achievements
News

Annihilation Map Adds Five More Achievements To Black Ops

“Shangri-La” is the new zombies map in Call of Duty: Black Ops, and it is far from paradise, as that anthropomorphic s’more (above) will attest. Available in Annihilation, releasing next Tuesday for Xbox 360, it offers five more achievements worth a cool 150 Gamerscore. They are:

April 29, 2011
PC

50% Of Portal 2 Players On Steam Haven’t Finished The Game

So much for Portal 2 being too short. Fans of Portal 2 may be surprised to learn that a lot of people who own the game aren’t playing it very much.

April 20, 2011
PC

Minecraft Beta 1.5 Brings Weather, Achievements And More

Minecraft updates to beta 1.5 today, adding achievements, weather effects and various other improvements to Mojang’s big bad building game. Be sure to update your servers!

April 10, 2011
PC

Here’s A Look At Minecraft’s Weather Effects, Achievements And Stats

Minecraft’s next title update (1.5) will deliver a host of new features, among them an achievement system, a statistics log and, perhaps more importantly, weather effects. The game’s creator released this video late last night showing all those features in action.

March 21, 2011
PC

Minecraft Creator Already Working On Achievements; But First, Wolves

Minecraft’s creator revealed on Friday that he’s working on an achievement system for the PC gaming obsession. He didn’t specify when that will be implemented, but he did say something new’s coming in the game’s next update: Wolves.

March 12, 2011
Xbox

Xbox Live’s Achievement Numbers Are Slightly Terrifying

Achievements. Every major platform has them now in some shape or form, but they started on the Xbox 360 back in 2005. Have you ever wondered how many have been unlocked in that time?

February 27, 2011
PC

Minecraft’s Creator Ponders Adding Achievements

Noting that a lot of people dislike achievements, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson says he’s still a fan of them, and thinks they could be useful to his runaway indie hit as a type of guide leading newcomers through the game, rather than implementing a heavy-handed tutorial that stifles creativity.

January 26, 2011
In Real Life

Let Off Some Steam

Let Off Some Steam is a new section where we let you guys get something off your chest – it can be a vitriol laced rant, a sappy love letter to whatever, or anything inbetween. Send your magic words in this direction, and try and keep it under 600 words. This time achievements is on the receiving end of a rant from Jo Con.

January 22, 2011
Nintendo

A Nintendo Argument Against Achievements

“We’re not opposed to Achievements,” Nintendo’s Bill Trinen told me earlier this week, even as he confirmed that his company’s next system, the 3DS, won’t have one of the more popular features in Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC gaming.

January 19, 2011
Uncategorized

Left 4 Dead Patch Brings Your Xbox 360 Achievements Back To Life

Valve has updated Left 4 Dead for the Xbox 360, matching the patch the PC version received last October. The better news? Your Xbox Live achievements busted by “The Sacrifice” may have also been restored. Details here.

Subscribe Contact