TrueAchievements news archive for August 2009

• DLC

  Gears of War 2: GoTY Edition Coming

  A Game of the Year Edition of Gears of War 2 is coming next month according to sales sites such as Amazon and Play.com. The package supposedly contains the Flashback, Combustible, Dark Corners and Sn

  Posted 14 years ago 93

• Content roundup

  Deal of the Week: August 31st, 2009

  This weeks DOTW offer sees a massive 50% discount on Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 2 taking the price down to 800 MSP, from 1600 MSP. Xbox.com gives the following description of the title: Want mo

  Posted 14 years ago 35

• Upcoming

  XBLA Wednesday: September 2nd, 2009

  This week, the following titles will be available to download on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Defense Grid - 800 MSP Defense Grid: The Awakening is the definitive Tower Defense Strategy game that’s easy to pick

  Posted 14 years ago 6

• Industry

  NBA LIVE 07 - Online with 1,000 people!

  Greetings, folks! If you have NBA LIVE 07, you might be aware of one achievement that is seemingly impossible at this time. That achievement, of course, is PHUTURE 909's achievements in NBA LIVE 07.

  Posted 14 years ago 96

• DLC

  Rock Band DLC for 1st September

  A little later than usual, but heading to the Rock Band Store tomorrow is: Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country” The Jam – “A Town Called Malice” The Jam – “Going Underground” Oasis – “Supersonic” (Live)

  Posted 14 years ago 23

• Upcoming

  MINI NINJAS™ Achievements are now on the site

  Mini Ninjas has now been added to the site. There are 35 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 20

• Upcoming

  Invincible Tiger Achievements are now on the site

  Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao has now been added to the site. There are 12 achievements, worth a total of 200 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 9

• Upcoming

  Raven Squad Achievements are now on the site

  Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger has now been added to the site. There are 46 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 10

• Site news

  Gaming Sessions v1.5

  I've made a considerable amount of changes to the Gaming Session code, mainly on the Calendar page. The Calendar should now be much easier to read, and has colour coded sessions to help you find the

  Posted 14 years ago 186

• Content roundup

  Deal of the Week: August 24th, 2009

  This week's 'Deal of the Week' is the episode 'Lost and Damned' for GTAIV which is now priced at 1200MSP down from 1600, a 25% discount. Xbox.com gives the following description on the content: Johnn

  Posted 14 years ago 22

• DLC

  New Mass Effect DLC Available!

  Out of the blue, new Mass Effect content has become available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Pinnacle Station - 400MSP Test the limits of your combat prowess aboard a remote, top-secret Alliance space

  Posted 14 years ago 101

• Video

  The Warriors - Rogues Trailer For New XBLA Release

  Rockstar Games has released a new HD trailer for their upcoming XBLA release titled "The Warriors: Street Brawl". Check the external link for the trailer, or hit the link below for the Rockstar game

  Posted 14 years ago 27

• DLC

  Rock Band DLC for 25th August

  On Tuesday, the following tracks will be added to the Rock Band Store: Billy Idol – “Mony Mony” Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell” Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop” Fleetwood Mac – “World Turning” Jet – “She’s a G

  Posted 14 years ago 22

• Site news

  Gaming Sessions v1

  It's been a little while since the last big feature update (those ace friend feed comments), and this is because the thing I've been working on was vaguely complicated, and version 1 is now ready...

  Posted 14 years ago 267

• DLC

  GC09: The Beatles: Rock Band DLC Detail

  Taken straight from the Rock Band announcement forum, Harmonix today revealed the following: Speaking at Gamescom 2009, Alex Rigopulos, CEO and cofounder of Harmonix, today confirmed release details

  Posted 14 years ago 28

• Industry

  GC09: Fable III Details Revealed

  Familiar Lionhead face Peter Molyneux announced Fable III at Microsoft’s Gamescom conference this morning. He also reavleled that the title is set for a later 2010 release. "We've spent a lot of time

  Posted 14 years ago 65

• Demo

  QuakeCon: First Rage Public demo

  id did their first public demo of Rage today at QuakeCon. At nearly an hour in length, they certainly spent a lot more than the average 20 minutes displaying the game to the public. This game has bee

  Posted 14 years ago 27

• Demo

  QuakeCon: Hands-On Trio

  On the floor of QuakeCon, there were a few 360 versions of games available to try for the public. First up was Doom II. If there was any more proof needed to confirm it heading to the Xbox Live Arcad

  Posted 14 years ago 8

• XBLA

  Vote for the next Sega XBLA Title

  To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Sega have set up a poll to let the fans decide the next title to be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The choices are: EarthWorm Jim Golde

  Posted 14 years ago 107

• Upcoming

  Wolfenstein Achievements are now on the site

  Wolfenstein has now been added to the site. There are 49 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 27

• Upcoming

  DiRT 2 Achievements are now on the site

  DiRT 2 has now been added to the site. There are 47 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 66

• Upcoming

  Trials HD Achievements are now on the site

  Trials HD has now been added to the site. There are 12 achievements, worth a total of 200 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 14

