Neowin News Feed for: Achievements

E3 2013: Microsoft on Xbox One's new achievement system

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:04:22 +0100

Microsoft has officially revealed that the Xbox One achievement system will expand to include new challenges but only achievements in games will add to a user's Gamerscore. Read more...

Wordament becomes first web browser game with Xbox Live Achievements

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:30:00 +0000

The game Wordament, which debuted on Windows Phone and has since moved to Windows 8 and iOS, has now launched a web browser version that's also the first browser game to support Xbox Live Achievements Read more...

Halo 4 achievements list revealed in full

Andy Weir — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:38:15 +0100

With just over two months to go before we can finally get our grubby paws on Halo 4, 343 Industries has published a complete list of the in-game achievements that players will be striving to complete. Read more...

Microsoft hints at rewards for Xbox Live Achievements

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:54:43 +0100

Microsoft has hinted that starting this fall, Xbox 360 gamers will be able to get special rewards if those players obtain certain Xbox Live Achievements in their games. Read more...

Visual Studio adds Windows Azure achievements

John Callaham — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:53:38 +0100

Microsoft has added more achievements for developers to unlock while using its Visual Studio tool application, specifically for Windows Azure programming support. Read more...

Microsoft's Visual Studio now has Achievements

Paul Ferson — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:15:16 +0000

In a rather inventive move, a group of coders have added Achievements to Microsoft's Visual Studio application in order to draw more attention to its feature-set. Read more...

Four billion hours worth of Xbox LIVE gaming achieved

Byron Hinson — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:39:20 +0000

Microsoft has released the latest batch of Xbox LIVE statistics, which show just how popular the service has become since its conception over eight years ago. According to Kotaku, it seems that on average more than... Read more...

No Achievements for Xbox Originals

Slimy — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:25:55 +0000

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Major Nelson has answered a pressing question regarding the recent Xbox Originals announcement. He has stamped out all hope that the games will have additional functionality like Achievements and Gamer score, first playing the "we... Read more...

Xbox Live Members Earn Rewards for Achievements

Spartan_X — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:46:49 +0000

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As just announced on GameInformer, we're launching a program in the US to reward Xbox Live members who increase their gamerscore, beginning Feb. 12. We're partnering with Old Spice to give away prizes valued... Read more...

Microsoft sets new guideline for gamerscore and achievements

Todd Tanner — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:07:02 +0000

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With the ever increasing craze and excitement around Gamerscore and Achievements, we have recently worked with our publishing partners to implement some new policies for new games coming out. Here are the basic rules:... Read more...