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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Culture

Do You Strive For Gamerscore Completion?

6:20AM Mike Fahey | An interesting feature over at Gamasutra looks at the percentage of players who actually achieve a perfect Gamerscore in popular Xbox Live titles. Do you play until the last point is awarded? More »
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Culture

The Mark Of A DJ Hero Player: One Gamer Point

10:00AM Stephen Totilo | One-point Xbox 360 Achievements have been done before, but they’re rare. (Forza 2 has a pair.) If you play DJ Hero, prepare to gain a single point. More »
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
News

1 Vs 100 Could Be Achievement Treasure Trove

5:00AM Stephen Totilo | For Xbox Live Gold members playing Microsoft’s next experiment, Achievement points — lots of them — will be free. More »
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Monday, April 27, 2009
News

The Rules For 360 Achievements (Partially) Explained

3:00AM Owen Good | Microsoft’s only on-the-record guidance on how Achievements are approved came more than two years ago, and the maximums it set then have been easily surpassed. Xbox360Achievements.org says it’s learned of new policies on Gamerscore ceilings. More »
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Culture

Getting Those Achievements *Just* Right

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Forget HD graphics. The one really new thing the 360 (and now the PS3) have brought to this generation of gaming is achievements. But how do you design them? What makes ‘em tick? More »
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
News

Expiring Email Accounts Can Eat Your Xbox Gamertag

4:00AM Mike Fahey | Microsoft is investigating a problem with expiring email addresses that is causing some Xbox Live users to abandon their Gamertags and start fresh, losing any progress they’ve accumulated over the past few years. More »
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Friday, January 23, 2009
News

Gamerscore Blog Team Let Go As Part Of Microsoft Layoffs

1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sorry to keep hitting you with these bad news stories. Maybe things will get happier next week. But today, things are bleak, with news now that Microsoft’s Gamerscore blog team have been laid off. More »
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Microsoft Retires Gamerscore Blog

1:00AM Owen Good | Gamerscore Blog, an important part of Microsoft’s Xbox community outreach for several years, is being retired. Microsoft will now focus that effort through Xbox.com and the Xbox dashboard. More »
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Fall Dash Update: Games Played

4:30AM Mike Fahey | Microsoft’s Gamerscore Blog has just kicked off a new series of articles aimed at teaching Xbox 360 owners the ins and outs of The New Xbox Experience. For the first installment they take a look at the changes made to the Games Played section of Xbox Live. While the information remains largely the same, the way it is presented changes. It starts with a summary, then an all games played page, and then one page for every game you’ve ever stuck into your Xbox 360 or downloaded off of Xbox Live Arcade. More »
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