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Killstreak Rewards for Modern Warfare 2 Now Public

One of the most interesting innovations that the Call of Duty series spawned in recent years is the idea of Killstreaks, rewards offered to the gamer based on the amount of players they take out in a row in multiplayer matches. The rewards are gameplay important and have a tendency to create a feedback loop, enhancin...

3 November 2009
05:16 GMT

No Digital Distribution for New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Speaking at a round table in New York, Shigeru Miyamoto addressed quite a few issues related to videogames, showing why he is so praised by Nintendo and why he is the main cause for the success of series like Mario and Zelda. Based on his answers, Nintendo lovers should not expect digital distribution for Mario title...

20 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Modern Warfare 2 Achievements List Unveiled

Modern Warfare 2 is set to be released on November 10 and gamers are now pretty much in the know regarding the plot of the title and what new mechanics it is set to offer when compared to the original.In order to slake the thirst of fans until the release date, which is about a month away, Infinity Ward and Activisio...

6 October 2009
16:31 GMT

Brutal Legend Trophies and Achievements Bring the Heavy Metal Flu

Brutal Legend is one of the biggest upcoming new properties arriving this fall season, and sadly one of the few new IPs being released in between the many sequels that will fill the store shelves before the winter holiday season. In an effort to further increase the hype around this game, where you will be able to p...

28 August 2009
13:11 GMT

Full NFS Shift Xbox 360 Achievement List Revealed

Racing games are extremely popular these days as many people want to experience the virtual thrills of driving supercars to their limits on challenging racing tracks all around the world without leaving the comfort of their own home. For quite some time Electronic Arts' Need For Speed series has been a leader o...

25 August 2009
03:58 GMT

Valve Is Thinking About Replacing the Item Drop System in TF2

Team Fortress 2 is one of the biggest multiplayer-only video games, as the team from Valve spent quite some time balancing it out and delivering a great and varied first person shooter experience to players all around the world. The support from the team was even more evident when they announced various content upda...

29 July 2009
03:17 GMT

Map Pack 3 for CoD: World at War Brings 10 New Achievements

The Call of Duty franchise is one of Activision's biggest money makers, as it effectively guarantees that a game will sell no matter what. The most recent example is the huge success that Call of Duty: World at War experienced, even though many gamers complained that the game was going back to World War II for i...

27 July 2009
16:41 GMT

Valve Answers Questions About New Item Drop System

Team Fortress 2 has been in the media spotlight these past few weeks as the latest and biggest update has appeared for it, together with a free extended weekend in which players could experience the game free of charge and buy it at a lower price. But with all of the new features for the Sniper and the Spy classes, ...

26 May 2009
15:01 GMT

TF2 Sniper Update Day 7: The Jarate and Achievements

Team Fortress 2 has become one of the most popular online shooters available these days thanks to its wide variety of choices in regard to gameplay and to the many updates that the team at Valve implemented. While most of them were essential to the gameplay, that didn't stop the developers from having some fun a...

21 May 2009
03:03 GMT

TF2 Spy Update Day 5: New Achievements Detailed

Team Fortress 2 is one of the most popular online first-person shooters out there, thanks to the many possibilities it offers to players and the wide variety of character classes, each with its own attributes and drawbacks, available to all users from the beginning of the game. The title has been in the spotlight of...

19 May 2009
03:01 GMT

Achievement List for Guitar Hero: Van Halen Leaked

With Activision still being tight-lipped about the very existence of Guitar Hero: Van Halen, it's rather weird to be able to talk about the Achievements that will be featured in the Xbox 360 version of the game.Still, sources are said to have leaked the list below to Destructoid, showing some of the tracks that ...

5 May 2009
05:00 GMT

New Xbox 360 Achievement Rules Explained

For all hardcore gamers, the kind guys who watch their points increase in their Xbox Live profile as they play more games and as they unlock more Achievements, February 2007 was a landmark moment, with an announcement that shaped the way they saw their universe and played their videogames. It's the moment when M...

1 May 2009
08:21 GMT

Microsoft Begins Gamer Score Resets for Cheaters

Microsoft has said that it is preparing to take action against all those players who have used illegal means to gain those hard to get Achievements that can make a gamer’s profile look good.The company is saying that the Gamer Score of those who have cheated will be reset and that all those “glitching&rdq...

