Rock Band DLC for 3rd of MarchThis week we will see the full album from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 'Texas Flood'. The tracks will be: Love Struck Baby Pride and Joy Texas Flood Tell Me Rude Mood Testify Mary Had a Litt Posted 14 years ago 7
A few modsI thought it would be good to have a visual representation of your progress in a game, so I've added a gauge which gives you an indication of your progress as a percentage of the Maximum TrueAchievem Posted 14 years ago 50
Stoked Achievements are now on the siteStoked has now been added to the site. There are 25 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 9
Eat Lead Achievements are now on the siteEat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard has now been added to the site. There are 50 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 17
We're a little bit prettierThanks to a couple of our members (Aerodynamo and Himself0890), we now have some funky new gradients on our panels, and also a very nice little quote box for your motto - check out your homepage to s Posted 14 years ago 35
Call of Duty: World at War Gets Free MapA new multiplayer map and free, what's the catch? Well, it's a daytime version of Makin, a night map already in the game. But you can't argue with free content. Posted 14 years ago 16
A Date for Ninja BladeFrom software's latest release will be... you know what after Onechanbara Bikini Samurai Squad, Afro Samurai, X-Blades, and I don't even remember what else, I'm fresh out of swordplay themed verbs to Posted 14 years ago 8
Sam & Max Coming to XBLARemember three weeks or so ago when TellTale Games announced that Wallace and Gromit were coming to XBLA and we all talked about how cool it would be to see Sam and Max make the jump too since the in Posted 14 years ago 15
Major League Baseball 2K9 Achievements are now upMajor League Baseball 2K9 has now been added to the site. There are 50 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 4
SEGA announces Planet 51SEGA and Pyro Studios (Commandos, Praetorians) announced today that they will be working together on a game based on the Sony Pictures movie of the same title. The movie is slated for release on Nove Posted 14 years ago 2
Call of Duty 4 Double XP WeekendActivision and Microsoft are offering another double experience points weekend from February 27th to March 1st (Friday-Sunday). Also this week (through March 2nd) the Variety Map Pack is available fo Posted 14 years ago 5
Worms Armaggedon Decades Coming To XBLAWith more leaks than Thames Water, the Australian Classification Office has done it again and all but confirmed the release of Worms Armageddon Decade for Xbox Live Arcade. Worms Armageddon was origi Posted 14 years ago 24
Activision Picks up BakuganActivision announced yesterday that they have purchased the rights to animated series and card game Bakugan. The card game won last year's Toy of the Year Award from The Toy Industry Association. Gam Posted 14 years ago 10
Virtual On coming to XBLAAccording to Japan’s weekly magazine Famitsu, SEGA have confirmed the re-release of the Dreamcast’s popular hardcore arcade mech fighting game Virtual On Oratorio Tangram. For those of you that have Posted 14 years ago 11
Big Left 4 Dead Fixes HereLeft 4 Dead has finally had several issues fixed in a massive update. Those issues are: General: Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only Fixed a class of Survivor Posted 14 years ago 25
Prince of Persia DLC Pushed BackJust hours before its scheduled release date Ubisoft have announced in a very brief Twitter update that the 'Epilogue' DLC pack for Prince of Persia is being pushed back a week, making the new releas Posted 14 years ago 9
EXIT2 Achievements are now on the siteExit 2 has now been added to the site. There are 12 achievements, worth a total of 200 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 4
Wheelman Achievements are now on the siteWheelman has now been added to the site. There are 50 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 3
Stefen's first columnHello and welcome to the first edition of a new regular trueachievements.com article - Stefens' Blog (original huh?) First off, I may as well introduce myself so I don't seem like a robot to you all Posted 14 years ago 19
New trailers released todaySingularity is arriving in the fall of this year. Your character is a pilot who crash lands on a Russian island that was home to Philadelphia Experiment type research. So time bubbles cause the islan Posted 14 years ago 23
