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X3F's Unlock the Achievement locations revealed
So, Unlock the Achievement, 360Sync's Xbox 360 community scavenger hunt, is over. In the end, the contest / game had over 4,400 participants and over 71,000 achievements unlocked. Whoa, that's a lot of achievements. We hope you all managed to find the achievements we cleverly hid around Xbox 360 Fanboy. We tried to make some of them obvious and some of them more difficult. We're sure that many of the achievement hunters out there would like to know where they all were, so we've whipped up a feature to explain it all. Hit the "read" link and all will be revealed.
This is a secret Unlock the Achievement post [update]
Update: Unlock the Achievement is now over. We hope you found all our achievements! Well look at that. You found an achievement. Guess you should probably unlock it, huh? Click the image below to do so.
Unlock the Achievement contest is underway
If you're anything like us, you love the visceral thrill of getting achievements, but hate all the laborious game playing you have to do to get them. Now, thankfully, there's the Unlock the Achievement scavenger hunt which replaces all the thumbstick manipulation and button presses with good old-fashioned squinting.Just register, then beat cheeks over to one of the participating websites (like our personal favorite, Xbox 360 Fanboy) and start combing the pages for little locked achievement icons like the one above. Whoever finds the most is going to win the greatest prize of all: Unspecified prizes. Start poking around soon (you have five days) and let us know how you fare.[Via X3F]
Unlock the Achievement starts today
Announced last week, 360Sync's Unlock the Achievement contest starts today. Dozens of 360 community websites around the web are participating and there are many, many prizes up for grabs. You can head over to the official site to get registered and see which sites are participating. Now, to explain exactly what you'll be looking for once you're registered. Find an explanation of the game after the break.
360Sync launches Unlock the Achievement next week
360Sync has officially announced Unlock the Achievement, a project that has been in the works for over a year. Just what is it? Why, it's a scavenger hunt! Everybody likes those. The idea is simple, dozens of Xbox 360 community websites (including us, naturally) will be placing "achievements" in various hidden places on their websites. Players will search for these achievements, claim them, and track their progress on the official leaderboard at UnlocktheAchievement.com. Other participating websites include OXM Online, Evil Avatar, XBLArcade, Gamertag Radio, The Xbox Domain and many others.The contest officially begins on Monday, April 21 at 12pm Noon ET. Check back here on Monday for further details, and head over to UnlocktheAchievement.com to register and check out the other websites that are participating.