29 April 2009
13:41 GMT

Fable II's Next DLC Will Bring 13 New Achievements

Fable II was one of the most hyped-up games last year, largely due to the fact that the leading creative mind behind it was Peter Molyneux, a designer renowned for his flamboyant style and his ability to make almost any ordinary object seem like something extraordinary. But even though a lot of critics were pessimis...

24 April 2009
12:11 GMT

Snowblind Map Pack and New Achievements for Gears of War 2 Are Live

Gears of War 2 is one of the most popular games launched at the end of last year, being the sequel to one of the biggest titles ever made for the Xbox 360. It brought new gameplay features and a multiplayer mode that, although a bit buggy and unbalanced at first, became a fan favorite.Now, as scheduled by different p...

1 April 2009
02:36 GMT

Here Are the New Team Fortress 2 Scout Achievements

Online games are becoming very popular these days because they offer players great experiences, which they can enjoy at the same time with their friends. They also give you the chance to partake in fun activities with people who share hobbies, thus allowing you to make new friends. A very popular online shooter is T...

26 February 2009
13:01 GMT

The Epilogue for Prince of Persia Is Delayed

Ubisoft is saying that it has planned to delay the Epilogue DLC for Prince of Persia. Initially, the new content was set to arrive on February 26, but players will now have to wait until March 5 to get their hands on it.The new Prince of Persia title played quite a trick on gamers with its ending. Basically, one can ...

26 February 2009
06:54 GMT

Weekend Reading: Achievements, Command Lines and Cheaters

I don't fully understand Achievements (or Trophies, for that matter). I get what companies like Microsoft and Sony are trying to do with them: make gamers interested in playing and replaying a game to get those elusive gamer points and the bragging rights that come with them. I do understand why games sporting n...

14 February 2009
06:41 GMT

Street Fighter IV Achievements Detailed, See Them All Here

Street Fighter IV is set to arrive soon and the new installment in the much beloved series will draw players with the mix of characters, the promise of new fighting mechanics and the chance to play matches via the Internet with buddies. Well, be ready to add another reason to the “pro” column for the game...

2 February 2009
04:56 GMT

Operation: Anchorage DLC Achievements Revealed

Operation Anchorage, the first piece of downloadable content for Fallout 3, is set to arrive on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and on the PC on January 27 - tomorrow. And it seems that Bethesda, the developer of the game, has seen fit to add four more Achievements to the game, which can be obtained on both platforms tha...

26 January 2009
14:51 GMT

Achievement List Detailed for The Lost and Damned

When developers like Rockstar strive to put out a list of the Achievements you can get in their upcoming DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV shows how important these rewards have become to videogames.There was a time when players prided themselves on completing the game and, maybe, getting a particular ending. Now, it'...

22 January 2009
04:29 GMT

Gears of War 2 Sells 4 Million, New Achievements Inbound

Gears of War 2 is the sequel to one of the most popular games ever released for the Xbox 360, which sold extremely well and propelled Microsoft's console to new heights in terms of sales and market share. With this second installment, the team at Epic Games wanted to bring new improvements to the original and in...

20 January 2009
03:21 GMT

Halo Wars Gets Demo Release Date and Achievements

The Halo franchise is probably one of the most popular series of shooters out there. It has pushed the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 to new heights in terms of sales and has guaranteed Microsoft a great franchise that can be developed with the release of other new titles. The recent Xbox Live stats show that the mos...

8 January 2009
03:27 GMT

8 Ball Pack Available for Race Driver: GRID

Codemasters is sending out word that it has released the 8 Ball pack for its most recent racing simulation, GRID. You can log on to your Xbox Live account or to the PlayStation Network in order to get the full content right now. If you are playing the game on the Microsoft made Xbox 360, you need to get ready to spen...

5 December 2008
04:38 GMT

Gears of War 2 Sells 2 Million

Gamers love autumn and the main reason is the fact that this season, especially the last week of October and the first of November, is the period when most of the blockbuster videogames of the year are launched. And arguably the biggest release for the Xbox 360 gaming console during this time frame is Epic's Gea...

