Disney Duo Join XBLA Debutants

The past few days have seen a mix of games and Wednesday saw a similar fashion but with some new games involved but the day began with Doritos Crash Course 2 and the unlocking of Universal (15G) for finding and collecting 300 unique stars and next up was Disney Infinity with the first unlock being Check This Out! (20G) for downloading a Toy Box from Disney's Toy Boxes.

Pick Me! (20G) unlocked for uploading a Toy Box to Disney's Toy Boxes while Omnipresent (20G) popped up for uploading a Toy Box to My Toy Boxes.

All Modes (20G) unlocked after driving a car, piloting a helicopter and riding a mount with Special Delivery (20G) popping up for downloading a Toy Box from My Toy Boxes.

Creator of Worlds (10G) unlocked for saving ten worlds to My Toy Boxes and the morning session ended with the popping up of Defender of the Universe (20G) for defeating 100 enemy A.I. in the Toy Box.

Later on, I went on Disney The Little Mermaid Undersea Treasures! which is in preview mode so only three achievements are unlockable and I got all of them so will be ready for the full version, the first unlock was An' Oh, That Blowfish Blow! (5G) for tapping the Blowfish five times for a hint. Hi, Starfish! (10G) popped up after clicking all the starfish in the Shipwreck mode.

Shipwreck Sleuth (10G) unlocked after earning 85,000 points on a single Shipwreck game and after a break, I went on Frogger on XBLA and quickly unlocked Well Ordered (15G) for filling the five home shots in order from left to right.

Chicken 1 (10G) unlocked for reaching home on level 1 after staying on the road until the time level hit red and then came a quick go on Microsoft Minesweeper and unlocked Greedy (10G) for gathering 10,000 gold on Adventure mode.

The night ended with the debut of Terraria and the unlocking of Terraria Student (5G) for beginning the Tutorial and brought the day's haul to 15 unlocks for a total of 210G and continues a stunning achievement streak which now sits at 81 in 18 days.

 

Doritos And Windows 8 Mix

The day began with a quick go on Doritos Crash Course Go with two unlocks which began with Party Pooper (15G) for popping 25 balloons on a level while Frequent Flyer (10G) popped up for flying between fans twenty times.

A quick go on Microsoft Minesweeper saw Gimme Five (10G) unlock for playing the daily challenge five days in a row while next up was a new download on Windows 8 called Fishdom 3 Special Edition and the first unlock was Chain reaction (5G) for making a chain of three explosives.

Tactician (10G) unlocked for clearing 120 pieces in single move and was soon followed by For loyalty (5G) for playing the game for a whole hour.


Hunting for pieces (15G) unlocked for removing 1000 pieces on a single level and I ended the night on the XBLA version of Doritos Crash Course which saw two unlocks beginning with Frequent Flyer (15G) for flying between fans twenty times.

Sore wa kantan desu (10G) unlocked for finishing Japan level 4 in 1.40 or less and ended the night with a massive effort.  

 

Windows 8 Takes Focus

After having a day focused on the Xbox One, I thought a session focused on Windows 8 would be a good achievement boost and after a seven unlock haul it proved to be a good idea.

Samurai v Zombies Defence began the session and the first unlock was We must protect this house (5G) for completing ten waves without any gate damage while Coward (5G) popped up for completing a wave without attacking.

Send them back (5G) unlocked for killing 50 Oni and was swiftly followed by Get back here! (5G) for killing 50 chochinobake.

The session ended with the unlocking of Money Bags (5G) for saving up 15,000 coins without spending it and then I had a quick go on Rayman Jungle Run and unlocked Dessert (20G) for collecting 2000 Lums.


The night ended with a go on Monster Island and the unlocking of Monster Killer (10G) for killing 50 monsters.

 

Xbox One Joins 2014

After a mix of Windows 8 and Xbox 360 focus so far in 2014, it was time to give the Xbox One a play, the main reason it hasn't been used for games a lot is that I got eight at launch with having such a big 360 backlog but three games got a go today and scored six unlocks.
  
Peggle 2 was first up and had a single unlock in the shape of Orange Crusher (10G) for hitting 5000 Orange pegs with Need For Speed Rivals next up and the first achievement was Racer Rank 5 (15G) for reaching Racer Rank 5. 

Deep Down, You Know You Want To (40G) unlocked for driving 50 cumulative minutes in a Ford and entering the garage to finish while 5,4,3,2, Mach 1! (40G) popped up for earning 50 seconds of airtime in any Ford car.

Racer Rank 10 (20G) unlocked for reaching Racer Rank 10 and the night ended with a quick go on FIFA 14 on my pro career and after a good performance where I scored and created a goal, I unlocked Rising Star (30G) for being featured in Team of the Week.

 

Minesweeper Returns With DLC

How typical that in completing The Saboteur to reach 27 completions, a day later one of my completions disappeared as Microsoft Minesweeper gained new DLC but strange that it was completely unannounced and I only noticed after checking my written list of completions.

So this meant an attempt to try and re complete which will be near impossible given the timescale of some achievements but I have five done already which began with First Rung of the Ladder (5G) for reaching the exit on Level 1 in Adventure mode while Came To Play (5G) popped up for playing my first daily challenge.

Came To Win (10G) unlocked for winning my first daily challenge and was swiftly followed by Flag Happy (5G) for filling a classic board with flags.


The night ended with Serious Business (5G) for uncovering a square touching six or more mines and brings the current achievement streak to 44 in 14 days.