Kotaku: Trophies

Jak and Daxter Bring More Than 100 Trophies to the PlayStation 3 February 7

Mike Fahey — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 EST

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Trophy hunters and platforming fans take heed! The HD-remastered Jak and Daxter Collection is coming to a store near you in a few short weeks, packed with a trio of platforming masterpieces and more trophies than you can shake a ottsel at. More »

How To Get Arkham City's One-Year Calendar Man Achievement In One Hour (Probably)

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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There's an Xbox 360 Achievement (and PlayStation 3 Trophy) in Batman: Arkham City called "Storyteller". The description: "Have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man." To earn it, you have to talk to the incarcerated villain on 12 holidays, from New Year's to Christmas. More »

Thankfully, Subway Does Not Appear in Uncharted 3's Trophies

Owen Good — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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After just a five minute ride on my bike, all of my toppings usually slide to one side of the sandwich. But Nathan Drake still has a pristine sweet onion chicken teriyaki or whatever the hell it is, with perfectly tessellated cheese, I'd bet. More »

Madden NFL 12 Promises One of the Most Hardest-Hittin' Achievements in Da League

Owen Good — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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More than a year after this Madden fan's near-religious experience [NSFW language], Green Bay's Greg Jennnnnnnnnings scoring a 99-yard touchdown on a broke leg is an Internet meme backed by five million YouTube views and gracious acknowledgment from the NFL player himself. And now it's memorialized as an achievement in Madden NFL 12 More »

Everything You Need To Know About The PlayStation Network Hack

Mike Epstein — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:00:00 EDT

It has been almost a week since Playstation Network went offline because of an external intrusion. More »

What Classic Gaming Achievements Have You Unlocked?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:20:00 EDT

Today in a very special episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenterQuiddity looks back on the achievements he would have unlocked had their been achievements when Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 3, and Final Fantasy VII came out. More »

Are Achievements Your Personal Video Game Ratings System?

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:20:00 EST

In today's Speak-Up on Kotaku, KillerIri5h notices a strong correlation between how much a player enjoys a game and the amount of achievements unlocked. Can you use achievements and trophies to rate your games? More »

These Video Game Achievements Should Not Exist

Mike Fahey — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:30:00 EST

In today's episode of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter BiggunSid talks about the trophies and achievements that he'd like to see game developers do away with. More »

PS3 Hack Dispenses Trophies Galore

Owen Good — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:20:00 EST

Hackers have figured out how to bestow themselves trophies in some PlayStation 3 games, revealing another threat posed by the PS3 root key crack unleashed earlier this month. More »

It's Like Gamer Achievements For Your Car

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:40:00 EST

To motivate gamers, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network give players achievement points and trophies. How does one motivate drivers? More »

The Trophy List and Soundtrack For Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

Owen Good — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:30:00 EDT

The 51 Trophies For Need for Speed; Hot Pursuit have been revealed, which mean 50 achievements for the upcoming racer's Xbox 360 version. Most of these cover in-game acts but a few require you to explore its social networking component. More »

Call of Duty: Black Ops Achievement 'Leak' Is Spoiler City

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:40:00 EDT

The next big Call of Duty game has just had much of its single-player game spoiled, thanks to an early look at the shooter's list of achievements and trophies. What do Black Ops' achievements tell us about Treyarch's war game? More »

Borderlands Turns Three Villains Into Snarking Unicycle Robots [Update]

Owen Good — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Part of the story in "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution," the fourth add-on to Borderlands set to arrive Tuesday, is that bosses from previous installments of the game have been "Claptrapified." The achievement list tells us of three. More »

Kane & Lynch 2 Achievements! Kane & Lynch 2 Achievements Here! Who's Ready?!

Owen Good — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:40:00 EDT

As we reported earlier, the Kane & Lynch 2 demo is already available for PlayStation Plus subscribers, with the rest of you rabble getting it on July 27. IO Interactive also released the full game's trophy and achievement set today. More »

Is This The PlayStation 3 Game With The Most Trophies?

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Three Platinum PlayStation 3 Trophies on one disc? And that's not all? More »

Your Only Chance to Pick Up This Achievement Comes Tomorrow

Owen Good — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:30:00 EDT

Like an eclipse or an obscure comet sighting, tomorrow is the only day on the calendar you may pick up this Silver PSN trophy or 40 Gamerscore Xbox Live achievement, in MLB 2K10. So be ready when it comes. More »

Well Alrighty, Then: Here are the Madden 11 Achievements

Owen Good — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:20:00 EDT

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The full achievement list for Madden NFL 11 is now out in the open. It includes "Laces Out," which gives you 40 Gamerscore for kicking a 60-yard-field goal. That sounds makeable - provided Dan Marino's not holding. More »

Hunt Big Game and Win a Trophy in Red Dead Redemption

Owen Good — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:30:00 EDT

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Rockstar has published the list of achievements and trophies for Red Dead Redemption, giving a few more clues as to the kind of low-down no-good son-of-a-bitch-bastard deeds you'll be doing in the upcoming Western sandboxer. More »

The Most Common Achievement And Trophy Names

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:40:44 EST

Not all Xbox 360 Achievements or PlayStation 3 Trophies have unique names. Many, in fact, have the same name. Gaming site Giant Bomb figured out the most common ones. More »