13 November 2008
03:46 GMT

Here Are the Need For Speed: Undercover Achievements

Need For Speed: Undercover is really shaping up to be a great title partly because it promises to bring back one of the most exciting features of the whole street racing franchise, the police. Although, from what we have seen up until now, it looks a lot like one of the previous titles in the series, Most Wanted, tha...

30 October 2008
03:45 GMT

Here Are the Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 and Steam Achievements

Left 4 Dead is shaping up to be a very interesting title, promising to take the horror survival zombie shooter genre to new heights and even enabling the gamer to play as a zombie in the Infected multiplayer mode. The game, set to hit Steam, the online content distribution service, and the store shelves on November 1...

21 October 2008
12:01 GMT

Achievement Heavy Games Sell Better

A study from Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has managed to link increased numbers of Achievements or Trophies with increased video games sales. The correlation is strong enough that developers should consider packing all their titles with them in order to make sure their games sell.The study took into a...

1 October 2008
15:21 GMT

Bungie Announces Title Update 2 for Halo 3

Bungie has confirmed that Title Update 2, which is basically the second update to the Xbox 360 game, introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. There are also a few changes that are made to the game itself, other than adding Achievements.The people at Bungie say that they are adding better online support, with rarer occu...

10 September 2008
21:01 GMT

Zoids Assaults Achievements (Xbox 360)

Zoids Assaults is a strategy-RPG that will be released this fall. However, we already have the achievements you'll be able to unlock while playing - and we sure hope they will manage to create an even clearer image of the game for you. And since waiting is, anyway, not a really pleasant thing to do, you can make...

22 August 2008
17:21 GMT

Zuma Deluxe Achievements (Xbox 360)

Zuma Deluxe is one of the most popular casual franchises in the world, developed by PopCap Games, the same company that did Bejeweled - the best selling and most played game in the world. Quite a few records for PopCap, right? So... with Zuma, the company hit the jackpot on Windows-based systems, but soon enough it g...

22 August 2008
15:06 GMT

Blitz: The League Achievements (Xbox 360)

Blitz: The League is a video game developed by the Midway Chicago studio for publisher Midway. Released in 2005 for platforms like the Xbox and Xbox 360 (from Microsoft) and the PlayStation 2 (from Sony), Blitz: The League is an American football simulation game played from a top down perspective.It is not based on a...

22 August 2008
09:05 GMT

Xevious Achievements (Xbox 360)

Xevious is a vertical shooting game developed by Namco Bandai a long time ago, in 1982. The game has become very successful since then and Microsoft felt the need to publish it on Xbox 360 consoles, too - which they did and it was a great move, since previously the game only ran on Namco's Galaga.Xevious was a h...

22 August 2008
08:28 GMT

Skate Achievements (Xbox 360)

Is there any other skateboarding title out there besides the ones in the Tony Hawk series? Finally, the answer to this question is "Yes", as Skate is the only worthy rival of Tony Hawk, even surpassing it when it comes to realistic aspects. EA has done a wonderful job, by starting from a promising premise: a game tha...

21 August 2008
19:46 GMT

Duke Nukem 3D Achievements (Xbox 360)

Duke Nukem 3D was initially released in 1996, on the PC, and it became a classic of the genre, especially thanks to Duke and his cool, macho lines. Speaking of which, you'll surely love to know that we're getting closer to the launch of the next game in the series, Duke Nukem Forever (however, nobody really...

21 August 2008
19:06 GMT

Things on Wheels Achievements (Xbox 360)

Things on Wheels is an accessible, pure arcade racing title placing players at the helm of radio-controlled vehicles as they compete on tracks set within a gigantic house. This makes me think waaay back, when I was playing Micro Machines - and the game manages to bring the same great experience and multiplayer fun, w...

21 August 2008
11:46 GMT

X-Men: The Official Game Achievements (Xbox 360)

The game catapults players into an original storyline that serves as a prelude to Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Studio's film, X-Men: The Last Stand, and allows them to command the distinct powers of Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Iceman as they face off against formidable enemies, battle through massive environ...

21 August 2008
10:06 GMT

WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007 Achievements (Xbox 360)

Man invented sports so he could stop fighting and start competing as a method to show off his skills. However, we went back to fighting in no time and so we have the violent sports we've come to know and appreciate: K1, wrestling, boxing, street fighting and many more. Well, some of them go beyond the "sport" co...

