This year's E3 felt more significant than it actually was, thanks to the arrival of the next-generation of consoles at the show. Bigger in terms of actual announcements during Monday's press conferences, the E3 showfloor itself was somewhat lighter on actual games than we... (read more)

May was filled with exciting times such as hunting down terrorists in Rainbow Six Vegas and speeding through space in Aegis Wing. Now as we roll into June the X360A community is going to try a little racing, a little killing of zombies, and hey, maybe some turtle power and looting!

Click the links below to be magically transported via the power of your browser into a forum thread where you can arrange times, find new friends, and maybe even find a room with some of your... (read more)

If there’s anything we like here at X360A, it’s giveaways. Big ones at that. We’ve given away 35,700 Microsoft Points for a Trials Evolution HD competition before, 50,400 for a Dead Space 3 competition, and 65,100 for an Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood one, but this time, we wanted to go big. So big that it eclipses everything we’ve ever done before on this here site.

“How much bigger... (read more)

Ever wanted to see how your Gamerscore compares to the rest of the biggest achievement chasing community on the leaderboard? Course you do. Furthermore, ever wanted to see how you rank in certain genre leaderboards? See how many achievements you have from RPGs or sports games? See your completion percentage in those brackets? The answer should be a resounding yes, especially if you’re reading this post. Then, my friends, you’re in luck.
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Hello fellow achievement hunters! We all like that awesome sound of an achievement unlocking, but every now and then it is good to take a break, hang out with friends old and new, and just relax while kicking some AI butt. Come join the official x360a Community Co-Op Gaming events in the forum and do just that!

With games hosted by staff, subscribers and ambassadors, you have a chance to chat with folks you have seen around the site for years but may not have met. Over the... (read more)

Calling all UK gamers - well, not all UK gamers, but those who can make it down to London this Thursday - we’re looking for a handful of lucky individuals to accompany us to a Lost Planet 3 community event and today could be your lucky day.

Capcom are showing off plenty of single-player content, as well as giving gamers a chance to try out the Akrid Attack and Scenario Mode, in London on the 18th April (this... (read more)

It’s been a while since we’ve run one of our trademark achievement races, and thanks to EA in the UK, we don’t have to wait any longer.

To celebrate last Friday’s release of Dead Space 3 in the UK, we’re teaming up with EA to shower achievement hunters in the UK with prizes galore, well, the lucky few who win, of course.

In typical X360A fashion we like to go big when we bust out our achievement races and our Dead Space 3... (read more)

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Xbox 360 Achievements, happy birthday to us! Woo!

You know what that means, right? We’re giving away prizes galore to celebrate such a prestigious occasion… we should be getting presents off you, but hey, we’re a giving site and like to reward... (read more)

Ladies and gents, squirrels and squirrelettes, it is with immense delight that today we invite you to our annual hootenanny - the legendary pre-PAX X360A and PS3T party.

The stuff legends are made of - or so we make you believe - the annual pre-PAX party is a chance for you to come out to a bar... (read more)

Enjoying Trials Evolution? Fancy some extra Microsoft Points to buy stuff, like maybe Trials HD or some Trials Avatar items? Or whatever you like for that matter... Then you're in luck!

We have 35,700 Microsoft Points to give away to celebrate the launch of RedLynx's Trials Evolution on the Xbox Live Arcade,... (read more)

There are two ways to get on the Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta starting this coming Thursday:

1. Through Splinter Cell: Conviction.
2. By pre-ordering Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

Wrong! While those two are right, for 20 lucky... (read more)

Ladies and gents, cats and dogs, wallabies and badgers, we are very proud today to unveil the first of many big features we have planned for 2012: our very own video hub.

Yes, that’s right, we’ve cut away our ties with YouTube – so no more unjust copyright infraction claims and such – and we’ve got our very own... (read more)

Below is a complete list of updates to our achievement lists and guides for the month of January and February, as well as a list of those who contributed to the updates. Our thanks to all who contributed!

Below is a complete list of updates to our achievement lists and guides for the month of December, as well as a list of those who contributed to the updates. Our thanks to all who contributed!

It’s hard to believe it’s been a full year since I posted this last year- time flies when you have a load of awesome games to play!

Anyway, I’d like to take this moment to say a big thank you to all the staff at X360A- I know it doesn’t get said enough, but myself, Dan and Routine (as well as every single... (read more)

It’s Xmas! Well, it will be in just over a week, and what better way to celebrate that with a giveaway to ring in the festive period. But what do we giveaway to an audience that already has everything? Well... SWAG! Oh, and a game too.

Thanks to Bethesda Softworks we now have one hell of a prize pot to giveaway to one lucky winner. It’s basically a collection of swag from Bethesda’s crop of recent... (read more)

Below is a complete list of updates to our achievement lists and guides for the month of November, as well as a list of those who contributed to the updates. Our thanks to all who contributed!

Well we said it would be a while, and we weren't wrong. We're back just in time for you to have something to listen to for Thanksgiving Weekend (if you happen to be in America).

Good timing as well, as we are right in the middle of the big games season. We talk about the major releases- MW3, (read more)

Below is a complete list of updates to our achievement lists and guides for the month of October, as well as a list of those who contributed to the updates. Our thanks to all who contributed!

Below is a complete list of updates to our achievement lists and guides for the month of September, as well as a list of those who contributed to the updates. Our thanks to all who contributed!

Below is a complete list of updates to our achievement lists and guides for the month of August, as well as a list of those who contributed to the updates. Our thanks to all who contributed!

In order to champion those beloved achievements and further the name of our brand outside the webisphere, it is with great pleasure that we can proudly reveal that we’ve teamed up with Future UK’s Xbox World to do a monthly column on achievements in their magazine.

Titled, The Over Achiever, and written by yours truly, each month we’ll take a look at one of the biggest releases and pick apart its... (read more)

To celebrate the release of the Driver: San Francisco multiplayer demo, today, we’re joining forces with Ubisoft – much like the humans and the machines did in that godawful Matrix film – to give you the chance to win one of three fantastic Ubisoft bundles.

If you live in... (read more)