Angry Birds Star Wars Zaps To 360

After the success of its app on Windows 8, Angry Birds Star Wars has come to the Xbox 360 and on the first hour of play, I unlocked five achievements beginning with Impressive (15G) for earning my first character sticker.

Thank the Maker! (15G) unlocked for earning my first extra content while Jedi Initiate (15G) swung in for using a saber to smash 50 blocks.


There's No-One Here (15G) unlocked for causing a Stormtrooper to shoot a fellow trooper and Most Impressive (20G) popped up for collecting ten character stickers.

Uno Racks Up Games

A quick go on Uno saw two unlocks beginning with Uno Centennial (5G) for playing a total of 100 cards while Primo Player (5G) unlocked for playing a total of 10 games.

FIFA 12 Shows Tekkers

An evening on FIFA 12 saw four unlocks beginning with Legendary (30G) for winning a game vs the CPU on Legendary difficulty against a similar skilled club while 10 vs 11 (10G) popped up for winning after being behind and a an down vs the CPU.

Comeback Kid (15G) unlocked for winning after being three goals down in the second half vs the CPU and Riding Bikes (50G) kicked in for scoring with a bicycle kick which took a lot of effort and the final result is shown in the following video.

 

FIFA 12 Levels Up

A quick play on FIFA 12 saw the unlocking of EAS FC Starting 11 (30G) for reaching level 20 in the EA Sports Football Club which came due to the fact I had reached Level 20 between versions 13 and 14 and luckily this achievement is backwards compatible.

Uno Boosts

A quick go on Uno and Friends saw the unlocking of Power-Ups! (5G) for using five boosts.

A World of Keflings And Batman Arkham Origins Begin

Two new games on the achievement chase entered yesterday beginning with A World of Keflings which had an opening unlock of All You Need Is Doug (5G) for thawing out poor frozen Doug while the long-awaited Batman Arkham Origins also started with a solitary unlock in the shape of City of Assassins (10G) for identifying Black Mask's assassins.

Uno Goes Wild

A quick go on Uno saw the unlocking of I See Cards of Blue! (5G) for changing the colour to blue with a wildcard five times.

Uno Deals An Unlock

A new free release on Windows 8 is Uno so I downloaded and quickly unlocked Bonus Complete! (5G) for completing a bonus objective.

October Summary

October has been brilliant with the main boost coming from a record Weekender and this month is the last with the X360 as the sole achievement provider with the XONE entering the fray from November 22nd.

October 2013 (2012 in brackets)

101 Achievements unlocked (122)
23 Games played (13)
1837 TA points* (3359)
1230 Gamerscore (2025)

*includes DLC recalculation from March and is the total earned so losses not included.


A superb month which has continued the success from earlier through the year so hopes are good for reaching at least some of the goals for the year.

Cut The Rope Teases

A quick go on Cut The Rope saw the achievement streak continue and signal the final acheivement of the month in the shape of Tummy Teaser (10G) for having Om Nom open his mouth ten times in a row.

Six-Guns Travels

A quick go on Six-Guns saw the achievement streak continue with the unlocking of Lone Ranger (10G) for visiting Oregon.

Gunstringer Explores And Shares

A quick go on The Gunstringer - Dead Man Running before work saw two unlocks beginning with Back From Hell (10G) for completing Tutorial and level 1 in Story mode while Social Butterfly (10G) popped up for inviting a friend to the game.

Saints Row IV Complete After DLC

Due to the new DLC, Saints Row IV had to be re-completed by completing 'Enter the Dominatrix' and I needed five unlocks to achieve 100% and the success began with Rigging the Race (10G) for destroying all the pony carts in 'At the Races' while Health Inspector (10G) popped up for destroying all the polyps in 'Pop His Top'.

Bow to the Boss! (15G) unlocked for killing the Dominatrix in ' Escape the Dominatrix while Friend of the Raptors (20G) popped up for completing all five missions.

The final achievement needed for re-completion, Walking the Dinosaurs (10G) came in for spening 30 minutes with Chicken Ned's ancestor and with that Saints Row IV became my 21st completed game until the next DLC release of course.

Six-Guns Dies But Resurrects

Six-Guns continues to push on the achivement streak and this time it is Death Is Not the End (5G) for dying for the first time.

Six Guns Loyalty Problem

A quick go on Six-Guns to keep up the achievement streak and in doing so Too Hardcore to Live (10G) unlocked for killing my own horse, accidentally of course but the unlock was a surprise result.

Saints Row IV Racks Up Kills

Contuining on the Saints Row IV DLC, I unlocked four achievements beginning with OMGWTFBBQ (5G) for earning 100 kills with the Flamethrower while Ultimate Hot Potato (5G) popped up for 100 kills with the Grenade Launcher.

Hello Little Friend (5G) unlocked for collecting 250 kills with the Heavy Minigun while Indomitable popped up for completing 'Meet the Dominatrix' without dying.

Saints Row IV Returns With DLC

Saints Row IV until today was a completed game but new DLC pack - 'Enter The Dominatrix' meant a return to the game in order to re-complete and the process began with the unlocking of All To Easy (10G) for killing Zinyak in less than five minute in 'Save the Planet'.

Six-Guns Takes A Gamble

A quick play on Six-Guns saw the unlocking of My Lucky Day (5G) for trying my luck on the Lottery.

Gunstringer Enters The Fray

A quick go on Gunstringer saw the unlocking of My First Purchase (10G) for making my first purchase in the in-game store.