href="http://www.joystiq.com//tag/achievements101">X3F Achievements 101</a> is back, and on its regularly scheduled time slot of Sundays. Initial response to our first edition was rather positive, so we're glad you like the concept and hope you enjoy reading, and even participating in the column. Emails with Achievement tips also came in at a good pace, and I look forward to playing and trading with you. One particular email stood out, which came from Casey over at <a href="http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/">brains-N-brawn.com</a>, and the steps he took to get Achievements in one of the most time consuming Arcade games, <em>Bejeweled 2</em>.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>X3F Achievements 101: Bots, Bosses and Babalities</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/">X3F Achievements 101: Bots, Bosses and Babalities</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/914804/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/x3f-achievements-101-bots-bosses-and-babalities/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Unlocked</category><category>Achievement Whore</category><category>Achievements</category><category>Achievements 101</category><category>Achievements101</category><category>AchievementUnlocked</category><category>AchievementWhore</category><category>Action</category><category>Crack Down</category><category>CrackDown</category><category>Gamer score</category><category>GamerScore</category><category>Gamerscore Whore</category><category>GamerscoreWhore</category><category>Microsoft-Game-Studios</category><category>Mortal Kombat</category><category>MortalKombat</category><category>Pac Man</category><category>Pac Man CE</category><category>Pac Man Championship Edition</category><category>Pac-Man</category><category>Pac-Man CE</category><category>Pac-Man Championship Edition</category><category>Pac-manCe</category><category>Pac-manChampionshipEdition</category><category>PacMan</category><category>PacManCe</category><category>PacManChampionshipEdition</category><category>Realtime-Worlds</category><category>Riot-Act</category><category>Saints Row</category><category>SaintsRow</category><category>Sandbox</category><category>Shadow run</category><category>ShadowRun</category><category>U M K 3</category><category>Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</category><category>UltimateMortalKombat3</category><category>UMK3</category><category>X3F Achievements 101</category><category>X3fAchievements101</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[X3F Achievements 101: The First One!]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><div align="center"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="96" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/a1010528r1.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div>
Welcome to X3F Achievements 101, a new column here at Xbox 360 Fanboy, where I get to discuss one of my favorite Xbox 360 features: Achievements, and the whoring found therein<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>. Each week I'll be bringing you my take on the latest Achievement news, as well as my quest in both my Achievement streak, and any specific Achievements I'm working on. Not only that, but <u>you</u> get to participate, as I'll be giving you a means to contact me, so we can work together on getting Achievements. So read on, as I start off by taking a look at one of the coolest Achievements to come out of a personal favorite, <a href="http://xbox360fanboy.com/tag/Shadowrun"><em>Shadowrun</em></a>.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>X3F Achievements 101: The First One!</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/">X3F Achievements 101: The First One!</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/909595/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/08/x3f-achievements-101-the-first-one/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Whore</category><category>Achievements</category><category>Achievements 101</category><category>Achievements101</category><category>AchievementWhore</category><category>Big Bumpin</category><category>Big Bumpin'</category><category>Big Bumping</category><category>BigBumpin</category><category>BigBumpin'</category><category>BigBumping</category><category>Shadow run</category><category>ShadowRun</category><category>X3F Achievements 101</category><category>X3fAchievements101</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievements come out of the ... er ... Darkness]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/achievements-come-out-of-the-er-darkness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/achievements-come-out-of-the-er-darkness/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/achievements-come-out-of-the-er-darkness/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox-live/" rel="tag">Xbox Live</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/multiplayer/" rel="tag">Multiplayer</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/the-darkness/" rel="tag">The Darkness</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=256"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="233" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/02/thedarkness.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Xbox 360 Achievements, the <a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=256">sly</a> dogs, got their hands on the Achievement list for Starbreeze Studios' comic book <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_%28comics%29">adaption</a>, <em><a href="http://xbox360fanboy.com/tag/thedarkness">The Darkness</a>.