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This Is What A Challenge Notification Looks Like On Xbox One

"With the launch of Microsoft's next generation console, Xbox One, developers have changed the way achievements are going to be notified during gameplay. If you look at the Xbox 360's achievement notification, some players may term that as pretty intrusive but Microsoft have made sure it is different this time around."

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s8anicslayer3837d ago

Saw the X1 today at a Microsoft kiosk at the mall, it was a dummy system with kinect and controller and I have to say it's not as big as the media pins it out to be, and the controller feels pretty good.

GarrusVakarian3837d ago

After seeing a couple of "first look" video's online i agree that it doesn't look as big as i thought it would. I think the fact its so rectangular makes it look bulky and huge.

miDnIghtEr20C_SfF3836d ago

And this is what a real "achievement unlocked" looks like on the X1.

http://showtimeforfree.com/...

Mystogan3837d ago (Edited 3837d ago )

For the record. This is not an achievement. Its a challenge. Challenges have different sounds than achievements. And do not count towards gamerscore.

They already said that Achievements will have the same sound as on 360.

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boing13837d ago

I concur. We finally did get dev kit (which looks like retail version btw) and it's smaller than I thought it is. And pad feels great too.

hduce3837d ago

I bet you got a lot of disagrees from people who have never seen the Xbox One in person and never held the controller.

Irishguy953837d ago

It's the same size as a Ps3 Phat/ Personally I thin teh Ps3 phat was the sexiest console until the 360 slim came out.

hellvaguy3837d ago

Last gen consoles look better imo. These next gen ones are fugly, but at the end of day no big deal to me better they are there to play games on.

The Great Melon3836d ago (Edited 3836d ago )

I prefer the PS2 and PS4 over the PS3. I have never particularly liked the convex design of the PS3. I prefer my electronics in general to be very angular, so that they draw your attention. Hence, I was very pleased with the PS4 back when they revealed it in February.

UnholyLight3836d ago

I thoroughly enjoy how 14 people disagree with your observations haha.

HugoDrax3836d ago

"I have to say it's not as big as the media pins it out to be, and the controller feels pretty good."

Exactly! I saw it at the Microsoft store in Century City, CA a month ago. That was my first thought, and my profession requires me to notice details. The marketing images of the console makes the XB1 seem larger than it is. In person I was amazed because the first thing I noticed was the scale being off in every Xbox One marketing image. The images don't represent the console very well, except for the posters add a gloss effect that gives the console a nice finish.

tubers3836d ago

Because it wasn't sitting beside a PS4.

It's relative.

Hayabusa 1173836d ago

I've never had an issue with the size, if it's hideous shape that's the problem.

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guitarded773837d ago (Edited 3837d ago )

It looks like a PS3 trophy notification... I'm guessing the sound is the same as the 360.

CRAIG6673837d ago

No, different sound. But it indeed looks like the PS3, don't like it tbh, I was kinda hoping they would remain vaguely the same as the 360, after-all plenty of people have learned to love that sound/pop-up whn they finally get that last cheevo in whatever game...

Mystogan3837d ago

This is not an achievement its a challenge. I'm guessing challenges have a different sound than achievements since they already said that the achievement sound will remain the same.

Hayabusa 1173836d ago

@Mytogan

I hope so. it'll be a shame to loose the iconic achievement unlock.

Why do we now have challenges seperate from achievements now? Seems a bit confusing having two system hide reward systems.

sobotz3837d ago

It's not Xbox One's achievement, Major Nelson already confirmed that Xbox One's achievement sound is gonna be the same as the 360 had.

I think it's a Project Spark's in-game rewards, or maybe a daily challenges that they've been talking about.

HugoDrax3836d ago

This is an Xbox One achievement a user named (KillerByteGA2) over at IGN posted.

https://i.minus.com/i9cCKfp...

JD_Shadow3837d ago

It might be an in-game achievement because it does say "20 creation points" (it mentions something about that in the video they posted in the article).

That being said, the sound is one I'm familiar with since I have Windows 8 (which makes me believe that there might be some things that devs can do with these achievement notifications, hence the 20 creation points note). It's the same sound that Windows 8 makes when a notice comes up on screen about an app being installed, and it comes up in the same place and manner (and it looks somewhat the same, too).

guitarded773837d ago

Yeah, I just got a Windows Phone this week, and some of the games on it have achievements, and have the same sound as the 360.

creeping judas3837d ago

@guitarded, if you link your xbox live account to the phone, the achievements from your phone account towards your overall gamerscore. Not sure if you knew this?

guitarded773837d ago

@ creeping judas

Yeah, as a gamer, that was the first thing I looked at when I got the phone :D I originally wanted a Samsung Galaxy or a Sony Experia, but the Nokia Windows phone was 1/4 the price through T-Mobile, so I got me and the wife each one.

I am really happy with the Windows OS, and the ability to network and share info with the PC and XBOX. It's very fast too. It's been a pleasant surprise. Only issue I have so far, is that the PlayStation App isn't available for Windows phone... at least I haven't found it yet. If I could get that, a Miiverse App (supposed to be coming) and a Steam App, it would be perfect.

creeping judas3837d ago

@ guitarded, I so wanted a Lumia 920, the only problem was that my carrier didn't carry it so I went with the Samsung Ativ S. The only upside there was that I was able to expand the storage by 16gb, and have all of my Xbox Music stored on the external SD storage unit. I also love the W8 operating system, I have had an Android phone and a Black Berry. Definitely the W8 operating system is my favorite so far.

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boneso823837d ago

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the pic, trophy notification!

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colonel1793837d ago

So pretty much the same as trophies now. Although in PS4 they are now on the left.

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corvusmd3837d ago (Edited 3837d ago )

That was actually a challenge, not an achievement...those aren't quite the same thing. It's the exact same as a notification on Windows 8....even the same sound

PR0X13837d ago

Yeah MS totally stole the trophies idea from Sony... oh wait.

1OddWorld3837d ago

Achievements came from game developers not Microsoft or Sony. They can be traced back to Medal of Honor, Gran Turismo and many many others. I bet you could trace it back to pc games if you really wanted to dig to figure it out. Don't start throwing around the who stole what from whom. Achievements = penis size comparisons. You can have all the points but it wont get you any closer to the female anatomy.

1OddWorld3837d ago

@Disagrees

The game E-Motion on the Amiga from 1990 was one of the earliest games that had some form of achievements, which the game called "secret bonuses". The game had five such bonuses, for achievements such as completing a level without rotating to the right, or completely failing certain levels.

ALLWRONG3836d ago

Achievements were invented by MS for the 360. Later to be copied by Sony, Nintendo and Valve. Single game rewards are not the same thing.

hankmoody3837d ago

I like this, mainly because the current achievement notifications had a tendency to get in the way sometimes. Playing Pinball FX2, sometimes the achievements would pop up right over the flippers, causing me to lose a ball. Stuff like that is infuriating. This is much better.

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil4h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro3h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B1h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21831h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh54m ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia37m ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins1h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal26m ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z4h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho514h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise4h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19893h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows903h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno2h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA2h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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