Neowin News Feed for: Gamerscore

Microsoft is making it harder for new Xbox games to be just Gamerscore boosters

John Callaham — Sat, 27 May 2023 10:28:01 +0000

New updates in Microsoft's Xbox Game Certification Rules will block games that are designed solely to make it extremely easy to obtain Achievements so gamers can boost their Gamerscore. Read more...

Free Play Days: Cricket 22, For the King, and Saints Row on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:20:01 +0000

Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can play Cricket 22, For the King, and Saints Row for free this weekend on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S as part of the Free Play Days event. Read more...

Gears Tactics for Xbox consoles goes gold, gets new achievements

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:36:01 +0000

Set for a November 10 release for Xbox consoles, the latest entry in the Gears of War series has now gone gold, bringing a new list of achievements worth a Gamerscore of 400, and more. Read more...

Ray 'Stallion83' Cox IV now has 1 million Xbox Live Achivement points

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:07:49 +0000

Ray Cox IV, who goes by the gamertag "Stallion83" and is already the person with the highest ever Xbox Live Gamerscore, finally reached his points goal of 1 million tonight after over eight years. Read more...

Today could be the day one man reaches the 1 million Xbox Live Gamerscore mark

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:09:31 +0000

Ray Cox IV, who goes by the gamertag "Stallion83" and is already the person with the highest ever Xbox Live Gamerscore, could reach his score goal of 1 million later today. Read more...

Microsoft gives highest Gamerscore holder first lifetime Xbox Live Gold membership

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:47:54 +0000

Ray Cox IV, who currently holds the world's record for the highest Gamerscore on Xbox Live, was presented with the first ever lifetime Xbox Live Gold membership from Microsoft at the Xbox One launch. Read more...

Xbox 360 now offering rewards based on Gamerscore

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:39:21 +0000

Microsoft is offering Xbox 360 players special rewards based on their Xbox Live Gamerscore, including rebates off their Marketplace purchases and special birthday gifts. Read more...

Halo 4 achievements list revealed in full

Andy Weir — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:38:15 +0000

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'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...

Xbox 360 player reaches 600,000 Gamerscore mark

John Callaham — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:23:41 +0000

A rabid Xbox 360 player is getting closer to his ultimate goal of reaching a 1 million Gamerscore by surpassing the 600,000 Gamerscore mark over the weekend. Read more...

Microsoft sets new guideline for gamerscore and achievements

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

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...