</em> Upon looking at the 50 Achievements available you can tell that there is a heavy emphasis on the multiplayer aspect of the game which we definitely like to see, although we can't tell if these require to be in ranked games in order to be unlocked, or if they can be performed in public matches. Our favorite from the list, would easily be "Knuckle, Meet Face", for indulging in your first melee kill. What's yours?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/achievements-come-out-of-the-er-darkness/">Achievements come out of the ... er ... Darkness</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=256>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/achievements-come-out-of-the-er-darkness/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/912415/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/06/achievements-come-out-of-the-er-darkness/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Unlock</category><category>Achievement Unlocked</category><category>Achievements</category><category>AchievementUnlock</category><category>AchievementUnlocked</category><category>Darkness</category><category>Star Breeze</category><category>StarBreeze</category><category>Starbreeze Studios</category><category>StarbreezeStudios</category><category>The Darkness</category><category>TheDarkness</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Worlds Achievements revealed]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/22/two-worlds-achievements-revealed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/22/two-worlds-achievements-revealed/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/22/two-worlds-achievements-revealed/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox-live/" rel="tag">Xbox Live</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/multiplayer/" rel="tag">Multiplayer</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/790/790664p1.html"><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="239" border="1" align="middle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/03/two-worlds-horse.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Upcoming Online RPG <em>Two Worlds</em> had its 41 Achievements <a href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/790/790664p1.html">revealed</a> today, at <em>IGN</em>, of all places. Either way it seems to be the standard fair of objectives. At the very least, one would have to agree that it certainly seems far more obtainable than <em>Final Fantasy XI</em>'s current set. Also worth noting is the final Achievement of "Defeated the Grand Enemy" has the <strike>second</strike> third highest Gamerscore worth of 370 points, next <em>Madden NFL 06</em>'s "<a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=75">Complete 30 Years of Franchise</a>", for 400 GS, and <em>2006 FIFA World Cup</em>'s "<a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=42">Complete all Scenarios</a>", a 500-pointer. Are you going to be unlocking away next month in <em>Two Worlds?</em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/22/two-worlds-achievements-revealed/">Two Worlds Achievements revealed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 22 May 2007 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/790/790664p1.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/22/two-worlds-achievements-revealed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/901746/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/22/two-worlds-achievements-revealed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievement Whore</category><category>Achievement Whores</category><category>Achievements</category><category>AchievementWhore</category><category>AchievementWhores</category><category>South Peak</category><category>SouthPeak</category><category>SouthPeak Interactive</category><category>SouthpeakInteractive</category><category>Top Ware</category><category>TopWare</category><category>TopWare Interactive</category><category>TopwareInteractive</category><category>Two Worlds</category><category>TwoWorlds</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievements revealed: Ratatouille, DiRT and more]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/17/achievements-revealed-ratatouille-dirt-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/17/achievements-revealed-ratatouille-dirt-and-more/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/17/achievements-revealed-ratatouille-dirt-and-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox-live/" rel="tag">Xbox Live</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox-live-arcade/" rel="tag">Xbox Live Arcade</a></p><img alt="" align="top" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/05/weloveourachievements.jpg" /><br />
Yesterday, Xbox360Achievements.org posted complete achievement lists for a few upcoming games including family friendly <em>Ratatouille</em> and the messy <em>DiRT</em>. <em><a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=248">Ratatouille</a></em> offers a bunch of objective based achievements with nothing overly spectacular, except for the "Beat Hoisting the Hefty Weight" which caught our eye. <a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=247"><em>DiRT</em>'s</a> achievements are rather bland too, nearly a yawn-fest until we spotted the "First Clean Race" achievement. That achievement will be impossible for those of us who like to play dirty. Also, take a gander through <a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=246"><em>Aegis Wing</em>'s</a> achievements and focus on getting a few friends together to earn the "Epic Warrior" achievement. Hooking up four players has never been so rewarding.<br />