Flock gets a release dateIGN's Greg Miller is reporting that Capcom will be releasing the downloadable sheep-herding game Flock on April 7 on XBLA. Okay, the plot is a little more detailed than that, but how many times have Posted 14 years ago 8
XBLA Deal of the Week returnsDeal of the week is back and this week sees 2008's popular xbla title Braid down to 800 Microsoft Points, that’s a third off its original price of 1200 Microsoft Points. To receive this discounted pr Posted 14 years ago 25
Capcom's 'top secret' game is.....Lost Planet 2. Last week we reported that Capcom were to release a trailer of a top secret new game they were working on. With screams of Megaman, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Dead Rising 2, Dark Void, Dino Posted 14 years ago 23
Faster Leaderboards and ThreadsI've added some extra caching code to the site leaderboards. I noticed that it was taking a looooong time to view the boards now there are so many gamers registered. These are all cached for 15 minut Posted 14 years ago 12
Gastronaut Studios Acquired and Announces New GameGastronaut Studios, developer of XBLA hit Small Arms announced that they are working on a new game titled Gel: Set & Match. Gastronaut Studios is also working on adapting Peggle for XBLA and was a co Posted 14 years ago 1
Leisure Suit Larry picked up by CodeMastersLast week, we reported that http://www.trueachievements.com/newsitem.aspx?newsitemid=143 and now we're adding to that list. Yesterday, CodeMasters announced that they would be publishing Leisure Suit Posted 14 years ago 18
New Demos on the MarketplaceIf you live in Canada, Mexico, the US, or Asia you'll find that the demo for MLB 2K9 is now available. It offers 3 full innings of the Philadelphia Phillies hosting the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Citize Posted 14 years ago 2
Red Xbox 360 Officially announcedToday Microsoft officially announced the red Resident Evil 5 Limited Edition console. While we knew of its existence for quite some time we didn't know all the details. Your $399 MSRP will get you: * Posted 14 years ago 35
New releases for week of 23rd Feb 2009Another busy week this week, so I’ll jump straight in with the XBLA releases Xbox Live Arcade Exit 2 – 800 Microsoft Points 24th Feb http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/e/exit2xboxlivearcade/ Mr. ESC, th Posted 14 years ago 9
Gamer Stats page now liveI've been very busy recently and haven't had too much time to spend on the site - but I've just managed to get the first version of the Gamer Stats page up onto the site. You can look at your own sta Posted 14 years ago 74
Rock Band DLC for 24th FebuaryThis week we will be seeing a few new additions to the Rock Band store! There will be an 'Alt Country Pack', including: Drive By Truckers: 3 Dimes Down Lucinda Williams: Can't Let Go Neko Case: Peopl Posted 14 years ago 14
Mass Effect 2 teaser trailerWe don't often post news of trailers here at trueachievements.com, but when I saw this one yesterday I knew it had to go straight up. It is only a one minute teaser trailer but it already has me exci Posted 14 years ago 24
Samurai Showdown coming to XboxApparently in live arcade land, sequels come first and if it's successful enough, the developer will put together the original for download, too. IGN is reporting that the ESRB gave a rating for the Posted 14 years ago 3
Codemasters reveal 2009 release calendarPublisher Codemasters has revealed their 2009 lineup today following its "Gamers Day" event last night in San Francisco. No, I don't know why it's not called "Gamers Night" either, but here are the r Posted 14 years ago 26
Bethesda releases info on 2nd DLC for Fallout 3There are two things that news writers have to do that they find excruciating. 1: Wait for new games to come out even thought they look really cool and you want to play them right now. 2: Resist the Posted 14 years ago 29
Publisher Red Mile in financial troubleMultiple sources are reporting that following a split with Atari, Red Mile is facing dire financial circumstances. Transmission Games, developers of Heroes Over Europe are owed over $281,000 by Red M Posted 14 years ago 3
Wheelman to be joint publishedIt's good news/bad news for Midway Games this week. First, the good news! As I reported last week in the article http://www.trueachievements.com/newsitem.aspx?newsitemid=107, rumors were flying that Posted 14 years ago 1