Heavy Rain To Introduce Delayed Trophies, Solve Common Achievement Problem

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:21 EST

In the interest of establishing a mood and not having it ruined by a Trophy alert, the developers of 2010 PlayStation 3 game Heavy Rain have been authorized by Sony to do something new. More »

LittleBigPlanet DLC, Update Deliver 11 More Trophies

Owen Good — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST

Yesterday, a trophy tip-off presaged today's announcement of Borderlands' second DLC package. Well, there's another such leak today, showing 11 new trophies for LittleBigPlanet's Pirates of the Caribbean DLC and Water update. More »

Trophy List Hints at More DLC Coming for Borderlands

Owen Good — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:00:00 EST

Gearbox creative dude Mikey Neumann twitter-teased some sort of announcement yesterday that had to get pulled back, but it looks like PS3Trophies.org stole the show. Four new trophies tip off some coliseum-based DLC in the works. More »

Using Trophies to Deliver Big Game

Owen Good — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Going through the list of the trophies and medals in Uncharted 2, one spots a yak-petting exercise called "Beast Mode." Jacob Minkoff, of the studio Naughty Dog, explained its origin with a laugh. More »

God Of War Collection Dated And Trophied

Mike Fahey — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Sony has nailed down a November 17th release date for the God of War Collection for the PlayStation 3, revealing the full trophy listing for both remastered games in the process. More »

Did That "Kill 1000 Kids" Achievement Make The Cut?

AJ Glasser — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:40:00 EDT

Playlogic has released an Achievement/Trophy list for the upcoming Fairytale Fights and that "Kill 1000 Kids" one we were told about doesn't seem to be on it. More »

Brutal Legend Trophies and Achievements Deliver Heavy Metal Flu

Brian Crecente — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Brutal Legend is a metal game. So it's achievements and trophies? Also metal. More »

Sony Enhancing PSN Trophy Bragging Online

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:40:42 EDT

PlayStation 3 owners with a thirst for Trophy collecting are likely familiar with the above. It's the old way of seeing your PS3 e-accomplishments online, something Sony is planning to update with enhanced PlayStation Network Trophies feature on PlayStation.com. More »

Trophy Support For Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Will Precede Tatooine

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:49 EDT

The PlayStation 3 version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, released last September will receive a patch for Trophy support, a LucasArts rep told Kotaku yesterday. More »

World at War Map Pack 3 Adds 10 New Achievements

Owen Good — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:00:00 EDT

The four maps - three regular, one zombie - being added next month to Call of Duty: World at War will bring with them 10 new achievements, one of them hinting at some unusual weaponry. More »

Wimpified Bionic Commando: Rearmed Patch is Now Live

Owen Good — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:30:00 EDT

You also get trophies with this patch, which reader Alex L. said went up on the PlayStation Network today. More »

Bionic Commando Rearmed Made Easier With Trophies

Mike Fahey — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:20:00 EDT

Was Bionic Commando Rearmed just too hard for your delicate gaming skills? The same update that brings trophy support to the PlayStation 3 will make the game just a little bit easier. More »

Big Surf Island Price, Achievements Leaked Early

Owen Good — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

A couple pages for Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island went live early, giving up the game's price and list of achievements and trophies. More »

inFamous Engineer Talks Trophies And Stunts

Mike Fahey — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Sucker Punch software engineer Chris Heidorn stopped by the PlayStation Blog today to discuss the trophies to unlock and stunts to perform in their upcoming superhero game inFamous. More »

Singstar Has Trophies Now

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Remember when we told you SingStar was being patched last week? We lied. It's patched now though, with trophy support, voice control, and a newly redesigned SingStore eagerly awaiting your dulcet tones. More »

Getting Those Achievements Just Right

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Forget HD graphics. The one really new thing the 360 (and now the PS3) have brought to this generation of gaming is achievements. But how do you design them? What makes 'em tick? More »

PS3 Age Of Booty Gets Trophies And A Trial

Mike Fahey — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:40:00 EST

Capcom just dropped us a line to let us know that the PlayStation 3 version of their real-time strategy pirate game Age of Booty has been updated with trophy support and a playable demo. More »

Trophy Tracking Hits Playstation.Com Tomorrow

Brian Crecente — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST

Starting tomorrow you will be able to browse through your Playstation Trophies on Playstation.com. More »

Resistance 2 Patch Details - The Return Of Your Stats

Mike Fahey — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:40:00 EST

In a post on the official PlayStation blog, Insomniac Community Manager Bryan Intihar detail the changes coming to Resistance 2 when patch 1.40 is deployed on January 26th. More »

Here Are Your Killzone 2 Trophies

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:40:47 EST

Ready to start your virtual accomplishment plan of attack on Killzone 2, Mr. Completist? The thought process begins now, thanks to a full list of 52 PlayStation Trophies for the PlayStation 3 game from PS3Trophies.org. More »

X-Blades PS3 Trophy List

AJ Glasser — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:30:00 EST

Hot of the presses, it's a full list of PS3 Trophies for X-Blades - complete with easy accomplishments and balls-hard feats. More »