21 August 2008
09:26 GMT

War World Achievements (Xbox 360)

War World is like a third person Unreal Tournament 2004 and this is not at all a bad feature. I prefer you get the recipe from somewhere else and use it well, instead of trying to develop something "revolutionary" that's going to mess up your game.The main gameplay feature is without a doubt the upgrade system. ...

21 August 2008
08:32 GMT

Wrestle Kingdom Achievements and Unlockables (Xbox 360)

Just as the name suggests, Wrestle Kingdom is a wrestling game, based more on Asian competitions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, and Freelancers. The game was developed and published by Yuke's on Xbox 360 consoles and PlayStation 2s, and released on the 22nd of December 200...

20 August 2008
15:06 GMT

WALL-E Achievements (Xbox 360)

THQ has managed to secure the rights to develop a game based on the upcoming film from Pixar called WALL-E. The players will be able to control the two main characters from the movie, WALL-E and EVE, in an adventure game, while also being able to explore up to 10 worlds and relive some of the greatest moments from th...

20 August 2008
14:06 GMT

World Pool Championship 2007 Achievements Part II (Xbox 360)

World Pool Championship 2007 stands out due to its high quality graphics which surpass other similar game concepts. What makes it different from all the other titles of its kind is the feeling of actually being there and playing pool in real time. The game comes both in 2D and 3D versions, with high quality images an...

20 August 2008
11:41 GMT

Civilization Revolution Achievements (Xbox 360)

Civilization Revolution is Sid Meier's first game in the series developed exclusively for consoles and it is available in shops worldwide since the 6th of June 2008. It has been developed by Firaxis and, just like the other titles, it is a turn-based strategy game. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution gives ...

20 August 2008
10:19 GMT

Worms Achievements (Xbox 360)

Worms for the Xbox Live Arcade Console, published by Microsoft, is the remake of what can be called one of the most fun multiplayer games of all times. The same fun and exciting gameplay mechanics were resuscitated for this iteration which, according to some voices, was much better received than other more recent ite...

20 August 2008
09:26 GMT

Schizoid Achievements (Xbox 360)

Schizoid is probably the ultimate co-op game where teamwork is essential for survival and players really have to cooperate to protect each other from the never-ending stream of enemies. Schizoid is the first-ever Xbox LIVE Arcade title built using Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Express. Featuring addictive simple g...

20 August 2008
08:29 GMT

Iron Man Achievements (Xbox 360)

Iron Man puts players in the shoes of one of the most prolific crime fighters from the Marvel Universe, taking them to a whole new level into the midst of huge battles against entire armies, on battlefields that are constantly evolving. Amazing sequences from the film are featured in this action game, immersing the p...

19 August 2008
18:06 GMT

World Series Of Poker 2008: Battle For The Bracelets Achievements (Xbox 360)

World Series Of Poker 2008: Battle For The Bracelets is a video game based on the real life event. Developed by Left Field Productions and published by Activision on the 25th of September 2007 for all available platforms at the time (X360, PS2, PS3, Wii, PSP, NDS, PC), the game is the direct sequel to World Series of...

19 August 2008
17:06 GMT

World Soccer Winning Eleven X Achievements (Xbox 360)

Ever watched a match where Tyneside played against Merseyside Red? I bet you did, but you couldn't have imagined that these are the names that Konami picked for Newcastle and Liverpool while struggling to get more licenses for World Soccer Winning Eleven X (also known as Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007...

19 August 2008
09:55 GMT

World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 Achievements (Xbox 360)

World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008, the real competitor to the throne of best soccer simulation game, was originally released in October 2007 on multiple consoles and it was received with a mixed reaction. However, it was still a great, realistic soccer simulation and many people enjoyed it. The game was developed and ...

19 August 2008
08:56 GMT

World Pool Championship 2007 Achievements Part I (Xbox 360)

World Pool Championship 2007 stands out due to its high quality graphics which surpass other similar game concepts. What makes it different from all the other titles of its kind is the feeling of actually being there and playing pool in real time. The game comes both in 2D and 3D versions, with high quality images an...

19 August 2008
08:23 GMT


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