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<a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=248">Read</a> - <em>Ratatouille</em> Achievements<br />
<a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=247">Read</a> - <em>DiRT</em> Achievements<br />
<a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=246">Read</a> - <em>Aegis Wing</em> Achievements<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/17/achievements-revealed-ratatouille-dirt-and-more/">Achievements revealed: Ratatouille, DiRT and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/17/achievements-revealed-ratatouille-dirt-and-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/898103/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/17/achievements-revealed-ratatouille-dirt-and-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>aegis wing</category><category>AegisWing</category><category>Codemasters</category><category>Colin-McRae-DiRT</category><category>DiRT</category><category>Racing</category><category>Ratatouille</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadowrun Achievements pinged by Enhanced Vision]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/shadowrun-achievements-pinged-by-enhanced-vision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/shadowrun-achievements-pinged-by-enhanced-vision/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/shadowrun-achievements-pinged-by-enhanced-vision/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox-live/" rel="tag">Xbox Live</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/multiplayer/" rel="tag">Multiplayer</a></p><a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=234"><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="239" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/05/shadowrunwarroom.jpg" /></a><br />Matt Webster, better known as "fall" in the <em>Shadowrun</em> community, <a href="http://live.xbox.com/en-CA/profile/Achievements/ViewAchievementDetails.aspx?tid=%09%5d%3a%15%18*iAs%06&amp;compareTo=Fall360">played</a> the retail version of the game, <a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=234">revealing</a> the Achievements to the world. Overall, they seem pretty balanced, actually encouraging players to give various magic, races and weapons their due play time. The cool thing is because of the lack of ranked matches, unless specified, you'll be able to get Achievements in private games with your friends. We all know how difficult the <a href="http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Achievements/ViewAchievementDetails.aspx?tid=%09%5d%3a%15%18*iAs%05&amp;compareTo=SuperDunners">alternative</a> can be. On top of that we've got 6 Secret Achievements, including the lone one worth 100 Gamerscore. So, Training Levels aside, what do you plan on trying to unlock first?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/shadowrun-achievements-pinged-by-enhanced-vision/">Shadowrun Achievements pinged by Enhanced Vision</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 02 May 2007 17:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.xbox360achievements.org/achievements.php?gameID=234>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/shadowrun-achievements-pinged-by-enhanced-vision/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/887473/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/shadowrun-achievements-pinged-by-enhanced-vision/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Achievements</category><category>F A S A</category><category>FASA</category><category>FASA Studio</category><category>FASA Studios</category><category>FasaStudio</category><category>FasaStudios</category><category>Shadow Run</category><category>ShadowRun</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Dreger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 17:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers pick best webcomic: Living Achievements Vicariously]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/polls/" rel="tag">Polls</a></p><a href="http://duelinganalogs.com/?date=2007-03-21"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/03/da-achievement-made.jpg" /></a>Blending real life with virtual life is usually reserved for those who think it's wise to incorporate 1337 speak into grade school essays (and shame on you for thinking Shakespeare doesn't r0x0rz j00r b0x0rz). <span style="font-style: italic;">Dueling Analogs, </span>for splicing what makes the Xbox great with what makes <span style="font-style: italic;">... </span>well, we don't want to go there either way, has been crowned the winner of this week's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/24/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-mainstream-edition/">webcomic wrapup</a>.<br /><br />Second place goes to still-newbie <a href="http://www.2pstart.com/2007/03/21/rejected-wii-channels/"><span style="font-style: italic;">2P Start</span></a> and third place went perennial favorites (and our <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">rocketeering</span> racketeering partners) <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/23"><span style="font-style: italic;">Penny Arcade</span></a>. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Readers pick best webcomic: Living Achievements Vicariously</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/">Readers pick best webcomic: Living Achievements Vicariously</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://duelinganalogs.com/?date=2007-03-21>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/860949/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/27/readers-pick-best-webcomic-living-achievements-vicariously/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>2p start</category><category>2pStart</category><category>achievement</category><category>dueling analogs</category><category>DuelingAnalogs</category><category>penny arcade</category><category>PennyArcade</category><category>web comic</category><category>WebComic</category><category>xbox live</category><category>Xbox-360</category><category>XboxLive</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievement unlocked, now download the sound]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/15/achievement-unlocked-now-download-the-sound/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/15/achievement-unlocked-now-download-the-sound/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/15/achievement-unlocked-now-download-the-sound/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fan-stuff/" rel="tag">Fan stuff</a></p><a href="http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/15/download-the-achivement-unlocked-sound.aspx"><img alt="" align="top" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/03/soundbeautiful.jpg" /></a><br />
Last month we furnished you with the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/27/download-crackdowns-agility-orb-sound-clip/">agility orb</a> sound clip from <em>Crackdown </em>and today we have another clip for your downloading pleasure. The generous <a href="http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/15/download-the-achivement-unlocked-sound.aspx">Major Nelson</a> went out of his way to get the community a <a href="http://centracomm.cachefly.net/majornelson/2007/Achievement-mp3-sound.mp3">clip</a> of the greatest sound that has ever graced the Xbox 360 ... the achievement unlocked sound. It's short and sweet, but any fanboy will know that this sound can make grown men break down in tears. This sound makes us gamers froth from the mouth, perspire profusely, and shake violently all because we know our gamerscore just increased. It's truly that enjoyable. So, be sure to download it and feel free to share with us how you'll be using your new achievement unlocked sound clip.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/15/achievement-unlocked-now-download-the-sound/">Achievement unlocked, now download the sound</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/15/download-the-achivement-unlocked-sound.aspx>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/15/achievement-unlocked-now-download-the-sound/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/853518/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/15/achievement-unlocked-now-download-the-sound/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievement unlocked</category><category>AchievementUnlocked</category><category>download</category><category>mp3</category><category>sound clip</category><category>SoundClip</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowabunga! TMNT achievements uncovered]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/cowabunga-tmnt-achievements-uncovered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/cowabunga-tmnt-achievements-uncovered/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/cowabunga-tmnt-achievements-uncovered/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/home/showachievements.php?type=Retail&amp;gameID=210"><img  alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/02/tmntdrop.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="0" /></a>Those busy bees over at <a href="http://www.xbox360achievements.org/home/showachievements.php?type=Retail&amp;gameID=210">Xbox 360 Achievements</a> discovered all of the achievements for upcoming Ninja Turtles game <em>TMNT</em>. Getting all 1000 gamerscore points doesn't look all that hard either, because simply beating the game will get you 800 points. Also, it looks like Ubisoft decided to not make all the achievements have a nice rounded gamerscore point total, opting for annoying ambiguous <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/13/wait-whats-up-with-graws-achievements/">numbers</a>. And overall, these are still pretty lackluster achievements with no creative flair ... hopefully they put a little more thought into the game than they did into its achievements.