Matt Hazard Returns Again!In case you are not familiar with the back story of Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, let me explain a little before you read further. Matt Hazard is a formerly glorious video game character now s Posted 14 years ago 12
Skate 2 DLC achievements are on the siteDyrdek's Fantasy Plaza Pack adds 10 Achievements worth 250 GS. Available for 400MS points. Posted 14 years ago 15
Capcom's New GameSources all over are reporting that Capcom is planning to unveil a new Xbox 360 game. Footage of this mystery game will be available for download via the XBL Marketplace on the "night of February 23r Posted 14 years ago 44
Mirror's Edge DLC + AchievementsAfter a few delays, Mirror's Edge has received it's downloadable content. This new content (180 MB) is available for purchase at 800 MSP for both Gold & Silver accounts. Description: "Mirror’s Edge g Posted 14 years ago 8
Dawn of War II Achievements are now on the siteWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC) has now been added to the site. There are 49 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 26
Afro Samurai demo on Live - US and CA onlyUS and Canadian gamers will find the demo for Afro Samurai now available. According to the demo's page on Xbox, the demo is a "prelude to Afro Samurai" whether that means unique level or just a way t Posted 14 years ago 6
Exit 2 sneaking out on XBLA on Feb 18A late announcement for this week's XBLA releases, Exit 2 will be challenging you to solve puzzles and escape 240 levels in the fastest time possible. There will also be 30 downloadable levels at lau Posted 14 years ago 3
TA's Video Game Music CollectionRecently I had the idea of creating a TrueAchievements top 10 music list. Well, I ended up following through with the idea only to come to the blunt realization that there are far too many video game Posted 14 years ago 38
New Releases for week of Feb 16, 2009There are a lot of releases this week and one of them is already in the Xbox Live store, so let's get started: Xbox Originals Grabbed by the Ghoulies - 1200 MS points OUT NOW http://marketplace.xbox. Posted 14 years ago 19
Biker Avatar Clothing Now Available!For the biker dudes: Rocker Jacket Pixie Boots Grunge Pants Metal Combats Top Hat Skull Ring Leather Biker Gloves Left Feather Earring Right Feather Earring For the biker babes: Punk Tee Black 60’s B Posted 14 years ago 7
Stormrise ScreensSEGA has published several new screenshots for their upcoming game, Stormise, which is set to release March 24 (NA & EU). By the looks of it, Halo Wars may have some legitimate competition in no time Posted 14 years ago 3
Microsoft stores coming soonIn a time when many retailers are going out of business and closing their doors, Microsoft have announced plans to open a chain of retail stores in a move to rival Sony & Apple. Details are currently Posted 14 years ago 17
The State Of TA Part 1As a treat/punishment it’s been decided that once a month the admin team should release a "The State of TA" a monthly round up of events and improvements to site interspersed with humor, stats and ge Posted 14 years ago 21
"Ares Fall" in developmentOver the past few months, Void Star Creations (known for their venture into XBLA territory with their cards-meets-tetris-attack debut game Poker Smash) have been unveiling details on their dev blog a Posted 14 years ago 10
"Exit" sequel to arrive soonMr. ESC will be back in action in no time. The sequel to the fairly popular XBLA game, Exit, is set to release sometime in this quarter. More details on the game are still to come and it's exact rele Posted 14 years ago 3
Rumor: Wheelman switching from Midway to UbisoftThis story actually starts yesterday when Midway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At least one staff member here saw the news hit the wire and asked me to post about it but I said "If I post 'Midway Posted 14 years ago 2
Donators scannerOver the last few days of scanner problems related to the massive influx of new users, I've felt pretty bad about the people that have given their hard earned cash to support the site, with no real b Posted 14 years ago 226
GTA IV: TLAD Achievements are now on the siteGTA IV: The Lost and the Damned has now been added to the site. There are 5 achievements, worth a total of 250 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 5
Registration open again!Well, it took a little longer than planned, but we are now accepting registrations again. However, I have put in place some small restrictions on this: 1) A maximum of 50 people can register in an ho Posted 14 years ago 22