• DLC

  Rock Band DLC for 15th August

  On Tuesday the following tracks will be added to the Rock Band Store: Blind Melon - No Rain Blur - There’s No Other Way Dropkick Murphys - I’m Shipping Up to Boston Eve 6 - Inside Out Kaiser Chiefs -

  Posted 14 years ago 55

• Video

  QuakeCon: New Rage Trailer

  So id is releasing a new trailer for their current big project at a convention that they host, who'da thunk it? Rage has been in the pipeline for a while now. It will be a heavily stylized post apoca

  Posted 14 years ago 21

• Upcoming

  QuakeCon: XBLA Doom II Confirmed

  QuakeCon started in Dallas, TX, today. One of the major activities of the day was a press conference. As such, expect a swarm of info on id's new projects. The first news story we are hearing confirm

  Posted 14 years ago 20

• Video

  Assassin's Creed II - Dev Diary Videos

  Ubisoft has been busy making Assassin's Creed II into a masterpiece, at least by the sounds of their developer diary videos. They will be releasing multiple segments detailing different aspects of th

  Posted 14 years ago 53

• Video

  Dragon Age: Origins - Lead Designer Interview

  Check out this newly released video featuring Bioware Edmonton's lead designer quickly going through a part of the story in Dragon Age: Origins. The video gives you a grasp of the direction you will

  Posted 14 years ago 18

• Video

  Dante's Inferno - Gluttony Video Diary

  EA & Visceral Arts have released a new video diary/trailer detailing the third layer of Hell in their upcoming game, Dante's Inferno. The game is still a ways off with an expected release in Q1 2010,

  Posted 14 years ago 17

• Content roundup

  Deal of the Week: August 10th, 2009

  Major Nelson has revealed that this weeks 'Deal of the Week' for Gold members will be the FIFA 09 Ulitimate Team game add-on. Now priced at 400 points, down from 800. Xbox.com gives the following des

  Posted 14 years ago 20

• Upcoming

  Shadow Complex Achievements are now on the site

  Shadow Complex has now been added to the site. There are 12 achievements, worth a total of 200 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 27

• Video

  Wolfenstein - Zeppelin Bloodbath Trailer

  For those on the fence about purchasing Activision's upcoming World War II slayer, here is a video to help you decide. Check out the headshot at 46 seconds! Wolfenstein will be available in stores in

  Posted 14 years ago 65

• Site news

  Vote for TA!

  There's a poll on the GrownGeek website for the best achievement tracking website. You can find the poll here: http://growngeek.com/2009/08/xbox-360-live-service-tracking-... I wouldn't want to tell

  Posted 14 years ago 253

• DLC

  Rock Band DLC for 11th August

  Next week's DLC for Rock Band will include a few tracks from the Gorillaz, and a few blasts from the past including Janis Joplin, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, and more. Here's the full monte: Gorilla

  Posted 14 years ago 28

• Industry

  Games on Demand: Now Active

  Looks like the Games On Demand service is being activated a bit earlier than promised for those on the dashboard update preview. The games can be purchased with a debit/credit charge or Microsoft Poi

  Posted 14 years ago 157

• Upcoming

  G.I. JOE (PAL) Achievements are now on the site

  G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra (EU) has now been added to the site. There are 43 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore.

  Posted 14 years ago 9

• Upcoming

  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion - Interview

  Gametrailers.com have added a new MUA2 video interview with Guha Bala explaining the upcoming title in much more juicy detail. Please check out the link below for the video.

  Posted 14 years ago 47

• DLC

  New Left 4 Dead Content Coming

  Today Valve announced the next installment of DLC for zombie thriller Left 4 Dead. The announcement on Steam detailed the content: Entitled "Crash Course," the latest DLC delivers new single-player,

  Posted 14 years ago 115

• Upcoming

  WET Release Date Announced

  Bethesda Softworks has officially announced that WET will go on sale September 15, 2009. Sorry, no mention is made of region specific dates. The third-person shooter with a Quentin Tarantino flair ha

  Posted 14 years ago 35

• DLC

  F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn Expansion DLC On The Way

  Monolith has announced new DLC for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin which will expand the single player experience with four new levels. In addition, a new multiplayer mode will be thrown into the mix as w

  Posted 14 years ago 20

• Xbox 360

  Full Guitar Hero 5 Setlist Revealed

  The full tracklisting for Guitar Hero 5 has been released. The songs featured in the game are: 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite" A Perfect Circle - "Judith" Arctic Monkeys - "Brianstorm" AFI - "Medicate" A

  Posted 14 years ago 108

• Content roundup

  Deal of the Week: August 3rd, 2009

  Major Nelson has revealed that this weeks 'Deal of the Week' for Gold members will be R-Type Dimensions for 800 MSP, discounted from 1200. Xbox.com gives the following description for title: The coin

  Posted 14 years ago 26

• Site news

  Database move tomorrow

  I think I've pretty much completed my testing for the db move to the new server. This process is quite a long one, as the database is pretty massive (28Gb). I will post a holding page on the site, ba

  Posted 14 years ago 64