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One of the cool things about Games For Windows Live is being able to link your Xbox 360 Gamertag to your Games For Windows Live account That means you can play a Games For Windows Live game and add to your Achievements score. Indeed you can play a Computer port of an Xbox 360 game and gain new achievements that are not in the Xbox 360 version.
But how did the whole Achievement idea come about in the first place? The Xbox.com web site has the answer in a new Xbox Engineering Blog post written by Microsoft‘s Vince Curley, the first programmer for the Achievements system. He goes into detail on how Achievements are programmed as well as other inside info. The creation of Achievements for the Xbox 360 has certainly influenced Valve when they put in achievements into its Steamworks tools.
How are Xbox/Games For Windows Live Achievements made? originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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