On the 12th March I shared the news that Microsoft will be expanding their arcade titles gamerscore to 400, as well as including up to 30 unlockable achievements.
Starting from the 18th April, Xbox Live and Microsoft are introducing Arcade NEXT, which embraces these changes in brand new arcade titles.
The new games which will use this new gamerscore and achievement limits are as follows:
- Trials Evolution, released 18th April for 1200 Microsoft Points.
- Bloodforge, released 25th April for 1200 Microsoft Points.
- Fable Heroes, released 2nd May for 800 Microsoft Points.
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, released 9th May for 1600 Microsoft Points.
According to Xbox 360 Achievements, Microsoft is raising the Gamerscore cap for Xbox Live Arcade titles on the 1st April. Game developers can choose to adopt this new system, or keep with the old one, until the 1st June, when the new changes will be officially instated.
The changes will allow a gamerscore of up to 400 points which can be spread across 30 achievements. DLC will allow for an extra 100 gamerscore, and 8 achievements. In total, Xbox Live Arcade totals can reach a gamerscore of up to 800, which will bring these titles near the 1,000G mark that the big games currently carry.
What do you think about these changes?