<br /><br />[Thanks, Peter J]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/cowabunga-tmnt-achievements-uncovered/">Cowabunga! TMNT achievements uncovered</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.xbox360achievements.org/home/showachievements.php?type=Retail&amp;gameID=210>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/cowabunga-tmnt-achievements-uncovered/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/838843/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/cowabunga-tmnt-achievements-uncovered/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>ninja turtles</category><category>NinjaTurtles</category><category>teenage mutant ninja turtles</category><category>TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles</category><category>tmnt</category><category>ubisoft</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NBA Live '07 1000 man achievement chance now! [update 1]]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/10/nba-live-07-1000-man-achievement-chance-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/10/nba-live-07-1000-man-achievement-chance-now/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/10/nba-live-07-1000-man-achievement-chance-now/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a></p><a href="http://www.achieve360points.com/updates/482/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/02/nbalive072.jpg" alt="" /></a>A <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/05/join-1-000-nba-live-players-boost-your-gamerscore/">reminder</a> regarding one of the most obnoxious Xbox 360 achievements ever conceived. For the next hour, if you've got a copy of <em>NBA Live '07</em>, turn that puppy on, it may be the best chance to get the "1,000 People Online" achievement. The achievement is worth 100 points. The event was promoted by Achieve360points.com. It is going on right now, and here's the simplest way to lay it out:<br />
<ul>
    <li>February 10th at 5:00 to 6:00 pm (Pacific)</li>
    <li>February 10th at 6:00 to 7:00 pm (Mountain)</li>
    <li>February 10th at 7:00 to 8:00 pm (Central)</li>
    <li>February 10th at 8:00 to 9:00 pm (Eastern)</li>
    <li>February 11th at 1:00 to 2:00 am (United Kingdom)</li>
    <li>February 11th at 10:00 to 11:00 am (Japan)</li>
</ul>
Even after you gain the achievement, stay on. Remember, you got 999 people to thank for your easily gained, but ridiculously conceived, achievement.<br /><br />[Update 1: Apparently the event was a success. Congrats to those who participated.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/10/nba-live-07-1000-man-achievement-chance-now/">NBA Live '07 1000 man achievement chance now! [update 1]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.achieve360points.com/updates/482/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/10/nba-live-07-1000-man-achievement-chance-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/751895/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/10/nba-live-07-1000-man-achievement-chance-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>nba live</category><category>NbaLive</category><category>xbox</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Games for Windows Vista: how the new brand &amp; OS will change PC gaming [update 1]]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/12/g4wlogoandexplorer.jpg" alt="G4W" /><br /><br />We recently sat down with Games for Windows (GFW) Marketing Director Kevin Unangst and PR Manager Michael Wolf for a brief pre-launch tour of gaming on Vista. Admittedly, the implementation hasn't changed much since we <a target="_blank" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/06/ces-vista-puts-gaming-front-and-center/">first previewed</a> Vista nearly a year ago. Even so, from a GUI-perspective, Vista features a user-friendly central location for cataloging, accessing, and tweaking (settings, parental controls, updating, etc.) GFW-branded games -- non-GFW games won't necessarily be excluded, but they won't feature many of the required functionalities built into the branded titles.<br /><br />Games for Windows is still very much a vision. The first priority, a retail initiative, is currently underway. By employing marketing strategies used by console makers, namely platform-branding, Microsoft hopes that PC gaming (under the 'Games for Windows' banner) will become less intimidating to mainstream consumers -- no longer will the PC games isle be a cluttered mess of disparate titles. <span style="font-style: italic;">Computer Gaming World</span> was also <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/02/goodbye-computer-gaming-world-hello-games-for-windows-magazine/" target="_blank">renamed</a> as<span style="font-style: italic;"> Games For Windows</span> to help drive Microsoft's new brand. Aside from retail consolidation, this branding will ensure certain requirements are met by games' publishers. To earn the GFW brand, a title must comply with certain Microsoft-tested specifications, including widescreen support, compatibility with the Xbox 360 controller, parental control features, and simple installation. GFW games will also begin to carry a system rating, based on a 5-point scale. Vista will assess the value of your PC's gaming abilities and assign a rating (or "<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_System_Assessment_Tool">WinSAT</a>"), say 4.5. You can then weigh that rating against a game's recommended rating (example: 5.0) and its required rating (example: 3.5) before purchasing. Update: The scale will begin at five points, but is designed to grow as newer technologies enter the market.