Rock Band DLC for 17th FebuaryThis Tuesday we'll see a couple of additions. The newbies into the Rock Band Store will be: Turbonegro - 'Wasted Again' And a couple from White Zombie. These being: 'More Human than Human' 'Black Sun Posted 14 years ago 12
GTA IV: Lost and the Damned DLC news galoreToday Rockstar Games released a new trailer. You can find it at the link below or check it out on your xbox in the marketplace. IGN got to play some multiplayer and reported the new modes. "Witness P Posted 14 years ago 28
Activision: Three new IPs and COD:MW 2 for 2009In their recent fourth quarter financial conference call Activision announced what we all saw coming; Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 will hit the shelves this year. No definite date has been set, but Posted 14 years ago 13
Left4Dead DLC Will be FreeLast week, Valve announced the details of the eagerly awaited Left 4 Dead DLC. I think I can speak for most in saying that it was more than a wee bit disappointing since we will actually be seeing ve Posted 14 years ago 22
New Avatar Features HereMicrosoft have launched a new - albeit slightly random - feature online which allows you make your own customised images starring none other than.. You! Or more accurately, your Avatar... The 'Free Y Posted 14 years ago 9
Godfather II gets delayedEA have revealed that The Godfather part deux has been delayed after previously announcing that the game was pushed forward from its original date of March 6th for all of 24 hours before being moved Posted 14 years ago 5
50 Cent: BotS Achievements are now on the site50 Cent: Blood on the Sand has now been added to the site. There are 46 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 8
Race Pro Achievements are now on the siteRace Pro has now been added to the site. There are 50 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 7
FIFA 09 'Ultimate Team Mode'Yesterday (10th Feb 2009) EA Sports announced a new game type for FIFA 09, 'Ultimate Team Mode' will allow gamers to piece together their dream teams and compete against one another online. FIFA 09 U Posted 14 years ago 4
Minesweeper Flags Achievements are now on the siteMinesweeper Flags has now been added to the site. There are 12 achievements, worth a total of 200 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 6
Registration closed - for 24 hoursDue to a couple of articles about TA appearing on some rather large gaming websites yesterday, we had over 3,000 new registrations in a little over 10 hours. Because all these lovely new people need Posted 14 years ago 127
Microsoft commitment to new IPsIn the current economic climate many publishers/developers are turning their backs on original IPs (Intellectual Properties or new titles in layman's terms) to concentrate on sequels and expanding cu Posted 14 years ago 1
Unprecedented sign-ups, please be patientA post about the site on the joystiq xbox page has led to over 1000 registrations in just over an hour. As you can imagine, this has put an enormous load on the scannners to try to grab the new users Posted 14 years ago 101
CoD: WaW to get DLCGood news! Treyarch and Activision today announced plans to release the appropriately titled Call of Duty(R): World at War Map Pack 1 in March for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Better News! With a title lik Posted 14 years ago 29
GTA IV Multiplayer Free Feb 17-22Today Major Nelson has announced via his blog that in celebration of GTA IV's DLC release next week, Xbox silver members will be able to play both the original and the expansion for free online. This Posted 14 years ago 8
New releases for week of Feb 9, 2009On Tuesday several new games, one special edition, and a collection of SEGA classics will be hitting North American retail markets. On Wednesday, NHL 09 mingame reject, NHL 3on3 arcade will be arrivi Posted 14 years ago 12
Mass Effect to finally receive more DLCIn January rumors began surfacing on gaming message boards that the Feb 2009 edition of Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) had hints about upcoming Mass Effect DLC. Blend Games is reporting that during an Posted 14 years ago 19
Dead Rising 2 confirmedIn a move about as surprising as a new Barry Bonds steroids use allegation, Capcom has confirmed today that they are hard at work on a sequel to 2006's hit Dead Rising. The game takes place several y Posted 14 years ago 22
Pro Evolution 2009 transfer update.Konami have confirmed that Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is to get a free January Transfer update. This update will bring all clubs squads up to date as of the close of the January window. Transfers such Posted 14 years ago 4
