achievements
PlayStation

The Best Way To Get New Games? By Playing Other Games

We’ve all notices that Achievements, Trophies and other game-specific accomplishments don’t mean squat in the real world, right? You can’t go to your local video game store and say, “Hey, I’ve got all the Platinum trophies in Uncharted 3; can I get a copy of Starhawk, please?”

March 4, 2012
PlayStation

The Top 10 ‘Platinumed’ Games On The PS3

On a question from a reader, the PlayStation Blog dug through Sony’s telemetry and produced a list of the 10 games with the most Platinum trophy winners. Platinum trophies, of course, are awarded when someone collects all of the trophies available in a title.

January 19, 2012
Xbox

Microsoft Now Has Achievements For…Developers

Taking the notion of institutionalised rewards maybe a little bit too far, Microsoft has begun awarding achievements to developers.

October 25, 2011
Xbox

This Guy Cheated To Get An Achievement (But He Did It In Style)

There’s an achievement you can get in Gears of War 3 that can be earned by playing a piano 2000 times. That’s a lot of button pressing, so LEGO builder Guy Himber set to work on a less strenuous solution.

October 20, 2011
PlayStation

How To Get Arkham City’s One-Year Calendar Man Achievement In One Hour

There’s an Xbox 360 Achievement (and PlayStation 3 Trophy) in Batman: Arkham City called “Storyteller”. The description: “Have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man.” To earn it, you have to talk to the incarcerated villain on 12 holidays, from New Year’s to Christmas.

October 13, 2011
Nintendo

These Are Real Achievements: Not In The Face, Quit Poking Me

Shinobi isn’t just a wonderful throw-back to the classic, painfully hard Shinobi of the ’80s, it’s also a game with a surprisingly long, surprisingly humorous list of achievements.

October 6, 2011
News

How To Speak Dragon: Here Are Your Skyrim Achievements

We already know that the next Elder Scrolls game’s going to suck up a bunch of your time. Days, weeks, maybe even months, depending on how you play. But how much is it going spit out in sweet, sweet Achievements?

October 1, 2011
Xbox

The Toughest Xbox 360 Achievement You Can Get?

To get the hardest achievement on the Xbox 360, Marcus Fenix had to do more than just kill a few Locust. He had to get his hands dirty. He had to put in some time.

September 4, 2011
Xbox

Batman Achievements Confirm New Game-Plus In Arkham City

Crack achievement investigators Xbox360Achievements.org are back in action, and they’ve sleuthed out the 50 Achievement/1000 Gamerscore set for Batman: Arkham City.

August 29, 2011
PlayStation

Achievement List Hints At New Features In NBA 2K12

In my preview on Wednesday all I got to look at was “NBA’s Greatest” and the play-now mode of NBA 2K12. So I can’t tell you anything about an “Online Association” mode, other than the fact the game’s achievement list hints it will have one.

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