Xbox Live Arcade games to offer 400 Gamerscore

by Andrew Yoon, Mar 12, 2012 1:00pm PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, Achievements. Xbox Live

As Xbox Live Arcade games continue to grow in both size and price, achievement hunters are no longer satisfied by the meager 200 Gamerscore points offered by downloadable titles. Starting next month, select Xbox Live Arcade games will offer twice the glory, jumping from 200G to 400G.

The new policy will allow Arcade games to feature up to 30 achievements. (The average game currently supports 12.) According to X360A, XBLA games can offer up to four DLC packs, each offering an additional 100 Gamerscore and 8 achievements. "That means that XBLA games can potentially end up with 800 GS across 62 achievements with any released DLC factored into the equation," the site concludes.

Major Nelson notes that the new Gamerscore requirements for Arcade games will go into full effect in June. Afterwards, all XBLA games will be required to offer 400 Gamerscore.

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Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Xbox Live Arcade games to offer 400 Gamerscore.

Starting next month, select Xbox Live Arcade games will offer twice the glory, jumping from 200G to 400G.

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Starting next month, select Xbox Live Arcade games will offer twice the glory, jumping from 200G to 400G. : Shacknews
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  cool, this should add some more depth to XBLA games if done right. : dantastic
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    I love gamescore and achievements as much as the next guy, but how exactly do they add 'depth'? : DrZettl
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      Sometimes they entice you to play a game in a way you might not otherwise challenge yourself with. Someti... : mancide
      
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      pretty much. i would have been done with skyrim quite early but with no real goal left to reach, i switc... : dantastic
      
      So is that purpose "Depth" or just busywork? : DrZettl
      
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      True. I think the best example of that was Crackdown. But few games have done it as well as that game. : DrZettl
      
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      Crackdown is the perfect example of Achievements done right. : armybob
      
      Crackdown is still the best game on the 360 IMO. : jimmy_legs
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      mancide will cut you : multisync
      
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      Haha, no, I'll be the first to admit there are some poorly done lists out there. : mancide
      
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      Spend 200 hrs in multiplayer : dantastic
      
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      play the game 2 days before release : dantastic
      
      Did anyone actually have that? I know Rock Band 2 had a little challenge in-game that sort of poked fun a... : mancide
      
      what games have done it best? : lord cecil
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  Cool. No reason not to, a lot of the XBL Arcade games are just as long as retail ones.
  
  Mar 12, 2012 1:07pm PDT
  
  Cool. No reason not to, a lot of the XBL Arcade games are just as long as retail ones. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  GAMERSCOOOOOREEEEEE!!!!! What's yours? Mine is 128,429 : mancide
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    5318008 : Chipwarrior
    - Lies, there isn't enough gamerscore out there for that number! : mancide
  - 820 : watcherxp
  - 128,430 : azenmaster
  - 29215 : guitarsandbikes
  - 0 : umegastar
  - INTERNET COCK SIZE : EricZBA
  - 42 : Dschinghis Khan
  - A woefully small 21,155. : RomSteady
  - 14" : razorblade79
  - hahahaha : DrFlammable
  - Let me check Steam and get back to you : BeowolfSchaefer
  - 000.00000.00.0 : one random winner
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  My friends pay more attention to my gamerscore than I do. I play, beat a game and move on. I don't even l... : rtricoche
  - Same. I like them in more arcadish games but I really don't give a shit when there's achievements in thin... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  - I always play through a game first without looking at the achievements, but when I've beaten the game I'l... : thecray
- If you let gamerscore and achievements influence your purchases you are part of the larger problem with t... : spammehardo

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