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europe-nintendo.com - 12/23/2008
Source: Achievements to be patched into original Xbox titles
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A source from inside Microsoft has given us a juicey peice of information, starting Spring 2009 Microsoft are to begin patching achievements into...

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Rumor: Original Xbox Titles to Receive Achievement Patches
Kombo.com — [image] This is interesting, but way out there, so consider it a rumor among rumors. Or something. Apparently, a source from inside Microsoft has given Europe-Nintendo the juicy bit of info that beginning in Spring 2009, Microsoft will begin patching Achievements into original Xbox titles, starting with Halo and Fable. From there, they are aiming to update the entire back catalog by Winter 2009. We were told by our source that this is to get gamers interested in original Xbox titles, and if succesfull they plan to make more titles available for download and backwards ...

Old Xbox Games Getting Achievement Patches?
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... is reporting that via some European Nintendo site, Microsoft has mentioned adding achievements to original Xbox games starting with Halo and Fable. Sure its probably not gonna happen, but hey... I'd like to see it. ...

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