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Games for Windows Vista: how the new brand &amp; OS will change PC gaming [update 1]</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/">Games for Windows Vista: how the new brand &amp; OS will change PC gaming [update 1]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:55:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/717518/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/18/games-for-windows-vista-how-a-new-brand-and-os-will-change-pc-gam/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>360</category><category>Achievement</category><category>Bungie</category><category>Fasa</category><category>Gamerscore</category><category>Gamertag</category><category>Games for Windows</category><category>GamesForWindows</category><category>Halo 2</category><category>Halo2</category><category>Live Anywhere</category><category>LiveAnywhere</category><category>Minesweeper</category><category>PC</category><category>Shadowrun</category><category>Vista</category><category>Windows</category><category>Xbox 360</category><category>Xbox Live</category><category>Xbox-360</category><category>Xbox360</category><category>XboxLive</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Ransom-Wiley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No gamerscore, no achievements on PS3]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/23/no-gamerscore-no-achievements-on-ps3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/23/no-gamerscore-no-achievements-on-ps3/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/23/no-gamerscore-no-achievements-on-ps3/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/10/sceas_tretton_n.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/10/ps3front_controller.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="PS3" /></a>Speaking with Game|Life, SCEA's executive vp Jack Tretton confirmed that PlayStation 3 user accounts will not feature an aggregate score based on gaming accomplishments, squashing <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/31/360-achievements-ps3-entitlements/" target="_blank">rumors</a> that Sony would counter Microsoft's gamerscore/achievement system with "entitlements."<br /><br />Tretton did suggest plans to incorporate a "pan-console" scoring system into first-party titles, but admitted that Sony had not decided on a name for this feature and that developers of first-party launch titles would likely pass on it. While excluded from Sony's aforementioned scoring system, third-party publishers will have the option to include their own achievement-like rewards, "on a game-by-game basis."<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/23/no-gamerscore-no-achievements-on-ps3/">No gamerscore, no achievements on PS3</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:55:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/10/sceas_tretton_n.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/23/no-gamerscore-no-achievements-on-ps3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/689641/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/23/no-gamerscore-no-achievements-on-ps3/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>gamerscore</category><category>PS3</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Ransom-Wiley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oblivion infinite gold cheat undermines Tamriel society [update 1]]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/26/oblivion-infinite-gold-cheat-undermines-tamriel-society/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/26/oblivion-infinite-gold-cheat-undermines-tamriel-society/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/26/oblivion-infinite-gold-cheat-undermines-tamriel-society/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/hacks/" rel="tag">Hacks</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rpgs/" rel="tag">RPGs</a></p><p><a href="http://cheats.ign.com/ob2/068/702/702493.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt=""src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/03/hefner_and_wives.jpg" /></a><br /></p>
<p>We've been hearing of a bushel ofdefects with just-released Xbox 360 title <em>Oblivion IV</em>, most of them relatively harmless. But this one's a realzinger because it allows players to stop leveling altogether and simply play the equivalent of a medieval playboy. <br/></p>
<p>Shall we elaborate? What happens when you couple unlimited gold with a level one character's limitedjudgement? Wanton carousal, all-night mead keggers, illegitimate NPCs spawning all over the place, and legions of trustfund kids who forego the noble professions of blacksmithing, shoe-mending, and inn-keeping for jobs in architecture,museum curation, and film studies research.  </p>
<p>The world of Tamriel is going to look an awful lot like Manhattanisland if this defect isn't patched, quick.  </p>
<p>[Via <ahref="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/03/24/cheat-your-way-to-oblivion/">Xbox 360 Fanboy.com</a>]</p>
<p>[Update 1:fixed really stupid spelling mistake. It's medieval. medieval. medieval. Got it now!]<br /> </p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/26/oblivion-infinite-gold-cheat-undermines-tamriel-society/">Oblivion infinite gold cheat undermines Tamriel society [update 1]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://cheats.ign.com/ob2/068/702/702493.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/26/oblivion-infinite-gold-cheat-undermines-tamriel-society/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/602740/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/26/oblivion-infinite-gold-cheat-undermines-tamriel-society/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>game cheat</category><category>hack</category><category>oblivion iv</category><category>OblivionIv</category><category>xbox 360</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir Cole]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>