The Warriors coming to XBLAMTV's Multiplayer Blog today announced that the 1979 classic gang movie 'The Warriors’ is to be released on Xbox Live Arcade to coincide with the movie's 30th anniversary. ‘The Warriors,’ an arcade g Posted 14 years ago 13
F.E.A.R. 2 Achievements are now on the siteF.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has now been added to the site. There are 49 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 9
New trueachievements.com homepageOur TA newshounds are now able to bring you the latest xbox 360 news from across the globe, and you'll find the latest stories on our new homepage. You'll also be able to see as soon as new games are Posted 14 years ago 57
STREET FIGHTER IV Achievements are now on the siteStreet Fighter IV has now been added to the site. There are 48 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 6
Rock Band DLC for 10th FebuaryHarmonix have announced that this Tuesday Scot rockers The Fratellis will be the next band to hop on the Rock Band bus. The three tracks - all taken from their 2006 album 'Costello Music' - are: Cree Posted 14 years ago 34
Sonic's UGC Achievements are now on the siteSonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection has now been added to the site. There are 34 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 15
X-Blades Achievements are now on the siteX-Blades has now been added to the site. There are 37 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 4
Customize your homepageI've added something cool I've been meaning to do for some time to allow you to customize the colours of the panels on the right hand side of your homepage. Simply go to Customize->Homepage colours a Posted 14 years ago 35
Left 4 DLC on the wayIGN and other sources are now reporting that Left 4 Dead will be getting a DLC pack this spring. The Survival pack will add an appropriately-titled survival mode as well as two full versus campaigns. Posted 14 years ago 27
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen AnnouncedMultiple sources are now reporting that Activision announced a sequel to Transformers: The Game, which I've linked to in case you haven't had the (dis)pleasure of playing it. Although no official wor Posted 14 years ago 10
Street Fighter IV DLC AnnouncedAfter word leaked out earlier this week that DLC would be available adding more characters to the game shortly after launch, Capcom set the record straight today by posting a press release to their d Posted 14 years ago 5
Even More Fallout 3 DLC ComingIt has been announced that Fallout 3 will have another two downloads head our way soon. Very soon in fact! In a recent interview lead producer Jeff Gardiner revealed that we will soon see 'The Pitt', Posted 14 years ago 6
Tomb Raider Underworld 'Beneath The Ashes'Eidos appear to be continuing their love affair with Tomb Raider DLC and have just announed that Tomb Raider Underworld will recieve it's first of two DLC Packs on February 10th exclusive to Xbox 360 Posted 14 years ago 8
Sega announce Virtua Tennis 2009In a press junket released today, SEGA Europe Ltd. and SEGA of America, Inc. announced that Virtua Tennis 2009 is to be released in May 2009 for Xbox 360, PS3 and downloadable for PC, just as the ten Posted 14 years ago 0
Wallace & Gromit coming to XBox ArcadeEpisodic game-makers Telltale Games (Sam & Max, Strong Bad) have announced that Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures will also be coming to Xbox Live Arcade this spring as well as the PC. The press re Posted 14 years ago 5
Halo Wars DemoThe Halo Wars demo has found it's way onto xbox live. It is available for download to both Gold & Silver accounts. The demo is approximately 1 GB in size. Universal link below to queue the download o Posted 14 years ago 1
The Maw to receive DLCAccording to kotaku.com, the game will be getting three new levels that were deleted scenes from the original game, likely to keep under the 150MB size limit. The levels will each come with a new ach Posted 14 years ago 6
The scanner family increasesThanks to the switch to proper hosting, I've been able to increase the number of scanners to 4. This has resulted in the average update for each registered user now taking place approximately every 2 Posted 14 years ago 41
Halo Wars Achievements are now on the siteHalo Wars has now been added to the site. There are 50 achievements, worth a total of 1000 GamerScore. Posted 14 years ago 2